DAAD Research Cooperation about Inclusion with IIT Bhubaneswar (India)

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Dr. Rajakumar Guduru is an Assistant Professor of English Language Teaching (ELT) at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. He is at the Technical University Dresden, Germany as a Visiting Researcher on a short-term project on Inclusive Education under the DAAD Bilateral Exchange of Academics, 2024 Fellowship. This short-term project is an academic collaboration with Prof. Stefan Horlacher at TUD.  The main aim of the project is investigating how the schools in Germany are developing and implementing strategies to make educational environments more accessible and equitable for diverse learners. The role of the researchers is to collaborate with educators, policymakers, and community stakeholders to identify barriers to inclusion and propose actionable solutions that support learners of all abilities, backgrounds, and needs. By conducting field study, analyzing best practices, and synthesizing data, this project aims to contribute insights that can be applied in the government schools in India to create more adaptive and supportive educational settings, fostering inclusivity in both teaching methodologies and curriculum design. This project also emphasizes the importance of social-emotional learning and the integration of assistive technologies, aiming to create a holistic, learner-centered approach to education.

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Rajakumar Guduru
Assistant Professor of English Language

Contact Details

School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
www.iitbbs.ac.in
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Research Interests

Developing Vocabulary of ESL Learners; Academic Writing Skills; Second Language Acquisition; Teacher Education and Development; Technology and Language Learning

Teaching Courses

English for Communication; Scientific and Technical Writing; Introduction to Literature; Global Communication; Learning English; Preparatory English;

Academic Honors & Awards

• DAAD Bilateral Exchange of Academics, 2024
•  “2022 Betty Azar Travel Grant for Practicing ESL/EFL Teachers” - Awarded by the TESOL International Association - Received $US1,500 for attending the TESOL 2022 International Convention & English Language Expo, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 22-25 March.
• Award for Teaching Excellence, Academic Year 2023, IIT Bhubaneswar.
• Award for Teaching Excellence, Academic Year 2022, IIT Bhubaneswar.
• Award for Teaching Excellence and Consistently Best Performance in Teaching, Academic Year 2021, IIT Bhubaneswar.
• Award for Teaching Excellence, Academic Year 2020, IIT Bhubaneswar.
• Award for Commendable Teaching, Academic Year 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar.
• DAAD-Fellowship to Germany for Student Exchange Programme
• Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Pursuing Ph.D.
• Ford Foundation Fellowship for pursuing M.Phil.
• EFL University Grant for attending International Conference in Malaysia
• Fr. Gordon’s Best Student Award in B.A., First Year at Andhra Loyola College

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Professor-in-Charge Swachhta (Cleanliness) October 2024 – to the Present
• Member of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) 2021- to the Present
• Member of the EBSB Club 2023 – to the Present
• School Exam Coordinator 2022 - 2024
• Liaison Officer of IIT Bhubaneswar for SC/ST/OBC/Minorities October 2021- September 2024
• Professor-in-charge of Institute Newsletter 2019-2023
• Member of the Senate 2019-2021

 Previous Employment

Projects Ongoing

• DAAD Bilateral Exchange of Academics, 2024 Short-term Research Project: Inclusive Education: A Comparative Study of Teaching-Learning Models of Schools in India and Germany. 2024-2025
• Seed Grant Project: Investigating Basic Vocabulary Knowledge in English Language: A Study of First Generation Learners at Government Secondary Schools in Kurdha Dist of Odisha – Sponsored by IIT Bhubaneswar. 3 lakhs
• ICSSR Major Sponsored Project: (Principal Investigator) Bilingual Idioms Picture Book: a self-learning tool. 2023-2025. 7 lakhs
• ICSSR Minor Sponsored Project: (Co- Principal Investigator) Socio-cultural Impact on Academic English Communicative Competence among Engineering Adolescent Learners in Multi-cultural Environment: A Study. 2023-2024. 5 lakhs
• SPARC Project [P1795]: (Indian-Principal Investigator) Teacher Education Practices for Inclusive Education: A Paradigm Shift to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 2023-2025. 38.15 lakhs
• ICSSR Minor Sponsored Project: (Co- Principal Investigator) Enhancing Academic Writing Skills of Entry Level Engineering Learners in Selected Districts of Odisha. 2024-2025. 8 lakhs

Consultancy

• Training Programme on Professional English & Corporate Communication, VNIT Nagpur 2023
• Training Programme on Professional English & Corporate Communication, VNIT Nagpur 2022

Member of Board of Studies/Faculty Recruitment Committees

VIT, Vellore; VIT, Amaravathi; Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam; S R Engineering College, Warangal; GIET University, Gunupur

List of Publications

Devi Bommanaboina, R., & Guduru, R. (2023). The Impact of Pre-writing Strategies on the Academic Writing Performance: A Study of Entry Level Engineering Undergraduate Learners. Under review. Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 15(1).

