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Ms. Navjot Kohli

Navjot comes from a diverse personal and academic background, with Masters in South Asian Studies and Social Development. She has 30 years of work experience in education and the non-profit sector. In education, she was engaged in teaching, course design, mentoring teachers/students and various management capacities in Turkey and Malaysia. In the non-profit sector, she was active in human rights, specifically child rights in the area of juvenile justice/stateless children, training lawyers and judges in Malaysia. Navjot has been with SMF since 2016 and has worked in various capacities within SMF, developing content, capacity building, managing MV for English medium schools and currently managing donor relations and documenting progress of programmes.

Dr. Leena Deshpande

Dr. Leena Deshpande has more than 35 years of experience in the field of education. She started her career in Indian Institute of Education. She had an opportunity to work closely with the veteran educationist Dr. Chitra Naik in the field of adult education. After joining S.N.D.T. Women’s university as a teacher educator in 1985, she contributed in a number of international workshops and conferences. She also has publication of books and research papers to her credit. She undertook a couple of educational research projects funded by UGC and World bank. Many students have completed their doctoral research under her supervision. She got an opportunity to serve as a dean of the faculty of education at her university and headed the department of education. She retired as the principal of the Institute of Advanced study in Education.(This was a special status given to the department of education by MHRD for its spectacular contribution in educational research and policies). She was appointed by NAAC, NCERT, NCTE in different capacities.  She has been working with Shantilal Muttha Foundation as a consultant for the last four years.

Mr Ashok Gopal has 20+ years of experience in the development sector, especially in the area of education. Earlier, he was in communications connected with national English-language newspapers and magazines of high repute. As a consultant for several non-government organizations, his expertise is in the areas of programme strategy, curriculum development, research and communication. He led the conceptualization and development of the Mulyavardhan framework and heads curriculum development of all MV educational materials. He has been associated with the programme since 2012.

Ms. Navjot Kohli

Navjot comes from a diverse personal and academic background, with Masters in South Asian Studies and Social Development. She has 30 years of work experience in education and the non-profit sector. In education, she was engaged in teaching, course design, mentoring teachers/students and various management capacities in Turkey and Malaysia. In the non-profit sector, she was active in human rights, specifically child rights in the area of juvenile justice/stateless children, training lawyers and judges in Malaysia. Navjot has been with SMF since 2016 and has worked in various capacities within SMF, developing content, capacity building, managing MV for English medium schools and currently managing donor relations and documenting progress of programmes.

Dr. Leena Deshpande

Dr. Leena Deshpande has more than 35 years of experience in the field of education. She started her career in Indian Institute of Education. She had an opportunity to work closely with the veteran educationist Dr. Chitra Naik in the field of adult education. After joining S.N.D.T. Women’s university as a teacher educator in 1985, she contributed in a number of international workshops and conferences. She also has publication of books and research papers to her credit. She undertook a couple of educational research projects funded by UGC and World bank. Many students have completed their doctoral research under her supervision. She got an opportunity to serve as a dean of the faculty of education at her university and headed the department of education. She retired as the principal of the Institute of Advanced study in Education.(This was a special status given to the department of education by MHRD for its spectacular contribution in educational research and policies). She was appointed by NAAC, NCERT, NCTE in different capacities.  She has been working with Shantilal Muttha Foundation as a consultant for the last four years.

Ms. Meghana Desai

Meghana Desai comes with over 13 years of experience in the non-profit and the corporate sector. As a development sector professional, she has especially focused on school education. She is a Teach for India alumnus from their maiden cohort of 2009. Currently, she heads the Programme Monitoring & Evaluation at ShantilalMuttha Foundation, Pune. As a part of the core team in the organization, she is closely involved with programme strategy and conceptualization, curriculum development, research, evaluation, documentation and content writing for web media and print. Value-based education, civic engagement programmes for schools, school assessment and accreditation have been the key areas of her work. She has closely worked with the NCERT, New Delhi in recently developing the Common Minimum Program for Value Education in schools.

She is also a freelance content writer and a content developer. She thrives on creative pursuits and is an avid traveller, an amateur painter, a theatre enthusiast, a music buff and is also pursuing Kathak . By qualification, she holds a PG Diploma in Business Management (Finance and Mktg) and is an Electronics engineer from NIT Nagpur.

Ms. Navjot Kohli

Navjot comes from a diverse personal and academic background, with Masters in South Asian Studies and Social Development. She has 30 years of work experience in education and the non-profit sector. In education, she was engaged in teaching, course design, mentoring teachers/students and various management capacities in Turkey and Malaysia. In the non-profit sector, she was active in human rights, specifically child rights in the area of juvenile justice/stateless children, training lawyers and judges in Malaysia. Navjot has been with SMF since 2016 and has worked in various capacities within SMF, developing content, capacity building, managing MV for English medium schools and currently managing donor relations and documenting progress of programmes.

Prof. R. Govinda

Prof R Govinda is the ex-Vice Chancellor of the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi. Previously, he worked in reputed educational institutes such as the Institute of Education, University of London; MS University of Baroda and the International Institute of Educational Planning (IIEP), UNESCO.

