Education Programme
Programme Head: Anitha Kurup
The EDUCATION PROGRAMME at NIAS is a consolidation of work in various projects and academic activities conducted at the institute for nearly two decades. Drawing on a range of experiences, the PROGRAMME is premised on observations that the education system in India, at all levels, is entrapped in several contradictions. On the one hand, mass elementary education remains limited with problems of access, equity and quality, while on the other hand, select specialized institutions of higher education are celebrated for the generation of creative and global talent. Even as existing institutions face a crisis in management and quality, several new, private institutions are catering to differential financial capabilities of households. The challenges are multiple: how to provide equal and quality education to all? What models and practices of education are suitable for a diverse population? How can local and national priorities be matched with the pressures of global regimes? What linkages must education institutions have with the social, political and economic worlds of the people? Attempting to address these challenges and drawing on the institutional mandate of inter/multi-disciplinary research, the Education Programme focuses on connecting research with teaching, advocacy and policy. Our work has found audience in diverse forums including academic journals, national and international conferences, teach-ins, government expert committees, governing boards of educational institutions among others. In addition to the scholars from around the world, we have collaborated with students, teachers, administrators, government officials and civil society organisations.
Research Focus and action engagements (2010-2020)
Building on our work in education for over two decades, the education programme is set to expand in the next few years, focusing on the themes that deserve urgent, deep engagements. Our focus, ‘Reaching the Unreached’ draws attention to the critical problems in education that have hitherto received little attention. Working on all levels of education and interacting with different stakeholders, we have been involved in identifying trends, reviewing schemes and policies, drafting reports and collaborating around issues involving meaningful, viable visions of education. We have identified the following four broad, thrust areas:
(1) Education of the Gifted and Talented
(2) Gender and Higher Education
(3) Women in STEM disciplines
(3) Education and Marginalised Communities
(4) Vocational Education.
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Ongoing Projects
The following four are identified as thrust areas:
- Education of the Gifted and Talented
- Gender and Higher Education (Women in the STEM Disciplines; Women and Leadership)
- Education and Exclusion
- Vocational and Higher Education.
Collaborations
The Education programme at NIAS collaborates with a number of institutions, scholars, teachers and policy makers. A list of collaborating institutional partners and researchers is given below:
- Agragami Adivasi Samiti
- Bhasha Research, Gujarat
- National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune
- National Adivasi Solidarity Council
- Dr.Laura Grindstaff, UC Davis, California, US
- Dr.Marcy Delcourt, University of Connecticut, US
- Dr. Joseph Renzulli, University of Connecticut, US
- Dr.Manabu Sumida, Ehime University, Japan
- Dr. Stephen Tommis, HKAGE, Hong Kong
- Dr. Jyoti Sarma, Delhi University, India
- Dr. Ajit Basu, Agastya Foundations, India
- Dr. Swatee Bapat, Swanand Foundation, India
- Dr. Jayan, Life Long Learning Foundation, India
- Dr. Shekar Sheshadri, NIMHANS, India
- Dr. Jamuna Rajan, NIMHANS, India
- Dr. Ankur Madan, Azim Premji University, India
- Dr. S. Mohan, IISc., India
- Dr. Karuna Chanana, JNU, India
- Dr. C.S. Nagaraju, ISEC, India
- Dr. Padma Sarangapani, ISEC, India
- Dr. Gautam Biswas, IIT, Gauhati, India
Book Chapters
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Kurup, A., 2018. Higher Education. In Karnataka Human Development Report-2015: Accelerating Equitable Human Development. Karnataka Human Development Report-2015: Accelerating Equitable Human Development. Bengaluru: Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department. Government of Karnataka, pp. 98-114.
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Mathew, L., 2017. Betrayed futures: Uneconomic schooling in liberalizing Kerala (India). In Anthropological perspectives on student futures. Anthropological Studies of Education. Anthropological perspectives on student futures. Anthropological Studies of Education. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 103-118.
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Kurup, A. & Singai, C.B., 2017. Redefining University Education in India: Pedagogy and Student Voices. In Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Towards a Socially Just Pedagogy in a Global Context. Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Towards a Socially Just Pedagogy in a Global Context. Palgrave Critical University Studies: Springer , pp. 175-190 .
