The second event was ‘Reforming Teacher Education in the 21st century part I: An Indo-Finnish Dialogue on Teacher Competences and Policy Reforms’ was held on the 7th of April 2022. The following were speakers at the event:

• Moderator: Dr. PasiIkonen, Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Prof. Mythili Ramchand, Co-Chairperson at the Centre for Excellence in Teacher Education, TISS Mumbai, India
• Prof. JariLavonen, Physics and Chemistry Education, University of Helsinki, and a Director of National Teacher Education Forum, Finland

Discussants included:

• Johanna Lampinen, International Education Expert, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Finland
• Dr. Jyoti Raina, Associate Professor, Department of Elementary Education, Gargi College, University of Delhi, India
• Avinash Dhital, Project specialist, Aalto University, Finland
• Dr. Radhika Menon, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Mata Sundri College, University of Delhi, India

The third event was ‘Reforming Teacher Education in the 21st century part II: Exchanging Research and Practices between India and Finland’. It was held on the 21st of April 2022 and included. The following were the speakers for the event:

• Dr. Hannele Cantell, Associate Professor (Title of Docent), University Lecturer, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Ms. Kinnari Pandya, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Azim Premji University, India
• Ms. MyrtoKyriazopoulou, Doctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Dr. Radhika Menon, Associate Professor, Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.
• Dr. Poonam Sharma, Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India Centre for Excellence in Teacher Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
• Professor Yukti Sharma, Central Institute of Education, Delhi University
• Professor Chellamani Kathirkamanathan, Pondicherry University, India
• Dr. Eila Burns, Senior Researcher, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Ms. Julia Renko, Course Coordinator at Sustainable Global Technologies Programme, Aalto University, Finland
• Dr. Gunjan Sharma, Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi, India
• Dr. Laura Helle, University Research Fellow, Adjunct Professor, University of Turku, Finland Professor MikkoRuohonen& Gururaj Mahajan, Research Coordinator, Tampere University, Finland
• Dr. Jyoti Raina, Associate Professor & Dr. Parul Karla, Assistant Professor, Gargi College, India

We have held a webinar on ‘Approaches to child-centred pedagogy in early childhood education and care’ on 25th August, 2022

Speakers included:

• Sunisha Ahuja, Education specialist, UNICEF India
• Kati Rintakorpi, Specialist in Social Services and Early Childhood Education and Care, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• TuoviWallén, University lecturer, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Samyukta Subramanian, Pratham Education Foundation, India

NCI and GINTL India held a virtual info session on funding opportunities for Indo-Finnish academic partnerships and Visiting Fellowships on the 15th of September, 14:00-15:00 CEET/16.30-17.30 IST.

Speakers included:

• Pia Krimark, GINTL India
• Sofia Lähdeniemi and Mari Pohjola, EduFi
• Leena Sivula (PhD.), University of Jyvaskyla

The GINTL team visited India and as part of that we held a networking afternoon at New Delhi on the theme 'Intercultural Perspectives: Preparing Teachers for Future Generations on the 20th of September 2022.

Speakers included:

• Professor Anna-MaijaPoikkeus, dean of Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
• Dr. Sirpa Eskelä-Haapanen, Head of Department Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Mr. PasiIkonen, Member of the Executive Board, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä,
• Professor N V Varghese, Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi
• Professor Poonam Batra, Co-Investigator, Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures - India
• Dr. Gunjan Sharma, Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi

Indian institutions represented in the academic event included Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Ambedkar University Delhi, Ashoka University, Ashoka University, National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Miranda House, Jesus and Mary College, Mata Rani College, Delhi government’s State Council for Educational research and Training.

NCI also arranged meetings for the GINTL delegation in New Delhi

• Meeting at NIEPA
• Meeting with Gargi College
• Meeting with Jesus and Mary College

NCI and GINTL India organized a webinar on “Contemporary Research on Digital Education in Finland and India” that was held on Thursday 17 November 2022.

Speakers included

• PaasiIkonen Member of the Executive Board, Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä
• Dr.Piia Näykki, Assistant professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Dr. Amina Charania, Associate professor, Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

GINTL India organized a virtual winter school for Indian and Finnish in service and pre service teachers on Children's Social & Emotional Development. It was held from 28.11.22 to 2.12.22

Speakers included:

• Tommi Mäkinen, University teacher, University of Jyväskylä
• Chetna Duggal, Associate Professor in the School of Human Ecology (SHE), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
• Shipra Suneja, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Azim Premji University
• Jenni Salminen, Postdoctoralresearcher& Dr. Sanni Pöysä, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Jyväskylä
• Merja Koivula, Senior lecturer, University of Jyväskylä
• Kinnari Pandya, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University
• Miia Sainio, Senior lecturer, University of Jyväskylä
• Rajani Mohan Konantambigi, Professor, Mumbai Campus, Centre for Human Ecology, School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
• Rajashree Srinivasan, Professor, School of Education, Azim Premji University
• Aneesh Kumar P, Assistant Professor, Department Of Psychology, School Of Social Sciences, ChristUniversity, Bengaluru