The Ministry of Human Resource Development has appointed a new nine-member panel, headed by space scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, to work on a New Education Policy (NEP).
The Prakash Javadekar’s HRD ministry has chosen experts and educationists from wide-ranging backgrounds to be part of the panel.
The panel has been appointed keeping in mind that the members bring expertise related to the diverse areas of education. Significantly, the panel also reflects the diversity of the country as the members belong to different sections as well as regions
Besides Mr Kasturirangan, who headed India’s space agency ISRO, the panel includes former IAS officer K.J. Alphonse Kanamthanam, who had played a key role in helping Kerala’s Kottayam and Ernakulam districts achieve 100 per cent literacy.
Ram Shanker Kureel, Vice-Chancellor of Baba Saheb Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, who has wide experience in the field of agricultural sciences and management, has also been appointed.
M.K. Shridhar, former member secretary of the Karnataka State Innovation Council, T.V. Kattimani, an expert on language communication, Dr Mazhar Asif, professor of Persian at Guwahati University, and former director of education, Uttar Pradesh, Krishan Mohan Tripathi also bring a wealth of experience to the panel.
The HRD ministry had a couple of years ago formed a panel under former cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian on the New Education Policy.
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