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The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Dr. Gita Mathur

Employer:

Gargi College, University of Delhi

Other roles:

Teaching and Research in Botany and Development of Experimentation Kits for science in collaboration with NCERT

Nationality:

Indian

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I am a Botany teacher.
I teach undergraduates, in Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
I have done my schooling from St. Thomas' School, New Delhi
and Graduation, Post-graduation and Doctorate from University of Delhi.
I belong to Delhi, was born and brought-up in Delhi too.

| My University| University of Delhi, India| Click here

| My College| Gargi College| Click here

| My Son's page| Vipul Mathur| Click here

Savithri_Singh a WikiEducator has been my friend for more than four decades.

Profile

My name is Dr. Gita Mathur. I am a reader in Botany in Gargi College, an Undergraduate college of the University of Delhi with over 30 years of total teaching experience. I am a trained Botanist, but over time my interests have diversified – issues related to environment, science education - I strongly believe in free access to educational content and in collaborative learning not only among peers but also between a student and a teacher. Probably due to my long association with the Centre for Science Education Communication, University of Delhi, I like to introduce myself as a ‘science educator’. Besides my academic responsibilities, I spend a lot of time working on innovations in teaching Botany including designing experiments which can be done with minimum facilities. I am very fond of photography, especially close-ups of plants and flowers.

About Myself

B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D in Botany.

Developed a Botany Research Laboratory in Gargi College Click here

Conducted two research projects (one from DST and the other from UGC) in my Research Lab.

Fellow, Centre for Science Education and Communication, University of Delhi, 1991

Experience in Developing Undergraduate curriculum.

Experience in Developing experimentation Kits for school science.Click here

At present involved in

Innovating methods of teaching Botany

Designing research projects for undergraduates

Developing small but meaningful experiments for schools with a group at NCERT

My Other Interests

Listening to music

Cooking and designing new dishes...., My Kitchen is my Lab too!!!

I find Colours very fascinating.....this page will echo my love for colours

Photography and Photomicrography

How I Became a WikiEducator

I was fortunate enough to participate in a India/L4C_India_08 workshop sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning and organised by two WikiEducators - Dr. Savithri_Singh and Mr. Anil prasad. We were introduced to the concepts of Open source, Open educational resources, the Creative commons licensing, Wikieducator. The participants understood the value of open source to build educational resources. The value of wikieducator was rapidly understood and also its user friendliness.
For more on Advantages and Disadvantages of WikiEducator click here Wikieducator_tutorial

My Progress as WikiEducator

*I came to know about WikiEducator through an email from a friend.

I saw the poster and registered online for a Workshop at AND College, University of Delhi.
I was later told that I was the first person to register :-)
I attended the Workshop from October 3 to 5, 2008.
I started my page on October 3, 2008.
Uploading photos in different ways on my page interested me the most.
I started interacting with other Wikieducators in the Google Group.
I started enjoying it when I realised that I can help others when they get stuck.
I got the Wiki Apprentice Level 2 Certification :-)
As a reply I made a presentation and loaded it on my page, on how to upload a ppt.(see presentations below)
I got nominated to the Interim Advisory Board of WikiEducator-India | Click here
I participated in the function organised for the formal Launch of WikiEducator-India | Click here

What I Plan TO DO as WikiEducator

Learn and become familiar with the Syntax for WikiEducator. See some basic editing tips by clicking Editing Tips For WikiEducator
Interact with the global community of WikiEducators to find others who share my various interests as teacher, Botanist, researcher, educator, poet, photographer...
Through personal contact and through Workshops get more educators to join hands here.
Add content to existing topics and start some new ones. I am taking feedback from my students regarding this.
Expand the WikiEducator community by discussions with persons who have similar ideas on education access to all.
As a Botany teacher I have learnt a lot of interesting things about the world of plants.Some from my own teachers and others by experience. I will share those with the International Community.
Teaching and learning by designing new experiments and local examples to understand scientific concepts has been my approach. I will share those as a WikiEducator

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My Photo Gallery

Here are some photos as a glimpse into my world

In my Botany Research lab at Gargi College	At Delhi University Symposium	Gargi College Symposium, with my teacher Prof. H Y Mohan Ram	WikiEd08 Niyam Bhushan, Gita Mathur, Andrew Lynn & Savithri Singh
WikiEd08 Participants	WikiEd group	WikiEd08 With Dr. R.Sreedhar	WikiEd08 Niyam Bhushan, Gita Mathur, Andrew Lynn, Savithri Singh & Anil Prasad
Presenting my paper	The Botanist in me	My Student Days - Straw hat & a lens

You may like to see my photostream at Flickr. Click here

Botany

Gargi College Botanical Society(GCBS)

Inter College Festival of GCBS called Ficus 2008 will be held on December 12, 2008 in Department of Botany, Gargi College
ALL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF BOTANY ARE WELCOME
This is the time to enjoy the subject.
Various competitions include: Botanical Photography, Botanical Salad Making, Botanical Rangoli, Best out of Botanical Waste, Slogan Writing and many more.
For more details and for registration email to: gcbsonline@gmail.com

Annual Botanical Publication of GCBS is called "Anthesis"
Students write on topics of interest ranging from Botany and Biotechnology to Environmental Sciences. This provides a forum to the young Botanists to write good technical papers and articles.

Teaching

Interesting Quote: Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.-Albert Camus

It is essential for every student to develop Study Skills. For guidance Click on Study Skills

I have been teaching Botany to undergraduates for more than twenty five years. I have seen a sea change in the approach and perspectives in both teaching and learning. Click on this link to read about - Teaching and Learning - My Experiences of three decades