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Kurup, A., 2017. Gender, Science and Technology Education in India. In Feminists and Science: Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India. Feminists and Science: Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India. New Delhi: Sage. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1244.
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V, B.V., Radhakrishna, S. & Kurup, A., 2017. Bridging Educational Institutions for a Citizen Science Project: A Case Study from Malappuram District, Kerala, India. In When Science Meet Public: Bridging the Gap. When Science Meet Public: Bridging the Gap. New Delhi: Springer Publication, pp. 269-277.
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Tukdeo, S., 2015. Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education. In India’s Children: Essays on Social Policy. India’s Children: Essays on Social Policy. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Available at: http://www.oup.co.in/product/academic-general/economics/development-economics/155/indias-children-essays-social-policy/9780199455287.
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Tukdeo, S., 2015. Class Divided: Global Pressures, Domestic Pulls and a Fractured Education Policy in India. In Policy Futures in Education. Vol 13. Policy Futures in Education. Vol 13.
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Rout, B. & R., R., 2015. Determinants of Students dropout in Indian Higher Education. In Democracy, Governance and Tribes in the Age of Globalized India – Reality & Rhetoric, . Democracy, Governance and Tribes in the Age of Globalized India – Reality & Rhetoric, . New Delhi: Gyan Publishing .
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Roy, P. & Kurup, A., 2015. A critical assessment of gifted education in India In: Gifted Education in Asia: Problems and Prospects. In Gifted Education in Asia: Problems and Prospects. Gifted Education in Asia: Problems and Prospects. Information Age Publishing , Inc., pp. 147-166. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/866/.
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Tukdeo, S., 2014. Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy. In Current Science. Vol. 196. No. 7. Pp. Current Science. Vol. 196. No. 7. Pp. pp. 1014–1015.
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Tukdeo, S., 2012. Teacher Education in Pakistan. In Eof Interna Education D. D. Ness and Chia-Ling Lin) New York: M.
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Tukdeo, S., 2012. Teacher education in India. In D. Ness & Lin, C. - L. International education: Encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems. International education: Encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems. New York: M E Sharp Inc. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/373/.
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Tukdeo, S., 2012. Teacher Education in India. In Eof Interna Education D. D. Ness and Chia-Ling Lin) New York: M.
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Tukdeo, S., 2010. The Power of P2P: Information Networks, Social Organizing and Educational Futures. In & , Open Education and Education for Openness. Open Education and Education for Openness. Boston, MA: Sense Publishing.
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Peters, M. & Tukdeo, S., 2009. Cultural Exchange, Study Abroad and Discourse of the Other. In Marginson, Murphy and Peters (eds) Global Creation: Space, Mobility and Synchrony in the Age of Knowledge Economy. Marginson, Murphy and Peters (eds) Global Creation: Space, Mobility and Synchrony in the Age of Knowledge Economy. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
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Tukdeo, S., 2006. Critical Reflections on Seasonal Migration and Educational Access in India. In Proceedings, Graduate Conference on Mobility and Education. Proceedings, Graduate Conference on Mobility and Education.
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Tukdeo, S., 2006. The Crisis of Elementary Education in India (Kumar. In Educational Studies. Educational Studies. pp. 167–170.
Books
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K, J., 2018. Education, Migration and Human Development: Kerala Experience, Rawat Books. Available at: https://www.rawatbooks.com/education/education-migration-and-human-development.
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Kapur, M., 2016. Psychological perspectives on childcare in Indian indigenous health systems, New Delhi: Springer India. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/797/.
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Kapur, M., 2013. Jivaka: the child who healed, New Delhi: Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/409/.
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Salam, J., 2013. State, Civil Society and Right to Education, Jaipur: Rawat Publishers.
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Veerabhadranaika, P. et al., 2012. ‘The Education Question’ from the Perspective of Adivasis: Conditions, Bangalore: NIAS Report.
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Kurup, A., 2012. Trend Analysis of PhD S in India 1998-2007, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/321/.
