Communication technology specialist Shahid Rasool takes charge as CEMCA director
Q. Who was appointed CEMCA director on June 7, 2016?- Published on 09 Jun 16a. Shahid Kapoor
b. Shahid Rasool
c. Shahid Iqbal
d. Shahid Ali
ANSWER: Shahid Rasool
Shahid Rasool, a communication technology specialist, on 7 June 2016 took charge as the Director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA).
- Rasool will guide CEMCA in its mission to ensure effective utilisation of educational media resources for distance education.
- He was earlier the Director of the Educational Multimedia Research Centre, University of Kashmir.
- He earned his MS Degree in Communication Technology from Syracuse University and has a doctorate in mass communication and journalism from the University of Kashmir.
- CEMCA is an arm of the Vancouver-based Commonwealth of Learning (COL).
- CEMCA works in eight Commonwealth Countries of Asia including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Singapore.