The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) announces the appointment of Dr Venkataraman Balaji as the next vice president of COL. He will take up the appointment on January 1, 2019.
Since joining COL, Dr Balaji has contributed to its reputation as an innovative organisation through various initiatives, including Aptus, MOOC for Development, as well as a number of publications and cutting-edge knowledge management and technology services.
Prior to joining COL in 2010 as director, technology and knowledge management, he worked at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) as the global leader for knowledge management and sharing. Before then, he was director of Informatics at MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.