Lok Sabha Question No. 1230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: NCERT Department
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 TO BE ANSWERED ON10.02.2020

## NCERT Department

1230.  SHRI ABU HASEM KHAN CHOWDHURY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is a rule of rotation of headship at NCERT;
- (b) if so, the details of the rule and the date from which this rule came into effect;
- (c) whether  there  have  been  cases  wherein  particular  set  of  individuals  were made heads even after completion of three years as heads by transferring them to different departments, divisions, cells, groups;
- (d) the year-wise list of heads or in-charge heads of departments, divisions, cells, groups from January, 2010 to January, 2020;
- (e) whether any individual has been serving as head for more than three years in a department, division, cell, group at NCERT headquarter, including the ones who have been transferred to different departments, division, cell, group after completion of their headship in one department from January, 2010 to January, 2020; and
- (f) if so, the names of all those individuals along with the duration for which they served as head from January, 2010 to January, 2020?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) The  Establishment  Committee  (EC)  of  National  Council  of  Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in its 42 nd meeting, held  on  22.02.2012,  decided

that  the  tenure  of  Head  of  the  Departments  in  NCERT  will  be  3  years.  The Committee  also  decided  that  in  cases  where  no  Professor  is  available  in  a Department,  the  senior-most  faculty  member  will  be  eligible  for  Headship.  This decision was implemented in NCERT vide their order dated 26.04.2012. Subsequently, the Establishment Committee in its 43 rd meeting, held on 06.07.2012, decided that in order to become eligible for Headship of a Department, a professor usually should have worked for three years in the same Department.

- (c) Yes, Sir. (d) The requisite information, as provided by NCERT, is placed at Annexure-I . (e) Yes, Sir. (f) The requisite information, as provided by NCERT, is placed at Annexure-II .

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Statement showing the year-wise list of heads or in-charge heads of departments, divisions, cells, groups at NCERT from January, 2010 to January, 2020.

| S.No.                                   | Name of the Head/ In-charge Head        | Department/ Division/ Cell                                             |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year 2010 (Appointed during the year)   | Year 2010 (Appointed during the year)   | Year 2010 (Appointed during the year)                                  |
| 1                                       | Dr. Poonam Aggarwal                     | Division of Educational Research (DER)                                 |
| 2                                       | Dr. A. K. Srivastava                    | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD) and Publication Division (PD)   |
| 3                                       | Dr. Moorttimatee Samantaray             | Library and Documentation Division (LDD)                               |
| Year 2011(Appointed during the year)    | Year 2011(Appointed during the year)    | Year 2011(Appointed during the year)                                   |
| 1                                       | Dr. Saroj BalaYadav                     | Department of Education in Social Sciences (DESS)                      |
| 2                                       | Dr. Kiran Devendra                      | Department of Elementary Education (DEE)                               |
| 3                                       | Dr. R. S. Sindhu                        | Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM)              |
| 4                                       | Dr. S. K. Yadav                         | Department of Teacher Education (DTE)                                  |
| 5                                       | Dr. Chandra Sadayat                     | Department of Education in Languages (DEL)                             |
| 6                                       | Dr. Anita Julka                         | Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs (DEGSN)           |
| Year 2012 (Appointed w.e.f. 26.04.2012) | Year 2012 (Appointed w.e.f. 26.04.2012) | Year 2012 (Appointed w.e.f. 26.04.2012)                                |
| 1                                       | Dr. Pawan Sudhir                        | Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics (DEAA)                  |
| 2                                       | Dr. Gauri Srivastava                    | Department of Gender Studies (DGS)                                     |
| 3                                       | Dr. Ranjana Arora                       | RMSA                                                                   |
| 4                                       | Dr. Sridhar Srivastava                  | Educational Survey Division (ESD)                                      |
| 5                                       | Prof. Jaishree Sharma                   | Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM)              |
| 6                                       | Dr. Anita Julka                         | Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs (DEGSN)           |
| 7                                       | Prof. Daya Pant                         | Department of Education Psychology and Foundation of Education (DEPEE) |
| 8                                       | Dr. S. K. Yadav                         | Department of Teacher Education (DTE)                                  |
| 9                                       | Prof. Kiran Devendra                    | Department of Elementary Education (DEE)                               |
| 10                                      | Dr. Chandra Sadayat                     | Department of Education in Languages (DEL)                             |
| 11                                      | Dr. Saroj BalaYadav                     | Department of Education in Social Sciences (DESS)                      |
| 12                                      | Dr. Poonam Aggarwal                     | Division of Educational Research (DER)                                 |
| 13                                      | Prof. V. P. Srivastava                  | Division of Educational Kits (DEK)                                     |
| 14                                      | Dr. A. K. Srivastava                    | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD)                                 |