Saranya Chandrasekaran and Rajakumar Guduru. (2022). Self-assessment of ESL Learners’ Emotional Skills – A Study of Engineering Students. European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, 3(3), pp.1-5. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejedu.2022.3.3.329

Saranya, C., Raju Dhuli & Rajakumar Guduru. (2022). The Role of a Mentor in Students’ Personal Growth, Academic Success, and Professional Development. LJRHSS, 22(17), pp. London Journals Press.

Saranya Chandrasekaran., Sheela P Karthick., & Rajakumar Guduru. (2022). Ethno-Cultural Identity of Northeast India with Reference to Temsula Ao’s Select Poems. TRANS-KATA: Journal of Language, Literature, Culture, and Education, 3(1), pp.22-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54923/transkata.v3i1.105

Rajakumar Guduru & Nirmala Yemmela. (2022). “The Role of Reflection, Teacher Beliefs and Decisions in Enhancing Professionalism,” in Hari Ponnama Rani & Madhavi Kesari. (Eds.,), The Role of Women in Technical Education Entrepreneurship, Research and Consultancy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Saranya C, & Guduru, R. (2022). Building Students’ Personality for Employment Readiness through Soft-skills Training. Randwick International of Social Science Journal, 3(1), 32-45. https://doi.org/10.47175/rissj.v3i1.367

Devi Bommanaboina, R., & Guduru, R. (2021). Self-Assessment of Engineering Learners’ Perception of Usefulness of Pre-Writing Strategies. Canadian Journal of Language and Literature Studies, 1(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.53103/cjlls.v1i3.18

Guduru, R., & Bommanaboina, R. D. (2021). Diagnosing Engineering Students’ Competence of English Language Skills at Entry Level Academic Programme. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies. 3(9), 23-30. DOI: 10.32996/jhsss.2021.3.9.3

Bommanaboina, R. D., & Guduru, R. (2021). An Appraisal of Awareness and Perceptions of Prior Knowledge Strategies in Pre-writing: A Study of Undergraduate Engineering Students. Language in India. 21(7), 316-326. http://languageinindia.com/july2021/ramyapriorknowledgewritingskill.html

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Collocations: encouraging SL learners‟ communicative competence and performance. In V. V. N. Rajendra Prasad., S. Mohanraj., K. Narasimharao., and R. Prabhakar. (Eds.), Perspectives on ELT, pp. 87-100. New Delhi: Prestige Books International.

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2014). An Overview of Saudi EFL Learners’ Self-assessment of Vocabulary Learning Strategies. Language in India, 14(5). (www.languageinindia.com).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2012). Learning Academic Idioms: Some Useful Techniques for    Beginner Learners. Language in India, 12(2), pp. 23-32. (www.languageinindia.com).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Role of Idiomatic Expressions in Second Language Development: A Wealth of Proficiency and a Strategy in Communication. Indian Journal of Adult Education, 72(2), pp. 17-25.  http://www.iaea-india.org/journal/april-june11/rajakumar.html

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Teaching Basic Vocabulary in L2: bridging the   linguistic/cognitive gap of the rural ESL learners. The Journal of ELT-Voices India, 1(2), pp.25-35.  http://eltvoices.in/files/documents/ELT_Voices_Rajakumar_Guduru.pdf

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Transfer of Idiom Knowledge from L1 to L2: A study of   advanced Telugu learners. The Journal of Contemporary Research in India, 1(2), pp. 64-68.

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Evolving Strategies for Teaching Basic Vocabulary in L2 through Meaningful Input: An Ethnographic Study with First Generation Learners. Language in India, 11(8), pp. 510-720. (www.languageinindia.com).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Defining a Word: beyond a dictionary definition. Language in India, 11(8), pp. 250-258. (www.languageinindia.com).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). A Perspective on English as a Language of International Communication: a Study of University Learners. Language in India, 11(9), pp.69-95. (www.languageinindia.com).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Teaching Basic Vocabulary (BV) in English: suggestions and implications. Research Spectrum, 2(2), pp. 72-76.

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Enhancing ESL Learners’ Idiom Competence: Bridging the Gap between BICS and CALP. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, 1(4), pp. 540-556. (www.ijsse.com)

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Facilitating ESL Learners’ Awareness and Comprehension of Academic Idioms: a study of disadvantaged learners. Languaging, 3, pp. 108-124. Hyderabad: EFLU.

Conferences/Seminars/Courses Organized

Coordinator of the Five-Day Short-term Corse Five Day STC scheduled from 23^rd September to 27^th September 2024 Organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.

Coordinator of the GIAN program “a five-day course on Teaching for Inclusion: Principles for effective practice,” from 27th June 2022 to 1st July 2022, Funded by the MHRD under the GIAN, organized by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management, IIT Bhubaneswar.

Coordinator of the Three-day National Seminar “History and Heritage of Sun Worship: Scientific and Religious Implications of Sun - The Center of the Solar System,” from 26th December 2021 to 28th December 2021, Funded by the ICHR, organized by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management, IIT Bhubaneswar.