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Kapur, M., 2011. Counselling Children with Psychological Problems, New Delhi: Pearson Education. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/204/.
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Kapur, R.L., 2009. Another way to live: A psychiatrist among Indian ascetics M. Kapur & Buglass, D. , New Delhi: Penguin. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/173/.
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Tukdeo, S., 2007. Mapping Resistance: Coca-Cola and the Struggle in Plachimada I. In J. Harris, Chicago: Change Maker Publications.
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Salam, J., 2004. Social Exclusion and Education, New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
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Salam, J., 2004. Human Rights Investigation and Fact Finding Techniques, New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
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Kurup, A., 2000. Village, caste and education, New Delhi: Rawat Publications. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/36/.
Journal Articles
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Dixit, S., 2019. Generating Self-Reflection: Findings from Self-Development Workshops in Teacher Training Curriculum. Education and Self Development, 14(1), pp.20-31. Available at: https://eandsdjournal.org/wp-stuff/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/ESD58-04.pdf.
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Kurup, A., 2019. The Leaky Pipeline: a Social Scientist Perspective. Spoorthi: Celebrating Indian Women in Science. Available at: https://indiabioscience.org/women-in-science/spoorthi-celebrating-indian-women-in-science.
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Tukdeo, S., 2018. Beyond deaths in school: education, knowledge production, and the Adivasi experience. Qualitative Research Journal. Available at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/QRJ-D-17-00054?journalCode=qrj#.WpbZovkhlZ0.gmail.
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Dixit, S. & Rout, B.Chandra, 2017. Writing History: Truth and Ideology. The New Leam, 3(22-23), pp.5-7. Available at: http://thenewleam.com/2017/03/writing-history-truth-and-ideology-by-shalini-dixit-and-bharat-chandra-rout/.
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Mathew, L., 2017. Mandated Resistance, Embodied Shame: The Material and Affective Contours of a TESOL Method. TESOL Quarterly , November 2017. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesq.420/full.
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Kapur, M., 2017. Quality Primary Education. Mentor LXL Ideas, 10(9), pp.14-17. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1246.
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Kapur, M., 2017. Being a Human Mental Health Professional. Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 43(1), pp.123-127. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1245.
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Salam, J., 2017. Invoking the True Spirit of Vocational Education. The New Leam: Pedagogy, Aesthetics, Imagination, 3(21).
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Salam, J., 2017. Manipuris and Sharmila Irom. Economic and Political Weekly, 52(12), p.5. Available at: http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/12/letters/manipuris-and-sharmila-irom.html.
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Kurup, A., Mathew, L. & Singh, T., 2017. Taking the next steps (Meeting report on NIAS’ collaboration with women in STEM in India). Current Science, 112(10), pp.1986-1987.
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Samhita, K., 2017. The Turbulence of Youth and the Importance of a Master. The New Leam, 3(25). Available at: http://thenewleam.com/2017/06/the-turbulence-of-youth-and-the-importance-of-a-master/.
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Kurup, A., 2016. Impact of Science and Technology on Women. Available at: http://yojana.gov.in/Recent_archive_English_2016.asp.
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Salam, J., 2016. The idea of Indianness. The New Leam, 2(13), pp.46-48. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1130/.
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Arkalgud, R. et al., 2016. India's national higher education policy recommendations since independence: An ontological analysis. Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, 30, pp.5–24. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1136/.
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Kurup, A. & Dixit, S., 2016. Gifted with Disabilities: The Twice Exceptional in India. Indian Educational Review, 54(2), pp.7-25. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1713/.
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Dixit, S., 2016. Understanding of History among Tribal and Non-Tribal Children and Adults. International Education and Research Journal, 2(10), pp.30-33. Available at: http://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/487/459.
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Tukdeo, S. & Babu, S., 2015. Teaching and Teachable Moments in the New Regime. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. L. No, L.
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Rout, B. & Watts, M., 2014. “Capabilities of Affirmative Action Students in Higher Education: Evidences from an Indian University”. Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, XXIX(4).
