Professor J S Rajput

Former Director of National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), India

Professor J S Rajput is known for his extraordinary and path breaking reforms in school and teacher education through his role in the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT). His research publications in Physics earned him a Professorship at the age of 31 years in the NCERT. The assignments held by him include Principal of the Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal; Joint Educational Advisor – Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India; Chairman – National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and the Director of the NCERT.