Kirti Menon

**Kirti Menon** (an haife ta a Kirti Dhupelia a ranar 2 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 1959) ƴar gwagwarmaya ce, malama kuma marubuciya wacce ke zaune a Johannesburg, a ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu.  Ita ce Babbar Darakta a Jami'ar Johannesburg kuma shugabar kwamitin ƙarni na Gandhi, Afirka ta Kudu.   An san Menon don sake fasalin yanayin siyasa a fannin ilimin gaba da sakandare a Afirka ta Kudu.  Ita ce jikanyar Manilal Gandhi kuma jikanyar Mahatma Gandhi.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Menon a shekarar 1959, a Durban, Afirka ta Kudu, ƴa ce ga Sita da Shashikant Dhupelia. Mahaifiyarta ita ce jikanyar Mahatma Gandhi kuma babbar ƴar Manilal Gandhi. Menon ta girma a Durban inda ta kammala karatunta na farko.  Ta halarci Jami'ar Durban-Westville da Jami'ar Cape Town inda ta sami digiri na girmamawa a fannin adabi da kuma Ilimin harsuna ciki har da difloma a aikin jarida. Menon ta sami digiri na *Master of Business Administration* a Jami'ar De Montfort, Leicester, tayi digiri ta 3 daga Jami'ar Witwatersrand, Johannesburg a shekara ta 2014. 

Menon ta fara aikinta na malanta farkon shekarun 1980 tare da koyar da Ingilishi a Kwalejin Vista, Gabashin Rand da UDW. A shekara ta 1985, ta koma Indiya inda ta yi shekaru bakwai a matsayin ƴar jarida kuma ta yi rubuce-rubuce da wallafe-wallafe da dama. A shekarar 1992, ta koma Afirka ta Kudu kuma ta shiga cikin Kwamitin Rikicin Ilimi na Soweto inda ta yi aiki don haɗa kan iyaye da ɗalibai don yaƙi da wariyar launin fata.  An naɗa ta a matsayin Daraktar Bita na Ƙasa a Kwamitin Inganta Ilimin Ilimi na Majalisar Kula da Ilimi mai zurfi ta Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekarar 2006. Menon ta kuma riƙe muƙamin Darakta (Acreditation) daga shekarun 2007 zuwa 2008 kuma an naɗa ta a matsayin memba na Hukumar Taimakon Kuɗaɗe na Kasa ( National Student Financial Aid Scheme) kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin ministoci. Ta kuma riƙe muƙamin magatakarda a Jami'ar Witwatersrand tsakanin shekarun 2011 zuwa 2013. 

A cikin shekarar 2015, Menon ta shiga Jami'ar Johannesburg a matsayin Babbar Daraktar na Tsare-tsaren Ilimi, Inganta Ingaci da Ci gaban Ma'aikatan Ilimi. Ita ma memba ce a Jami'ar Johannesburg ta Majalisar Dattijai ta Majalisar Dattijai na wucin gadi akan Decolonization of Knowledge and Curriculum Reform.  Ta kuma riƙe muƙamin mukaddashiyar mataimakiyar darakta janar na jami’o’i a sashin ilimi da horaswa daga shekarun 2010 zuwa 2011. A baya, an naɗa ta a matsayin Babbar Darakta na Tsare-tsare da Ci Gaban Ilimi mai zurfi, Sashen Ilimi na Ƙasa kuma ta riƙe muƙamin tsakanin shekarun 2008 da 2010.  Ayyukan Menon sun haɗa da bincike da rubuce-rubuce kan lalata tsarin ilimi mafi girma a Afirka ta Kudu. Ta rubuta wallafe-wallafe guda biyu kan waɗannan batutuwa. Ayyukanta sun inganta yanayin siyasa a tsarin ilimi mafi girma a ƙasar.  

Menon ta auri Sunil Menon kuma a halin yanzu yana zaune a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu.   'Yar su, Sunita Menon, 'yar jarida ce tare da Afirka ta Kudu kowace rana, *Ranar Kasuwanci.*

## Wallafe-wallafe

* Value for money and quality in higher education (2006) with Theo Bhengu and Nhlanhla Cele 
* Higher Education in the BRICS Countries (2015) 
* Engaging Higher Education curricula: a critical citizenship perspective (2017)

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