On Tuesday January 31 a teacher named as Vandana Suryawanshi from Maharashtra state has been selected as the foremost foreigner for the US Space Foundation's elite 2012 Flight of Teacher interchange programme in its 10-year history. 

The teacher has been working as middle school educator in Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra, For about 20 years she has been educating about biology, earth science and general science.Now she joins with 19 famous educators who are choosen and are actively developing the space and science education. 

The new flight of Teacher interchanges will serve as advocates for space-themed education across the curriculum and will use Space Foundation-provided training and resources to further integrate space principles into the classroom, the Colorado Springs based non-profit leader in space awareness activities, educational programmes announced.

The highly regarded Space Foundation Teacher Liaison programme has more than 270 active participants.

The teachers are selected by a panel comprising experienced Teacher Liaisons and representatives from the space industry and the military.

The 2012 Teacher Liaisons programme will be publicly recognized at the Space Foundation's 28th National Space conference, which is being held April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In addition to the recognition activities, the 2012 Teacher Liaisons will participate in workshops and education programmes at the 28th National Space conference.

Succeeding the conference, Teacher interchange programme can take benefit of such innovative training and instructions in various workshops at NASA with optional symlevel credit; exclusive science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professional development experiences with optional continuing education credit; and special space-oriented student programmes created just for Teacher interchange programmes.