Member of the Executive Committee

Sudhanshu Bhushan completed his postgraduation in Economics from JNU in 1981, M Phil in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University in 1986 and PhD in Economics from JNU in 1994. He is Professor, Head, Department of Higher and Professional Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. Sudhanshu Bhushan specializes in Internationalisation of Higher Education, Policy issues in Higher Education and Educational Planning. His present responsibility is to teach and supervise the doctoral students. He conducts policy research and provides policy support to the Central Government, University Grants Commission and state governments. He was the member of the Executive Committee of NAAC and member of Academic Councils of few universities. He represented India in the UNESCO Paris World Conference on Higher Education in 2009. His recent contributions include Quality Assurance of Transnational Higher Education: Australia and India Experiences, Public Financing and Deregulated Fees in Indian Higher Education, and Restructuring Higher Education in India. He is the co-editor of a book on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in India and Australia published by Routledge in 2018. His book on the Future of Higher Education in India has been published by Springer in 2019. His book on the Governance of Higher Education in Bihar: Influence of Power Centers is being published from Routledge India in 2020. His present responsibility is to conduct and guide research and to provide policy support to the Government. He is the recipient of Amartya Sen Award 2012 for distinguished Social Scientist, an award instituted by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.