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Inaugural Session

10:30 - 11:30 Inaugural Session
Introduction: Ms Shivani Bakshi, PhD student, NIEPA
Welcome : Prof. N.V. Varghese, Vice Chancellor, NIEPA
(Felicitation of Chief Guest)
Conference Highlights: Dr. Sunita Chugh, Associate Professor, NCSL-NIEPA
Key note Address: Shri. Amit Khare, Secretary, Department of School Education and
Literacy, MHRD
Chairperson’s remarks: Prof. N.V. Varghese, Vice Chancellor, NIEPA
Vote of Thanks: Dr. Subitha GV, Assistant Professor, NCSL-NIEPA

Inaugural Session: Profiles

Shri Amit Khare
Secretary, Department of Higher Education and Department of
School Education and Literacy, MHRD

Professor N.V. Varghese, Vice Chancellor, NIEPA

Professor N.V. Varghese is currently the Vice Chancellor of National
Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi.
He is also the Founding Director of Centre for Policy Research in Higher
Education (CPRHE, NIEPA). He holds a doctoral degree in Economics with
specialization in educational planning. He was Head of Governance and
Management in Education at the International Institute for Educational
Planning (IIEP/UNESCO), Paris till October 2013 and Head of its Training
and Education Programmes from 2001 to 2006. He was responsible for
designing and introducing the IIEP Master’s programme in educational
planning and management. In the 1990s he was a Professor and Head of
the Educational Planning Unit at NIEPA, New Delhi. He has been closely
associated with educational planning at the federal and decentralised levels
and with the design and development of externally funded education projects
in India. While in NIEPA, he was responsible for managing an Asian regional
network - the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in
Educational Planning (ANTRIEP) and was editor of its Newsletter. While in
IIEP, he was the Secretary General and responsible for the Secretariat of the
International Working Group on Education (IWGE), which is a network of
funding agencies in education.

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