Education
Expert Panel
Prof. R.GOVINDA
Senior Fellow and Head
School and Non-Formal Education Unit
National Institute of Educational Planning, New Delhi
Currently (since 1987) Senior Fellow and Head of the School and Non-Formal Education Unit in the National Institute of Educational Planning, New Delhi. Concurrently, teaches at Institute of Education, University of London as visiting Professor. Taught at the M.S. University of Baroda and at the International Institute of Educational Planning, UNESCO, Paris. Member of several national and international bodies – Member, Council of Consultant Fellow of International Institute of Educational Planning; Member of the Editorial Board of the Global Monitoring Report, Unesco; Advisor, Aga Khan Education Foundation Education Programmes; Member, Task Force on Education for All (EFA), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India; Member, Managing Committee of the Commonwealth Education Fund in India; Managing Trustee, Foundation for Education and Development. Current areas of interest include primary education and literacy, decentralized management, programme evaluation, and role of NGOs and international organizations. Recent publications include: India Education Report – Profile of Basic Education, Oxford University Press and Community Participation and Empowerment in Primary Education in India, Sage Publishers, New Delhi.