Convener of an International Webinar on “Passionate Teaching: A strategy for awakening thinking among ESLers” organized by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India on 11th November, 2021.

Delivered a lecture the topic “English for Writing and Publishing Academic Research” in the International Online Faculty Development Programme on “A Renewed Perspective to Language Teaching on par with Industrial Revolution 4.0” from 25-10-2021 to 29-10-2021 organized by the Department of English of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.

Organized a webinar on “Understanding Inclusive Education as a Transnational Concept” on 18 June 2021 at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, IIT Bhubaneswar.

Conferences/Seminars attended/Papers Presented

Participated in a Two-day workshop on “Cooperative Learning” organized by College of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Balqarn, 23-24 January 2016 Kindom of Saudi Arabia.

Participated in a workshop on “Map Thinking via Thinking Maps” organized by College of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Balqarn,19 February 2015, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Attended an International Conference on “Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining: English Language Teacher Education and Development” in Hyderabad from January 22-24, 2011, organized by British Council and EFLU.

Presented a paper in an International Conference on “Strategic Communication: Learning from Mistakes,” hosted by The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun from 4–5 November 2011.

Participated in a Two-Day National workshop on e-Learning, MOOCs, and Basic ICT Tools for University Teachers” on March 19-20, 2018 organized by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar.

Member of the organizing committee of a national seminar on “English Language Education in India: Theory and Practice.” At Centre for English Language Studies, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from 23-25 January 2012.

Attended a workshop on “Teacher Leadership Skills” from Nov, 9-10, 2012 organized by the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Presented a paper in the National Seminar on “Making Communicative Competence/Performance Possible through Knowledge of Collocations” in November 2009 at Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore.

Presented a paper in the National Conference on “The Role of English in Sustainable Community Development” on 18-19 August 2008 at HM Patel Institute of English Language Centre at VV Nagar, in Anand, in Gujrat.

Presented a paper in National Seminar on Literature, Language, Communication organized by the Dept. of Earth Science, Pondicherry Central University on 27th March 2008 in Pondicherry.

Attended an International Conference on Constructions of Masculinity at Technical University Dresden, Germany, 17-20 June 2009.

Presented a paper in the “Third International Language Learning Conference (3rd ILLC) 2008” on 27- 29 October 2008 in Penang, Malaysia.

Presented a paper in the International Conference “(ELTM 2008) English Language Teaching Materials Conference 2008” Universiti Teknologi MARAKampus Bandaraya Melaka, Malaysia.

Attended an International Workshop on Editing and Publishing at EFLU, Hyderabad, December 2008.

Lectures/Talks Delivered

Delivered a guest lectures on 23-07-2022 on the “Importance of Techer Personality for Students' Success” to teachers of JMJ Global School, Tenali, Guntur Dist, Andhra Pradesh.

Delivered a guest lecture on 23-07-2022 on the “Effective Communication Skills for Academic Success” to First-Year Undergraduate students of JMJ College, Tenali, Guntur Dist, Andhra Pradesh.

Delivered a two guest lectures on 20-07-2022 on the “Importance of Effective Communication Skills” to First-Year B.Tech students of Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Chittoor Dist, Andhra Pradesh.

Delivered a lecture in a National Webinar on “Essentials of Effective Presentation Skills” organized the Department of English, KL University, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, on 25-09-2021.

Delivered a lecture in a webinar on “Soft Skills for Strengthening Tomorrow’s Ambition” organized by the Department of English, JMJ College (Autonomous), Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, on 9th September, 2021.

Delivered a lecture in a webinar on “Soft Skills for Strengthening Tomorrow’s Ambition” organized by the Department of English, JMJ College (Autonomous), Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, on 9th September, 2021.

Delivered a lecture in a webinar titled “English for Academic Research Papers: Writing clearly, concisely and precisely” on 13th August 2021 organized by Prathyusha Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Resource Person for a One- Day National Webinar on “Learning Pronunciation for Language Fluency” on 10 June 2021, organized by the Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Vignan Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad.

Speaker for the ELTAI Webinar 53 on “Soft Skills: Building Tomorrow's Talent” held on 16 May 2021.

Delivered a lecture in the National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in New Education Policy 2020 and What Makes You a Complete Teacher,” on 3rd September 2020, organized by the Department of English, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.

Delivered a lecture in the Faculty Development Program on “Classroom Teaching Strategies” on 5th August 2020, organized by Vignana Jyothi Institute of Arts & Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana.

Delivered a lecture in the Faculty Development Program on “Scientific Communication for Research Paper and Proposal Writing,” on 1st July 2020 organized by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.

Delivered a lecture in the Faculty Development Program on “Advanced Research Methodology & Innovative Teaching Pedagogy,” on 10th June 2020, organized by Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Delivered a lecture in the Faculty Development Program on “Tools for Scientific Communication and Effective Teaching” organized from 2-6-2020 to 6-6-2020, by Vaagdevi College of Engineering Bollikunta (V), Warangal, Telangana.

Membership:

• TESOL
• AZTESOL
• ELT@I