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Prof. Ved
Prakash has held eminent positions in a number of
premier
organizations dealing with School Education, Higher
Education & Personnel Selection. In Higher Education, as
Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC), he
was responsible not only for planning & prioritizing
resource allocations to universities and colleges but also
for ensuring the implementation of about four dozen schemes
for promotion of research & innovations in higher education.
As Adviser, Education, Planning Commission , Government
of India, he was actively associated in the finalization
of the Tenth Five Year Plan. His contributions in the areas
of Examination Reforms and Measurement & Evaluation have
been widely known. In his capacity as Professor & Head,
NCERT; as Associate Professor, Institute of Banking
Personnel Selection, Bombay & as Joint Director,
Staff Selection Commission, Government of India, New
Delhi, he had been instrumental in designing multiple types
of achievement & aptitude tests employed for identification
of Talent at the end of Primary & Secondary stages, conduct
of nation-wide Achievement Surveys & recruitment of
personnel in various government organizations.
A recipient of US Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship, he had
been a visiting Faculty at Humanities Research Group,
University of Windsor, Canada and a Guest Faculty at Harvard
Institute of International Development (HIID), Harvard
University, Cambridge. He also worked as a consultant for
the World Bank in Kathmandu, Nepal. Prof. Ved Prakash , who
has participated in several national and international
conferences, has authored a number of books, articles and
research papers.
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Vice Chancellor |
Educational Evaluation and Administration |
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R. Govinda |
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Ph.D.
(Education) from M.S. University, Baroda; taught at the
Centre of Advanced Study in Education, Baroda; was on
the Faculty of International Institute for Educational
Planning, UNESCO, Paris and Institute for Social and
Economic Change, Bangalore, Consultant for UNESCO,
UNICEF, ACCU, NORAD, the World Bank and the Asian
Development Bank; published several books and
professional papers in Indian and international
journals; specializes in Policy Analysis, Decentralised
Management, Basic Education, Non-formal Education and
Educational Evaluation.
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School &
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Policy Analysis, Decentralised Management, and Educational Evaluation |
rgovinda@nuepa.org |
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Jandhyala B. G. Tilak |
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Ph.D. (Economics of Education) from the Delhi School of
Economics; was on the research and teaching faculty of
University of Delhi, Indian Institute of Education,
University of Virginia and the Hiroshima University
(Japan); was also on the research staff of the World
Bank. He is also a Visiting Professor in Economics at
the Sri Sathya Sai University; and has authored/edited
ten books including Economics of Inequality in
Education, Education for Development in Asia (both by
Sage Publications), Educational Planning at Grassroots (Ashish),
India Socio-Economic Database (Tulika) , Education,
Society and Development (APH Publishers), Financing
Education in India (Ravi Books), Women’s Education and
Development (Garg Publishing) and Financing of Secondary
Education in India (Shipra Publications), in addition to
about 250 research papers published in reputed journals,
and in the series of working papers of the World Bank,
UNCRD, IIEP, State University of New York, NCAER. The
honours and awards he received include the prestigious
Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award of the UGC
in Education for his outstanding scholarly research
(1999) and Dr.Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for distinguished
research contributions to development studies (2003). He
is also a member of several official committees on
education of the Government of India. He is the Editor
of Journal of Educational Planning and Administration
and is on the editorial board of several professional
journals. He also serves as a short term external
consultant for the Asian Development Bank, World Bank,
UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, SDC, etc.
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Educational Finance
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Economics of Education, Educational Planning and
Financing |
jtilak@nuepa.org |
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Harikesh Singh |
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 Ph.
D. (Education) from Banaras Hindu University. He is a
recipient of the Gold Medal from BHU for M Ed. He has
teaching experience of over thirty one years at the
undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels and has
been Professor since 1993. He was UGC Career Awardee for
three years in Humanities and Social Sciences and has
successfully guided the research of fifteen Ph. D.
scholars. He was President of the BHU Teachers’
Association, national Vice-president of the Acharyakul
(founded by Acharya Vinoba Bhave) for two years
(2005-07) and Head and Dean of the Faculty of Education,
BHU for three years (1999-2002). He was Vice-Chairman of
the School Board of BHU and Chairman of and
Vice-Chancellor nominee of about dozen committees. Prof.
Harikesh Singh has also worked as Director and nodal
person of the national seminars of the NCTE and AIU, and
has been closely associated with UGC, ICSSR, NCERT, NCTE,
and RCI. He has published more than 100 articles,
research papers and book reviews, and has given resource
lectures in the UGC Academic Staff Colleges of various
universities. He has edited a book on ‘Parameters of
Quality Research’ and is also editorial adviser to
several educational journals.
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Professor |
Foundations of Education
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Philosophy of Education |
harikesh@nuepa.org |
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K. Sujatha (On Leave) |
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Ph.D.
(Educational Anthropology) from Andhra University,
Waltair, International Diploma in Development
Administration from International Institute of
Cooperation for University, Rome, Italy. Visiting Fellow
at New England University, Australia. Consulted by
UNESCO, UNICEF, British Council, UNDP, UNOPS; authored
four books and several research papers and articles
published in national and international journals,
conducted several empirical research studies.
