Attend the Webinar on Contemporary Research on School Education in India by Azim Premji University on March 28 at 5:30-7:00 PM!
About Azim Premji University
Azim Premji University is a private university, located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It was founded in 2010 and is named after Azim Premji, an Indian businessman and philanthropist who was chairman of Wipro Limited. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and several short-term diplomas and certificate courses. It claims that its curriculum is designed to contribute to the social sector in India. A second Azim Premji University campus opened in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in July 2023. The third campus will come up in Ranchi, Jharkhand, while another is being planned in Northeast India. The university was established by the Azim Premji Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 2001. The university was set up under the Azim Premji University Act (2010) and recognised by the University Grants Commission under section 2F. Anurag Behar was the founding Vice-Chancellor of the university.Indu Prasad is the current Vice-Chancellor of the university. Gautam Pandey is the Vice-Chancellor of the university in Bhopal. Initially, the university offered just two programmes in Education and Development, along with courses for working professionals. Now it offers postgraduate degrees in Education, Development, Economics and Public Health, undergraduate degrees in Economics, Social Science, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Sustainability, Information Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, English, History and Philosophy.
About the Webinar
The webinar will be on “The Bureaucratic Body: Disability, Certification, and Schooling in Urban India”.
School education in India is becoming an important area of interest and inquiry for policymakers, researchers, education students, practitioners, and various other stakeholders. This is the second webinar in the series, initiated to facilitate dialogues and collaborations and to disseminate new knowledge in the field of education to a larger audience.
Date and Time
Friday, 28 March 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Mode
Online
Panelists
- Speaker: Kim Fernandes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.
- Moderator: Vijitha Rajan, Faculty Member, School of Education, Azim Premji University.
How to Attend?
Interested participants can attend through this link.
