Dr. Madhulika Kaushik
Education Specialist, Higher Education
Commonwealth of Learning
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9
CANADA
Tel: +1 604 775 8267 Fax: +1 604 775 8210
E-mail: mkaushik
Professor Madhulika Kaushik, an MBA and PhD in Marketing, has a teaching and research experience of over 32 year spread over different distinguished Institutions. Having started her career as a research fellow in 1978 at the University of Jodhpur, she joined the world of Open and Distance Learning in 1988, as a Reader in Management Studies at IGNOU. She was later selected as a Professor of Management in IGNOU in March 1996 and continued to hold that position till January this year.
Besides being actively involved in the design and development of Management Programme at IGNOU since its formative years, she also served the University as Director School of Management Studies, Director, Electronic Media Production Division, Director Planning, and the first Director of the National Centre for Innovations in Distance Learning.
She has been involved in the design and development of the CEMBA/PA programmes, from their initial planning stage and has been the member of the COL Academic Board since 1998. She coordinated the CEMBA/PA programmes at WOU from January 2007 to July 2009 first as a professor in the School of Business and Administration and then as the Director, Centre for Graduate Studies.
Research and Publications
Dr Madhulika Kaushik has published extensively in the areas of Consumer Behaviour and Marketing. She has also extended her research into different aspects of distance education and online delivery of education. To date she has published numerous journal papers, conference proceedings and edited one textbook.
In the area of ODL she has written numerous course modules, developed video and audio tape based teaching materials as well as overseen the development of online teaching materials.
Consultancy
Dr Madhulika has conducted numerous consultancy projects funded by international agencies such as UNDP, UNESCO, FAO, COL ,ILO and ADB as well as the Government of India. She recently contributed a report commissioned on ICT in Higher Education in India as part of an ADB project.
Based on her distinguished academic publications, teaching excellence and extensive professional contributions to the community and her contribution to the field of Education, she was also awarded the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award in year 1998.
While at WOU, she conducted a highly successful, Strategic leadership programme for 25 senior managers of Intel Malaysia, over a six month period.
Her current research interests include application of ICT in Higher education, use of OER and issues of quality and governance in open learning as well as entrepreneurship education for developing and transition economies.