About the Author

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About the author

Prof Kiran Devendra

Prof Kiran Devendra is the Former Head, Department of Elementary Education, National Council for Educational Research and Training, and is currently Head, Department of History, Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University Haryana. She earned her PhD in History from the Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, under the supervision of acclaimed historian, Prof Ravinder Kumar on “Changing Status of Women in India-1947-75”.

She has also been associated with National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi as a Senior Project Consultant. She began her career as an Assistant Professor at the Punjabi University, Patiala. Prof Devendra has also worked with the Department of Women & Child Development, Miinistry of Human Resource Development, which is now a ministry under the Government of India. She has worked at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library with Aruna Asaf Ali, a legend of the Indian national freedom movement.

A widely published academician and educational administrator, Prof Devendra has been on the board of several national and international committees. A Jury Member for All India Radio Programmes in the year 2008, she has also been a Jury Member of the Punjab State Government’s Awards for Teachers. She was the Government of India’s nominee for National Teacher’s Awards for Delhi and Himachal Pradesh. Prof Kiran Devendra was Member Secretary of NCERT’s Focus Group on Heritage Crafts and was associated with the Department of Women’s Studies at the NCERT.

She has been a keynote speaker and has delivered several keynote addresses at various national and international forums. Her areas of interest are gender and women’s issues in India and children with special needs. For over 43 years now Prof Devendra has been teaching and guiding, research and educational administration.

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