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Tukdeo, S., 2014. Book review: Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy: Agile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World by Graham Room. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011. Current Science, 106, pp.1014–1015. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/641/.
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Rout, B., 2014. The State of Higher Education in India: Some Reflections from Annual Status of Higher Education. The College Post.
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Salam, J., 2014. Theft, Corruption and Parental School Choice in Manipur . Economic and Political Weekly, 49(12).
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Tukdeo, S., 2014. The Not-so-Hidden Power of Mobility and Education: Indian Diaspora, Knowledge Industries and the Development Imperatives. Journal of Diaspora Studies, 7.
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Kapur, M., 2012. Bridging the gap between child development and education using children as the resource (IACP Presidential Address). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, pp.3–9. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/485/.
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Rout, B., 2012. “Divergent perspectives and Differing Logics; the case of Affirmative Action in India". The Educational Forum, 76.
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Tukdeo, S., 2011. Universities at the Crossroads: In Contributions to Indian Sociology. Vol. 47 pp327-330. {Tukdeo}, {S}. (2011) {Education} for {Sustainable} {Development}: {Challenges}, {Strategies} and {Practices} in a {Globalized} {World}. {In} {Current} {Science}. {Vol}. 98. {No}, 98.
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Kurup, A. & Bhushan, P., 2008. Emerging directions in global education. Current Science, 95, pp.303–304. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/144/.
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Salam, J., 2007. Millennium Development Goal and the Education Challenge . Social Action, A Social Trust Publication. Indian Social Institute, 57(2).
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Kurup, A., 2006. India's competitiveness and preparedness in Science & Technology for the coming decades. Current Science, 90, pp.281–283. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/73/.
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Cortez, R. et al., 2006. Brazilian and {US} {Educators}: {Hope} and {Possibilities} through {Dialogue}. Illinois International Review, 2.
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Kurup, A., 2005. Quality and the social context of rural schools. Contemporary Education Dialogue, 30, pp.28–60. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/231/.
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Salam, J., 2004. Women and Violence: A Miniscule Experience at World Social Forum, Mumbai . Women’s Link, 10(2).
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Salam, J., 2004. Education Policies and Praxis: A Reference to Free and Compulsory Education Bill. Legal News and Views, Indian Social Institute.
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- 23 Mar 2019 NIAS Education Programme: "Alchemy-2019: An Exhibition of Advanced Learning Centre Projects," on IISc Open day, Saturday, 23 March 2019, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, NIAS
- 23 Aug 2017 NIAS Wednesday Discussion: “Policy Recommendations and Policy Change: Connections, Gaps and Contradictions" by Chetan Singai, Lecture Hall, NIAS, 0930 hrs
- 7 Jun 2017 NIAS Wednesday Discussion: “Living others' Histories with our Memories: Identity, social conflict and education” by Shalini Dixit, Lecture Hall, NIAS, 0930 hrs
- 31 May 2017 NIAS Wednesday Discussion: "Whose Right To Education (RTE) Is It Any Way?" by Malavika Kapur, Lecture Hall, NIAS, 0930 hrs
- 9 May 2017 to 11 May 2017 NIAS Summer Workshop: "Fifth Summer Workshop for Children Under NIAS Gifted Education Programme - Exploring Excellence with Nature, Science and Art"
- 22 Feb 2017 NIAS Wednesday Discussion: “Number Representation: Utility, Aesthetics & Innovation” by Dr Shailaja D Sharma, Lecture Hall, 9.30hrs
- 27 Jan 2017 to 28 Jan 2017 Consultation Meeting : "Women in STEM"
- 24 Jan 2017 to 25 Jan 2017 Seminar : "Contesting Exclusions in Higher Education: Pedagogy, Practices and Politics"
- 2 Nov 2016 NIAS Wednesday Discussion: “Sociology of Right to Education: A Dynamic View through Northeast India” by Jeebanlata Salam, Lecture Hall, 0930 hrs
- 14 Sep 2016 NIAS Wednesday Discussion: "Sociology of Right to Education: A Dynamic View" by Dr. Jeebanlata Salam, Lecture Hall, 0930 hrs