Prof. Saroj Sharma
Chairperson, National Institute for Open Schooling (NIOS),
NOIDA, India
Educational Qualifications:
(M. Sc. (Botany), M.A. (Sociology), M. Ed.,
M.B.A., M.Phil. & Ph. D. (Education))
Prof. Saroj
Sharma, Professor of Education, Guru Gobind Singh
Indpraprastha University, New Delhi took over as the Chairperson,
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), an autonomous
institution under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India on
22nd December, 2020.
She has rich and varied academic
experience as seasoned faculty member and sound administrative
experience of heading different Institutions offering the Graduate
and Post graduate degrees of Education (B.Ed. M.Ed.).She is member
of many Universities and academic bodies i.e.NAAC, IUC-TE BHU,
CEMCA and actively involved in various projects
of UNICEF, UNESCO, ICSSR,and other social and cultural forums.
Presently she is member in the Governing Bodies, Board of
Studies and Academic Councils of many Universities of India.
She is also a member of various Curriculum-Development and Frame
work formation teams at the National and International levels in
the field of different strata of School curriculum as well as of
Teacher Education. She has been a member of the consultation
committee constituted by National Council for Teacher Education
(NCTE)for the formulation ofNational Education Policy(NEP)under the
umbrella of Ministry of Education (MoE), member of high level
committee constituted forNational Credit Framework (NCrF),member of
PARAKH,member of PAB for New India Literacy Programme
(NILP) and had been member in a few other educational
Programme Implementation Committees (PICs) of Government of
India.
She is in the Advisory and
Editorial Boards of many Journals of Education and has to her
credit a number of Books, Modules, Research Papers and articles in
National and International Journals of repute.
Under her dynamic leadership ,The
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), received the
prestigious"UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021" for the
programme 'Enabling education of persons with disabilities through
the technology-enabled inclusive learning material, with a focus on
Indian Sign Language (ISL)' and also received" Digital
Transformation Award 2021" for Digital Government to
Citizen (G2C) by the Governance Now,"Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Excellence Award" for Education by ALTTC (National Telecom
Academy), "Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Award" of Academic
Excellence by NCWD Trust,"भारतीय शिक्षा रत्न सम्मान
2023" by भारतीय हिन्दी एव संस्कृत शिक्षा
परिषद.
Her Academic Vision infuses following focused Areas in
contemporary Educational scenario:
- Integration of Indian Knowledge Tradition-IKT (भारतीय ज्ञान
परम्परा) in education.
- Values, Citizenship and Moral Education with Indian Ethos.
- Environmental concerns and sustainable development in
Education.
- Use of ICT in Education and Virtual education.
- Inclusive Education at all the levels.
- Paradigm Shifts in Education infusing National and Global
Concerns i.e.-Peace, Gender Issues, Human Rights and Legal
Education, Heritage of Art & Crafts Education, Multilingualism,
Natal and Prenatal studies, Health, hygiene, Family, Population
Education and skill oriented curriculum.