Dr. Lalit Kishore

GB Member

Dr. Lalit Kishore (B. 1946) earned his master’s in physics from Kurukshetra University and Doctorate in Education from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Dr Kishore is associated with Bal Sansar Sanstha since 1995, guiding and contributing towards its growth.

Currently, working as a freelancer, he is engaged in research work in special education at Disha in Jaipur and the development of a micro-learning strategy for single-teacher schools in Rajasthan run by CULP-NGO.

Dr. Kishore had his advanced education on fellowships from the International Centre for School Technology in the United Kingdom, UNESCO’s International Institute of Educational Planning in France and Queen’s University in Canada. He taught physics for 15 years at Mayo College, Ajmer; Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai; and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghthan. He had been active in science education, value education, teacher education and action research.

He has also worked at higher positions with organizations like Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan, Lok Jumbish, Krishnamurti Foundation, UNICEF, UNESCO, Disha-India, and Jain Vishav Bharati. NCERT’s Central Institute of Educational Technology has made 25 video films on his work on low-cost and no-cost science experiments for science popularization leading to the National Award by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

For his contribution in education, he has been honored with the National level (Eleven times) and Commonwealth Awards (Fourteen times). He recently received ‘Findel- CASTME Educational Award’ for the year 2018 for his work in area of ‘language of mathematics’.

He has published umpteen papers and articles as well as authored 20-odd books on education. Dr. Kishore has presented his papers at the international conferences in South Africa, United Kingdom, Malaysia and India. He has co-guided research studies, and his work has been included in the courseware of Harvard University (School of Education) and Calgary University (School of Social Work). His work on gender issues in education, feminist pedagogy, continuous progress education and disability education is cited in international journals.

Currently, Dr. Kishore along with digitizing his research work at Disha is also a keen blogger and writes for blogs such as #SlideShare, #Merinews, #Scratchmysoul and Speaking tree. He has several thousand blog entries to credit and his work is followed by profound readers and researchers across the world. He has created several hundred short videos mainly on visual symbols and codes suitable for inclusive education and multiple intelligences theory of learning. He is also a keen action-researcher and a promoter of visual research in the era of digital media.