Specialization: Education of the Disadvantaged Groups,
Educational Policy Analysis, Comparative Education in
Development Countries and School Management; editor of
Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in
Educational Planning (ANTRIEP) Newsletter, also convenor
of NIPEA occasional papers.
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Educational Policy Analysis, Tribal Education and Comparative Education |
ksujatha@nuepa.org |
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Sudesh Mukhopadhyay |
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Ph.D. (Education) from M.S. University of Baroda;
Associate of London University Institute of Education on
Special Education and Visiting Fellow to Manitoba
University, Canada; was on the faculty of NCERT; till
recently, Director of SCERT, Delhi (An autonomous body
of GNCT of Delhi); specializes in Education of the
Disabled, Teacher Education and School Quality;
consulted by the World Bank and UNICEF; contributed more
than hundred papers to national and international;
publications outlets.
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Professor |
Inclusive Education
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Comparative Education and
International Cooperation |
Special Education and Teacher Education |
smukhopadhyay@nuepa.org |
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Najma Akhtar |
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Gold
Medallist from Aligardh Muslim University; Ph.D.
(Education) from Kurukshetra University; Commonwealth
Fellow for University Administration Course at
University of Warwick and Nottingham; and trained at the
International Institute of Educational Planning (IIEP),
UNESCO, Paris. Was in the Faculty; Controller of
Examinations and Admissions and Director, Academic
Programmes at Aligarh Muslim University; DEP-DPEP IGNOU.
Founder Director, State Institute of Educational
Management and Training (SIEMAT), Uttar Pradesh;
authored two books and contributed several book chapters
and research papers. Led international consultancy
programmes supported by DANIDA, UNFPA, UNICEF, including
the prestigious NIEPA-Nepal Project. Specializes in
institution building; educational administration and
management, distance education, education of minority
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Professor |
Educational Administration |
Educational Administration |
najmaakhtar@nuepa.org |
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Sudhanshu Bhusan |
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M.Phil
(Economics) from Delhi School of Economics, Ph.D
(Economics) from JNU, New Delhi; 20 years teaching
experience in Economics in the Patna University Service;
Served as Additional Director, SIEMAT, Patna for three
and a half years. Authored a book on ‘Classical Economic
Theory’. Edited two books on ‘Resource Mobilisation
Strategies and Policies in Educational Sector’ and
'State, School and Community' specializes in
Internationalisation of Higher Education, Policy issues
in Higher Education and Educational Planning. |
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Professor |
Higher & Professional
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Policy Analysis and Planning of Higher Education |
sudhanshu@nuepa.org |
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Arun C. Mehta |
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Ph.D.
(Demographic Projections) from University of Rajasthan,
Jaipur; specialist in EMIS, Quantitative Techniques and
Projections and Forecasting of Educational Data;
authored books on Education for All in India, Enrolment
Projections, Population Projections and Upper Primary
Education and contributed a number of research articles
in journals and in NUEPA occasional paper series;
consulted by World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO and ACCU
(Japan); member, editorial board of Pariprekshya (A
Hindi Journal), trained at UNESCO regional Office at
Bangkok and Harvard Institute of International
Development, USA; Developed a website on Education for
All in India (http://educationforallinindia.com)
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Professor |
Educational Management Information
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EMIS, Projections and
Forecasting Techniques in Education |
arunmehta@nuepa.org |
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Nalini Juneja |
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Ph.D. (Education) from Delhi University; specializes in
educational management, policy and legislation on
compulsory primary education and education of urban
poor; contributed many books and related papers to
conferences, journals, etc.
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School and
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Educational Management |
nalinijuneja@nuepa.org |
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S.M.I.A. Zaidi |
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Ph.D. (Sociology) from Aligarh Muslim University;
specialist in Decentralised and Micro-Planning of
Education, methodology and techniques of planning and
appraisal and supervision of educational projects and
programmes; trained at Harvard Institute of
International Development (HIID) Harvard University USA; published a book, co-authored monographs
published by UNESCO, about two dozen research papers and
more than three dozen book review articles publishes in
various professional Journals and presented in academic
Seminars/Workshops; Academic Editor, NUEPA Hindi Journal
Pariprekshya.
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Professor |
Educational Planning |
Decentralised Planning in Education |
smiazaidi@nuepa.org |
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Avinash K. Singh |
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 Ph.D.
(Education) from University of London with Master of
Studies (Social Anthropology)
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Oxford University; was on the Faculty of Tata Institute
of Social Sciences, Mumbai; GOI National Scholar;
published research papers and articles in national and
international journals and books; conducted several
research studies: Evaluation of Education Programmes and
Schemes, Alternative Schooling through Maktabs,
Community and School Linkages, Evaluation of Literacy
Campaigns; consulted by the European Commission, Save
the Children (UK), UNICEF, the World Bank; specializes
in Education of the Disadvantaged, Decentralised
Educational Management, Tribal Education, Policy
Analysis and Programme Evaluation.
