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Teacher education is a program related with teacher proficiency and competence that would make them competent enough to face new challenges in the education. It is the cradle of education Wherein prospective teacher are moulded. Teacher education is of utmost importance in striving forward a centuries knowledge base. Now a days the field of education is not only limited with books but has broadened in various new horizons. Development and changes in education have affected teacher education necessitating review and reforms. Reforms rejuvenate the teacher education on timely basis. Teacher education reforms must necessitate improvement of quality in both in service and pre service teacher education. It demands understanding with investigative minds, assimilating the required transformations, accommodating and responding to the universal needs. We also need to train teachers with new perspectives as the outer world is in the classroom and schools are opening to the world. The pre-service and in-service teacher education programs have shown paradigm shift with its emphasis on globalization and individualization. The present paper is to indicate main changes that has incurred in teacher education in India and also provide an overview of trends, reforms and innovations in teacher education. It also discusses the need of teacher education program to be innovative and various practices that can be included.