About 

Education, Development and Policy Research Group (EDPRg) aims to develop an academic community within the CETE that actively engages with education policy at the national and international levels and systematically builds this area of work through a multidisciplinary approach. The group pursues research and teaching on education policy, contributes to policy discourse, and influences education policy. 

Research Guidance and Consultation

• Right to Education 
• Innovative Financing for Education 
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Education Market & Regulations
• Low-fee Private Schools 
• Shadow Education 
• Higher Education 
• Career Guidance 
• Vocational Education

Course Offered

• Policy, Institutions, and Practices
• Education Development Development and Policy-I
• Education Development Development and Policy-II
• Economics of Education 
• Social Marginality in Education 
• Teacher & Teaching 
• Global Teacher Education Policy and Practices (GTEPP)
• Education Research Methods
• Social Science Education 
• Curriculum & School 

Research Projects

Innovative Financing for Education to Leave No-one Behind (IFE-2-LNOB)

State Engagements 

Strengthening Teaching- Learning and Results for States (STARS)

Faculty Members 

Archana Mehendale

Emon Nandi

Padma M. Sarangapani

Poonam Sharma 

Meera Chandran

Vikas Maniar

Associate Faculty

Sourav Mohanty, Harshavardhan Kumar 

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Kamlesh Goyal

Doctoral Research Scholars:

Geetha M, Richa Panday, Vinay Lautre, Sanchita Mandal, Pragya Singh, Sanghamitra, Reshma Balakrishnan 

Convenor

Meera Chandran

Coordinator and Contact Person

Kamlesh Goyal (kamlesh.goyal@tiss.edu)