(Declared by the
GOI under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956)
Prof. Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
Second topper in BA, topper (Gold medalist) in MA
Economics from Andhra University and 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, Sri Sathya Sai
University; Hony. Visiting Fellow at Centre for
International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima
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, etc.
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). Among many other honours, he had a
privilege of delivering a keynote address to a meeting
of the Noble laureates in
Barcelona in 2005. Dr
Tilak is also a member of several official committees on
education constituted by the Government of India and
various state governments, besides some international
bodies. 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. Professor Tilak served as
Vice-President, and is currently President of the
Comparative Education Society of India (2011-).
Second topper in BA, topper (Gold medalist) in MA
Economics from Andhra University and 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, Sri Sathya Sai
University; Hony. Visiting Fellow at Centre for
International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima
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, etc.
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). Among many other honours, he had a
privilege of delivering a keynote address to a meeting
of the Noble laureates in