Jayant Pandurang Naik
Educator
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Jayant Pandurang Naik, also known as J. P. Naik (5 September 1907 – 30 August 1981)[1] was an Indian educationist.
Born5 September 1907
Bahirewadi, Taluka- Ajara, District- Kolhapur
Died30 August 1981 (aged 73)
SpouseChitra Naik
Jayant Pandurang Naik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 September 1907 Bahirewadi, Taluka- Ajara, District- Kolhapur |
| Died | 30 August 1981 (aged 73) |
| Spouse | Chitra Naik |
Biography
Naik was recognized by the UNESCO alongside Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi as one of the pioneering educationists of the 20th century.[2]
He founded the Indian Institute of Education in 1948.[3]
He served as Member Secretary of the Indian Education Commission from 1964 to 1966.[4]
He also was Educational Adviser to the Government of India.[4]
Awards and contribution
- He joined Civil Disobedience Movement(1932), was arrested and interned in Bellari Jail for about a year and half, studied medicine in the jail and practiced it by nursing prisoners-patients.[1932][citation needed]
- A secretary of the regency council and Development and Revenue Ministry Kolhapur State [1942][citation needed]
- UNESCO consultant for the development plan for the provision of universal elementary education in Asia.[1960][citation needed]
- Chief architect of the comprehensive report of the Indian Education Commission [1964-66][citation needed]
- Padma Bhushan in 1974[5]
- A commemorative stamp priced at Rs.5/- was issued on 5 September 2007[citation needed]
- Included in the UNESCO Roll of Honour of 100 Educational thinkers of the last 25 centuries.[6]