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Professor |
Foundations of Education |
Policy
Analysis and Programme Evaluation, Decentralized
Educational Management, Tribal Education
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Pranati Panda
Ph.D (Education) from Utkal University and M.Phil
(Education) from Delhi University and Certificate Course
on Education Sector Diagnosis from IIEP, Paris: served
as Assistant Professor at Regional Institute of
Education ,Associate Professor at National Institute of
Education of National Council of Educational Research
and Training (NCERT) and taught both at undergraduate
and post graduate level, organised capacity development
programmes, conducted several research and evaluative
studies: Teacher Education Policy Analysis, Evaluative
Studies on Centrally Sponsored Teacher Education
Institutions, School Based In-service Education and
Training of Teachers (SBINSET), Legislation and
Educational Development, Large Size Classes, Safe
School, Human Rights and Inclusive Education; handled
major projects :Encyclopaedia of Indian Education and
Fifty years of Teacher Education in India :authored
several books, monographs, self learning modules,
training packages and published research papers and
articles in national and international journals:
consulted by various international organisations: acted
as resource person for Asian region for developing
training packages and training programmes on human
rights education: specializes in teacher education,
teacher management and professional development
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human rights education. |
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Comparative Education and
International Cooperation |
Teacher
Education, Comparative Education Policy analysis and
Institutional Evaluation |
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Pramila Menon |
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Ph.D.
(Education) from Delhi University, was on the staff of
Lady Irwin College; specialist in decentralised planning
and community participation in basic education and
education of the minorities. Contributed many related
research papers to conferences, journals etc.
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Educational Policy |
Decentralised Planning and Community Participation |
pramilamenon@nuepa.org |
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Neelam Sood |
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Masters in Child Development from Lady Irwin College,
University of Delhi; Ph. D. (Psychology) from Bhopal
University; was on the faculty of Guru Nanak Dev
University, Haryana Agriculture University, National
Institute of Public Co-operation and Child Development
and visiting faculty as Fulbright scholar, at University
of Wyoming, U. S. A. Specialist in Child Development,
have published books, research articles and monographs
on early childhood education, psycho-social and
nutritional needs of children, teacher education and
school education.
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Professor |
Inclusive Education |
Early Childhood Care and Education |
neelamsood@nuepa.org |
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Yazali Josephine |
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Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University with
specialization in Economics of Education. Professionally
trained in Educational Planning and Administration from
IIEP (UNESCO), Paris. Obtained Post Graduate diploma in
Developmental Administration from International
University for Cooperation, Rome, Italy. Conducted
several impact research studies related to DPEP, Girls
education and Incentive Programmes at School level.
Presented several research papers in the national and
international organizations like UNESCO, Oxford etc.
Published several research articles related to
educational resource planning and management. Currently
working in the area of Globalization, Education and
Poverty.
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Associate Professor |
Educational Administration |
Economics of Education |
yjosephine@nuepa.org |
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B.K. Panda |
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 Ph.
D. (Educational Anthropology) from the Central
University of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi with an
intensive and specialized Nine months Diploma in
Educational Planning and Management from International
Institute for Educational Planning, Paris (alumni of IIEP-UNESCO-Paris); specializes in Education of the
Disadvantaged Groups, Comparative Education and in
developing Training Designs for School Administrators;
served as mission member in Joint Review Missions,
published books and modules on education of
disadvantaged groups, training of school principals,
teacher management issues and training of trainers and
conducted several research studies and published
research papers in reputed journals.
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Associate Professor |
Inclusive Education |
Education of the Disadvantaged and Comparative Education |
bkpanda@nuepa.org |
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Rashmi Diwan |
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 Ph.D ( Education)
from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; recipient of Gold
Medal in Post Graduation (Education) from University of
Jammu; Alumni of East West Center, Honolulu, USA;
working extensively
on critical issues in School and Tertiary levels
of Education, Adult Literacy and Educational Management;
Published work stands on the strong foundations of
empirical researches she has been conducting broadly in
the domains of Educational Leadership, School-Based
Management and Supervision,
Quality of Primary Education, Improving quality
of Researches in School Education, Internationalization
of Higher Education, Learning for Sustainable
Development in the Global World and several others;
Author of four books:
Leadership Behaviour
and Value Patterns Among School Principals, Dynamic
School Leadership; Improving Quality of Educational
Research and co edited a volume with
Prof R Govinda on Community Participation and Empowerment in Primary Education.
At present working in the area of policy research.
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Associate Professor |
School & Non-formal Education |
Educational Management |
rashmidiwan@nuepa.org |
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Veera Gupta |
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 Doctoral
work in Vocationilisation of Education. She has more
than 18 years of experience in teaching, research,
consultancy in education sector. She has worked with
academic institutions, research organizations,
Governments, International universities and bi-national
organizations. Her area of interest is Teacher Education
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Associate Professor |
Educational Policy |
Teacher Education |
veeragupta@nuepa.org |
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