|                                      |                                      | and Publication Division (PD)                                 |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 15                                   | Dr. Moorttimatee Samantaray          | Library and Documentation Division (LDD)                      |
| 16                                   | Dr. R. S. Sindhu                     | International Relations Division (IRD)                        |
| Year 2013(Appointed during the year) | Year 2013(Appointed during the year) | Year 2013(Appointed during the year)                          |
| 1                                    | Dr. Mohd. Siraj Anwar                | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD)                        |
| 2                                    | Dr. A.K. Srivastava                  | Division of Educational Research (DER)                        |
| 3                                    | Dr. A.K. Wazalwar                    | Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM)     |
| 4                                    | Dr. R.K. Parashar                    | Division of Educational Kits (DEK)                            |
| Year 2014(Appointed during the year) | Year 2014(Appointed during the year) | Year 2014(Appointed during the year)                          |
| 1                                    | Dr. K.C. Tripathi                    | Department of Education in Languages (DEL)                    |
| 2                                    | Dr. Neerja Rashmi                    | Department of Education in Social Sciences (DESS)             |
| 3                                    | Dr. Anupam Ahuja                     | Department of Education for Groups of Special Needs (DEGSN)   |
| 4                                    | Dr. B.P. Bhardwaj                    | Department of Teacher Education (DTE)                         |
| Year 2015(Appointed during the year) | Year 2015(Appointed during the year) | Year 2015(Appointed during the year)                          |
| 1                                    | Dr. Dinesh Kumar                     | Publication Division                                          |
| 2                                    | Dr. A.K. Rajput                      | Department of Elementary Education (DEE)                      |
| 3                                    | Dr. Anjum Sibia,                     | Department of Psychology and Foundations of Education (DEPFE) |
| 4                                    | Dr. Poonam Agrawal                   | Department of Gender Studies (DGS)                            |
| 5                                    | Dr. P.K. Mandal                      | International Relation Division (IRD)                         |
| Year 2016(Appointed during the year) | Year 2016(Appointed during the year) | Year 2016(Appointed during the year)                          |
| 1                                    | Dr. Rajendra Pal                     | Division of Educational Research (DER)                        |
| 2                                    | Dr. Jyotsna Tiwari                   | Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics (DEAA)         |
| 3                                    | Dr. Mohd. Siraj Anwar                | Publication Division                                          |
| 4                                    | Dr. Sharad Sinha                     | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA)                     |
| 5                                    | Dr. Ranjana Arora                    | Department of Curriculum Studies (DCS)                        |
| 6                                    | Dr. A.D. Tiwari                      | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD)                        |
| 7                                    | Dr. A.K. Wazalwar                    | Division of Educational Kits (DEK)                            |
| 8                                    | Dr. Dinesh Kumar                     | Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM)     |

