Prof. (PhD) Hirday Nath Pandit

Prof. (PhD) Hirday Nath Pandit

Biography

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Professor Hirday Nath Pandit, MA (Economics) and PhD (Economics of Education), is an internationally known expert in educational management and policy analysis. He has 35 years of teaching and research experience in the field of educational management and policy analysis. He has over 100 publications/ working papers/documents and articles in the International Journals of Education. He was a Professor of Education and Head of Policy Planning and Evaluation at the National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT), New Delhi for several years. He also worked at the Association of Indian Universities and Institute of Applied Manpower, New Delhi. He was the lead member of the Research Team on Manpower Forecasting of the Indian National Commission on Education [1964-66]. He has served as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)/UNDP educational expert/advisor, a Consultant for the Cambridge Education Consultants and as an advisor for the World Bank/UNDP educational projects for several developing countries. In 1973, Professor Hirday Nath Pandit received his PhD degree in the Economics of Education from the Delhi University, and in 1976, he received a Diploma in Educational Management from UNESCO -International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris. He was also the recipient of the UNESCO Fellowship at IIEP Paris and the Visitor Fellowship of the British Council, London. He was the Indian delegate for the UNESCO Workshop on the Self Management in Education at Belgrade. Since 1977, he has been working on several International assignments, including the following:

  • 1977 – 1983: As a UNESCO Expert and Advisor to the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, he helped the University for six yeas to establish the Department of Educational Management.
  • 1984 – 1988: During those five years, he was Professor of Educational Planning and Administration, Head, Department of Foundations of Education and the Dean of Education at the University of Jos, Nigeria.
  • 1988 – 1992: He worked as the Team Leader and Advisor for the Cambridge Education Consultants for four years for the UNESCO/UNDP Project on educational planning for the Republic of Ghana.
  • 1993-1995: He also worked for three years as the Technical Advisor for the World Bank Project on the FUNCTIONAL LITERACY for Ghana.
  • 1996 – 1997: He was responsible for developing the Management Information System (MIS) for the Education Sector of Dominica and St. Lucia.
  • 2000 – 2009: Advisor to NR Computer Learning Center (www.nrclc.com). As an advisor, he is helping NRCLC establish on-site, off-site and on-line Information Technology courses.
  • He has published several books/documents on Educational Management and Policy.
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