Mrs. Vandanah Gooria is a Programme Manager and Lecturer in Management and Marketing at the Open University of Mauritius. She obtains a Fellowship in Advanced Higher Education, UK and a Certified Practitioner for Blackboard Academy. She has 16 years of experience in administration, then has over 13 years of professional and academic experience encompassing university teaching, market research and surveys, development and authoring course materials, book chapters, publishing research papers in peer reviewed journals. She has a specific interest in serving vulnerable groups and involved in social activities for more than 8 years. Her areas of interest are mainly Special education needs management, Marketing, Open Distance Learning, Management and Open Educational Resources (OER). She awarded two prestigious research grants from the Higher Education Commission, Mauritius and one grants from the US Embassy to Mauritius and Seychelles under the Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. She represented a member for the development of OER National Policy.