He is a member of several national and international bodies. He has been on the editorial board of the Global Education Monitoring Report; Consultant Fellow to International Bureau of Education; Member of the Governing Board of UNESCO Institute of Statistics, Montreal; Member of the Central Advisory Board of Education; and Member of the National Advisory Committee on Right to Education of Government of India.

His research interests include primary education and literacy, decentralized management, programme evaluation, and reforms in higher education. He has published widely on these issues in several books and journals. Oxford University Press has recently published an edited volume of his studies titled “Who goes to School? Exploring Exclusion in Indian Education”.

Mr. Shyam B. Menon

Professor Menon is with the Ambedkar University, Delhi, since August 2008 as its first Vice Chancellor. He has been a Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi; the Dean of Faculty of Education, the Proctor and Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi; Director, School of Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University; and a Professor at the Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT. He also taught at the MS University of Baroda for several years.

As a Fulbright Fellow, he was in the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His doctoral work was in the area of curriculum and cognition, and his postdoctoral research was in higher education. Much of his work has been in curriculum studies, higher education and teacher education. He edited the journal, Perspectives in Education, for many years. He is currently on the International Advisory Board of Comparative Education, Teaching Education, and Asia Pacific Journal of Education. He is a member of the Task Force on Access and Equity in Higher Education, constituted by the International Association of Universities

Prof. Dr. S. Parasuraman

Prof Parasuraman is Former Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. He has over 25 years of experience as a teacher, trainer, activist, administrator and development worker. His specific skills lie in establishing and nurturing institutions; facilitating capacity-building on rights-based approach to development; contributing to team building; conflict resolution; professional and personal development of staff at all levels in the organizations and managing complex programmes spread across large regions.

He has held key positions in international organisations: as Asia Regional Policy Coordinator, ActionAid Asia; Senior Advisor to the Commission, and Team Leader of the Secretariat, World Commission on Dams; and as Programme Director, Oxfam GB, India Programme. Dr Parasuraman has been associated with the Narmada Movement since 1987 and was a member of the Prime Minister’s Committee to review the Tehri Hydroelectric Project. He is also a key member of the ‘Practitioners Forum on Human Rights in Development’ (facilitated by the UNHCHR), involving UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and NGOs with Asia regional offices; and key member of an NGO network engaged in advocacy with the Asian Development Bank.

He was awarded the Bharat ShreshtaAcharya Award 2012 by MIT, Pune. Prof Parasuraman has over 50 publications to his credit in the form of articles in national and international journals, books and research reports. He was conferred an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa) by Assam University.

Prof. R. Govinda

Prof R Govinda is the ex-Vice Chancellor of the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi. Previously, he worked in reputed educational institutes such as the Institute of Education, University of London; MS University of Baroda and the International Institute of Educational Planning (IIEP), UNESCO.

He is a member of several national and international bodies. He has been on the editorial board of the Global Education Monitoring Report; Consultant Fellow to International Bureau of Education; Member of the Governing Board of UNESCO Institute of Statistics, Montreal; Member of the Central Advisory Board of Education; and Member of the National Advisory Committee on Right to Education of Government of India.

His research interests include primary education and literacy, decentralized management, programme evaluation, and reforms in higher education. He has published widely on these issues in several books and journals. Oxford University Press has recently published an edited volume of his studies titled “Who goes to School? Exploring Exclusion in Indian Education”.

Mr. Shyam B. Menon

Professor Menon is with the Ambedkar University, Delhi, since August 2008 as its first Vice Chancellor. He has been a Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi; the Dean of Faculty of Education, the Proctor and Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi; Director, School of Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University; and a Professor at the Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT. He also taught at the MS University of Baroda for several years.

As a Fulbright Fellow, he was in the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His doctoral work was in the area of curriculum and cognition, and his postdoctoral research was in higher education. Much of his work has been in curriculum studies, higher education and teacher education. He edited the journal, Perspectives in Education, for many years. He is currently on the International Advisory Board of Comparative Education, Teaching Education, and Asia Pacific Journal of Education. He is a member of the Task Force on Access and Equity in Higher Education, constituted by the International Association of Universities

Prof. Dr. S. Parasuraman

Prof Parasuraman is Former Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. He has over 25 years of experience as a teacher, trainer, activist, administrator and development worker. His specific skills lie in establishing and nurturing institutions; facilitating capacity-building on rights-based approach to development; contributing to team building; conflict resolution; professional and personal development of staff at all levels in the organizations and managing complex programmes spread across large regions.

He has held key positions in international organisations: as Asia Regional Policy Coordinator, ActionAid Asia; Senior Advisor to the Commission, and Team Leader of the Secretariat, World Commission on Dams; and as Programme Director, Oxfam GB, India Programme. Dr Parasuraman has been associated with the Narmada Movement since 1987 and was a member of the Prime Minister’s Committee to review the Tehri Hydroelectric Project. He is also a key member of the ‘Practitioners Forum on Human Rights in Development’ (facilitated by the UNHCHR), involving UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and NGOs with Asia regional offices; and key member of an NGO network engaged in advocacy with the Asian Development Bank.

He was awarded the Bharat ShreshtaAcharya Award 2012 by MIT, Pune. Prof Parasuraman has over 50 publications to his credit in the form of articles in national and international journals, books and research reports. He was conferred an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa) by Assam University.