| Year 2017(Appointed during the year)   | Year 2017(Appointed during the year)   | Year 2017(Appointed during the year)                          |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                                     | Dr. Rajrani                            | Department of Teacher Education (DTE)                         |
| 2.                                     | Dr. Indrani Bhaduri                    | Educational Survey Division (ESD)                             |
| 3.                                     | Dr. Sandhya Singh                      | Department of Education in Languages (DEL)                    |
| 4.                                     | Dr. S.C. Chauhan                       | Department of Education for Groups of Special Needs (DEGSN)   |
| Year 2018(Appointed during the year)   | Year 2018(Appointed during the year)   | Year 2018(Appointed during the year)                          |
| 1.                                     | Dr. Anjum Sibia                        | Division of Educational Research (DER)                        |
| 2.                                     | Dr. A.K. Srivastava                    | Department of Psychology and Foundations of Education (DEPFE) |
| 3.                                     | Dr. Suniti Sanwal                      | Department of Elementary Education (DEE)                      |
| 4.                                     | Dr. Mona Yadav                         | Department of Gender Studies (DGS)                            |
| 5.                                     | Dr. Gauri Srivastava                   | Department of Education in Social Sciences (DESS)             |
| 6.                                     | Dr. P.K. Mandal                        | International Relation Division (IRD)                         |
| 2019(Appointed during the year)        | 2019(Appointed during the year)        | 2019(Appointed during the year)                               |
| 1                                      | Year Dr. Pawan Sudhir                  | Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics (DEAA)         |
| 2                                      | Dr. Anupam Ahuja                       | International Relation Division (IRD)                         |
| 3                                      | Dr. A.D. Tiwari, In- charge            | Examination Reform Cell                                       |
| 4                                      | Dr. Ranjana Arora. In- charge          | Curriculum Group                                              |
| 5                                      | Dr. V.P. Singh                         | Division of Educational Kits (DEK)                            |
| 6                                      | Dr. A.K. Rajput                        | Publication Division                                          |
| 7                                      | Dr. Sridhar Srivastava                 | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD)                        |
| 8                                      | Dr. Anita Nuna                         | Department of Curriculum Studies (DCS)                        |
| 9                                      | Dr. Sunita Farkya                      | Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM)     |
| Year 2020(Appointed during the year)   | Year 2020(Appointed during the year)   | Year 2020(Appointed during the year)                          |
| 1                                      | Dr. Ranjana Arora                      | Department of Teacher Education (DTE)                         |

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## ANNEXURE-II

Statement showing the names of the individuals who have served as head for more than three years in a department, division, cell, group at NCERT headquarter from January, 2010  to January,  2020 along  with  the  duration  for  which  they  served  as head from January, 2010 to January, 2020.

|   S.No. | Name of Faculty        | Detail of Headship                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|---------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Dr. Dinesh Kumar       | Publication Division : 18.05.2015 to 04.09.2016, Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM) : 05.09.2016 to 30.09.2019                                                                                                                        |
|       2 | Dr. Sridhar Srivastava | Educational Survey Division (ESD): 26.04.2012 to 18.05.2015, Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD): 18.09.2019 to till date.                                                                                                                                |
|       3 | Dr. A.K. Rajput,       | Department of Elementary Education (DEE): 20.08.2015 to 29.08.2018, Publication Division: 18.09.2019 to till date.                                                                                                                                           |
|       4 | Dr. A.K. Wazalwar      | Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM): 01.09.2013 to 31.08.2016, Division of Educational Kits (DEK): 05.09.2016 to 10.10.2019                                                                                                            |
|       5 | Dr. A.D. Tiwari        | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD): 2016 to 18.09.2019, Examination Reform Cell: 18.09.2019 to till date.                                                                                                                                                |
|       6 | Dr. Anjum Sibia        | Department of Education Psychology and Foundation of Education (DEPEE): 02.02.2015 to 01.02.2018, Division of Educational Research (DER): 09.03.2018 to till date.                                                                                           |
|       7 | Dr. A.K. Srivastava    | Division of Educational Research (DER): 30.04.2013 to 01.05.2016, Department of Education Psychology and Foundations of Education (DEPEE): 09.03.2018 to till date.                                                                                          |
|       8 | Dr. Ranjana Arora      | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA): 26.04.2012 to 16.08.2016, Department of Curriculum Studies (DCS): 05.09.2016 to 04.10.2019, In-Charge Curriculum Group: 18.09.2019 to till date, Department of Teacher Education (DTE): 10.01.2020 to till date. |
|       9 | Dr. AnupamAhuja        | Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs (DEGSN): 01.12.2014 to 03.12.2017, International Relation Division (IRD): 26.12.2019 to till date.                                                                                                      |
|      10 | Dr. Gauri Srivastava   | Department of Gender Studies (DGS): 26.04.2012 to 14.10.2015,                                                                                                                                                                                                |

|    |                       | Department of Education in Social Sciences (DESS): 30.11.2018 to till date.                                       |
|----|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 11 | Dr. Mohd. Siraj Anwar | Planning and Monitoring Division (PMD): 30.04.2013 to 15.08.2016, Publication Division: 05.09.2016 to 22.09.2019, |
| 12 | Dr. P.K. Mandal       | International Relations Division (IRD): 15.10.2015 to 25.12.2019.                                                 |
| 13 | Dr. PawanSudhir       | Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics (DEAA): 23.11.2012 to 30.05.2016, and from 04.06.2019 till date.   |

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