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Teaching is considered as an art as well as science for a right reason as it defines the versatile role played by a teacher in a classroom. An effective teacher needs to be creative in his thoughts, his actions which would eventually reflect his own unique philosophy, talents and his personal style. In this era of pandemic where people are everyday struggling to fight up with the losses and coming up with new innovations, a teacher should also be one who needs to find out what works best in what kind of situation. He or She should be ready enough to deal with all kinds of challenges coming on their way so that the teaching learning does not get affected. The teacher needs to experiment all kinds of techniques, strategies, methods, approaches and should be acquainted with the new innovations in the field of education. In this era of information and communication technology, Technology plays a very important role in the development of human society. Based on this fact it becomes necessary for a teacher to become a Techno-pedagogue. It is a term used for a person who is well aware of the techno-pedagogical skills; use of technology in teaching learning process, to make the process more comfortable; to provide information with utmost clarity. Now that the teachers are the ones accountable to create a society full of responsible citizens, they are supposed to be trained in such a way so that they can contribute towards society in a more worthy way. This study is designed to explore how a teacher should play the role of a techno- pedagogue, alongside it also focusses on the importance of developing techno-pedagogical skills in pre-service teachers.