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About Amit Kaushik

BA(Hons), MA(Hons) Panjab, GradDipPubPol ISS
 
Amit Kaushik has been CEO of ACER India and a member of the Board of the Australian Council for Educational Research (India) since 2017. He specialises in consulting, policy planning, programme design, implementation, project management, monitoring and evaluation. His research interests include school management, quality improvement in education, skill development, non-formal education, inclusive education, and girls'​ education.
 
From 2001-2006, Amit was Director, Elementary Education, in the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, where he was associated with the development and implementation of various policies related to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, as well as India’s international commitments on Education For All (EFA). Among other things, he worked closely on the 2005 draft of the Right to Education Bill, based on which The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was passed in 2009.

He has been a consultant to UNESCO Paris, Nigeria, Iraq and Lebanon, as well as to UNICEF Iraq and Yemen, working with them from time to time on assignments related to literacy, planning for Education for All, non-formal education, accelerated learning and the Global Partnership for Education.

Positions

February 2017 - Present CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) ‐ ACER India
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May 2014 - January 2017 Practice Head, IPE Global Limited ‐ Education & Skills Development
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November 2013 - March 2014 Lead Consultant, UNICEF
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October 2011 - May 2013 Managing Director, Educomp Infrastructure and School Management Ltd
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March 2011 - September 2011 Director, Cisco Systems (India) Pvt Ltd ‐ Education Strategy - Inida SAARC
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February 2010 - February 2011 Chief Operating Officer, Pratham Education Foundation
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December 2007 - February 2010 Director / Chief Executive Officer, Shri Educare Ltd / SRF Foundation
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September 2006 - November 2007 Moderator, UNESCO New Delhi ‐ Education Community, Solution Exchange
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May 2001 - May 2006 Director, Government of India ‐ Elementary Education
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 - 2018 Chairman - Organising Committee, CII Northern Region Summit on School Education
2014 - 2016 Chairman, GNCTD Committee to Review the Current Policy on Aided Schools
2014 - 2016 Member, Board of Advisors, Manas Foundation
2013 - 2014 Member, CII Special Task Force on Skills and Vocational Education
2013 - 2014 Member, FICCI National Committee on School Education
2011 - 2013 Member, CII National Committee on Higher Education
2012 - 2012 Member, Ministry of HRD Working Group on Elementary Education & Literacy for Formulation of the Twelfth Five
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Contribution to Books (1)

Presentations (2)

Refereed Articles (4)

Research Reports (3)

Articles (6)

Report of Conference (3)