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Shakila .T. Shamsu

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Formerly OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY ( New Education Policy)

Department of Higher Education

Ministry of Education, Government of India

Secretary ,

Committee to Draft National Education Policy

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Dr. Shakila Shamsu was formerly OSD (New Education Policy), in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE). She has been the Secretary to the Committee to Draft National Education Policy. She was also the Nodal Officer of the flagship Govt. of India Scheme of National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (NMTT).Prior to this, she held senior positions such as OSD (XII Plan) in MoE and Joint Adviser (Education) in Planning Commission. Her core areas cover education planning and policy making, teacher education, ICT and Open & Distance Learning and inclusive education. Her academic career spans nearly 4 decades in teaching and academics in the University of Mumbai and IGNOU and over 14 years in the Govt. of India.She holds a Ph.D in Education, Gold Medalist for Masters of Political Science, PG Diploma in Distance Education, and a Degree in Law. She has to her credit a number of articles in international journals, book contributions and involved in the preparation of XI and XII Plan and several Government Reports on education. She has been privileged to be a member of various Committees of the GOI, State Governments, UGC, USIEF National Selection Committees for Fulbright fellowships etc. She has addressed several national and international conferences within the country and at UK, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Nepal.She is a mentor under the Women Mentorship Programme under the aegis of Rising Beyond The Ceiling (RBTC).She can be reached at shakilat.shamsu@gov.in & shaquil13@gmail.com .Twitter handle: @shaquil13.https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shakila_Shamsuhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shakila-shamsu-58682917/

Research & Publications

  • Contributor-Chapter 5 ECCE Quality and its impact on higher education, Pencil Power Report, Square Panda Foundation. 

  • Wadia L.C., Shamsu S.T. (2020) The Indian Higher Education System. In: Sarangapani P.M., Pappu R. (eds) Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia. Global Education Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3309-5_59-1

  • Holistic Implementation of National Education Policy–2020: A Roadmap – University News , New Delhi, Special Issue, Vol.59 No. 15, April 12-18 pp-57-66.

  • The New Education Policy-its approach and criticism, Edited Dr. Ekbal, DC Books, 2020, Kottayam pp 13-32

  • Govt. of Haryana, Department of Higher Education, Drishtikon  Journal, August 2020 Vol.1, No.4 , National Education Policy 2020- Background and salient features pp 16-24

  • Emerging Paradigm of Information and Communication Technologies in Education: The Indian Context, IJOL 

  • Interactive Mechanisms in Distance Education- Perception of Academic Counsellors in the ODL System, I

  • ICT Policies and Missions in India

  • Role of modular Courses/Finishing Schools in filling the gap between education and employability

  • Industry Academy linkages in the global era: Issues of employability of engineers

  • For contributing inputs and content editing acknowledged. In Veerappa Moily Unleashing India- the Fire of Knowledge

  • Allocation of budgetary resources for adult education. In Compendium on literacy and inclusive education

  • Urgent Need to Revive and reform the values of Human Life

 

Details of the Internship Projects

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  • Shariq Plasticwala (June 2011-August 2011)- Report on Meta-University in India- roadmap to the university of the future

  • Sanya Ohri (January to May 2014). Technology Enabled Learning, to design an implementation policy in India, IIT Delhi

  • Kamini Sharma (10.04.2015- 25.06.2015) -Analysis of Online Suggestions relating to New Education Policy, Jamia Milia Islamia University

  • Rahul Gupta (17.04.2015 to 26.06.2015)-Analysis of Online Suggestions relating to New Education Policy

  • Shakeel Ahemed Quereshi(22.06.2015-29.02.2016)-A Critical Review of Foreign Education Regulatory Bill in India

  • Ramanand Pandey- (22.06.2015-29.02.2016) A study of online suggestions in thematic areas of inclusion and access

  • Ritika Sachdeva(03.08.2015- 05.10.2015)- Bridging Gender and Regional Disparities in Higher Education in India

  • Abhishek Damani(13.08.2018-19.10.2018)- Analysis of Themes relating to New Education Policy

  • Pranshi Goyal(27.05.2019-26.07.2019)- A study of the recommendations and consultations for the drafting of ‘National Education Policy 2019, University of Delhi

  • Anurag Vishwakarma(09.12.2019-12.02.2020)- An analysis of Liberal Arts Education Universities in the world in the context of New Education Policy and implementation of liberal arts education in India through Clustering of Higher Education Institutions. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.

  • Chirag Jindal(06.01.2020-24.02.2020)- ARPIT Insights, ABV-IIITM, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Media 

Appearances

Media Acknowledgement of Shakila T. Shamsu

Policy Watch - Draft National Education Policy, 2019

Policy Watch - Draft National Education Policy, 2019

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