Evolution of Indian Education (English, Paperback, unknown)
Book Details
Imprint: Gyan Publishing House
Publication Year: 2014
Contributors
Author Info: Professor JagdishLal Azad(b. 1920) holds Masters degrees in Economics and Education. He was awarded the Doctorate degree by the University of Delhi on the basis of his Study: Financing of Higher Education in India. He has also passed the highest university examination in Persian: Honours in Persian of the Punjab University as also the High Proficiency examination in Urdu (Adib-e-Alam) of the same University.Prof. Azad retired as Chief of Education Division, Planning Commission, with which he was associated for more than two decades. Thereafter, he worked as (Visiting) Professor of Economics of Education at various universities including Sardar Patel University, (Gujarat) and JamiaMilliaIslamia. He was also Senior Fellow (ICSSR) at the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, as also Honorary Director of Planning Commission sponsored Research Projects at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was also a Fellow at the University of York (England). During his stay at that university, he completed a comparative study of financing of three universities each in England and India. He also participated in various conferences on education in India and abroad.Prof. Azad has been closely associated with the academic programmes of bodies like the University Grants Commission, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, National Council of Educational Research and Training and National Council of Teacher Education, etc. He was also Chairman/Member of a number of Committees/Study Groups set up by various academic organisations to advise on some of the important academic issues and programmes relating to educational development on an all India basis.Prof. Azad has written extensively on problems of Indian Education. His main areas of interest are: Educational Planning, Educational Finance, Educational Management, Economics of Education, Graduate unemployment etc. His published works include 16 books/monographs/ research reports, 20 research papers and a large number of papers/articles in educational/ research journals in India and abroad.Three of his books have been referred to in the International Encyclopaedia of Higher Education (Pergamon) Oxford, 1992. A number of his books have been prescribed as reference books by various Indian universities.
