Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh
Designation: Director (Academic)
Department: Academic
E-mail: diracad@nios.ac.in
Office Phone: 0120-4626903
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh is
presently serving as Director (Academic) at National Institute of
Open Schooling, India. He is having more than 20 years of
experience in the school education system and has rendered his
services at various levels. He has extensively worked for
curriculum planning and development at Primary, Secondary and
Senior Secondary levels. He has published extensively in the area
of curriculum development, technology enabled education, Open
Distance Learning, and eLearning. Most recently, he has edited the
book titled 'Addressing the Learning Needs of Out-of-School
Children and Youths through the Expansion of Open Schooling'
published by Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada. He is also
Chief Editor of International Journal of Open Schooling (IJOS)
published by NIOS.
As head of Academic Department, Dr.
Singh has guided the department in successful implementation of
various innovative projects and programmes in NIOS. Some of these
selected interventions include:
(i) launching of thee-Library
platform of NIOS- "DEEP' (Digital Education and E-Resource
Platform) which has more than 12000 freely downloadable e-books and
340 e-newspapers and can be remotely accessed 24x7.
(ii)Second Chance Education and
Vocational Learning (SCE) with UN Women-India.
(iii) World bank supported Project
Tejaswini for socio-economic empowerment of adolescent girls and
young women in Jharkhand with Government of Jharkhand.
(iv) introduction ofIndian Sign
Language based curriculum which won UNESCO King Sejong Award in the
year 2021 as well as development of Inclusive Education Policy.
(v) opening ofIndian Knowledge
Tradition (IKT) Centre in NIOS, which led to offering of
various course and development of self-learning material in various
areas of Indian Knowledge System.
(vi) promotion of Sindhi Language
and certification of certificate and diploma courses in
collaboration with National Council for Promotion of Sindhi
Language (NCPSL).
(vii) 'Introduction of New Course
in Bhoti Language and Bodh Darshan" for the benefit ofMonastic
Community of Monks at Buddhist Monasteriesin collaboration with
Indian Himalayan Council of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition (IHCNBT),
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.
(viii) imparting education to
Madarsa studentsthrough collaboration with
Jamiat-i- Ulema Hind Project, Islamic Madarsas and MCE
Society.
(ix) Extending support and
strengtheningState Open Schools (SOSs)through capacity building and
other academic support.
(x) live learning support to NIOS
learners through Swayam Prabha/PM eVidya channels since COVID 19
outbreak in 2020.
Dr. Singh has been
on various national policy framing committees which includes
Thematic Core Group for implementing Inclusive Education, Early
Childhood Care and Education and finalization of Tool Kit and class
room and School support Plan of Govt. of India. He also worked as
the Member of Review Committee, Govt. of India for National
Education Policy(NEP), 2020, the Member of Committee for
implementing PM e-Vidya Programme; member of National Focus
Group to prepare Position Paper in the area of Adult Education for
providing inputs for the National Curriculum Frameworks and member
of Committee at Association of Indian Universities (AIU) for
developing a Standard Operating Procedure for granting equivalence
to the Government and Private School Boards and giving equivalence
to foreign boards and boards with in the country.