About the Author
R. V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar was in the Indian Administrative Service from 1966 to 2003, and was Secretary to the Government of India (1997–2003). After retirement, he has been Visiting Professor, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. The District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), which he conceptualized and operationalized, gave a new direction to the nation’s quest for universal elementary education. DPEP has since been made popular as the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. Among the various positions held by him, he has been a member of the World Bank External Advisory Panel on Education, and the UNESCO High Level Committee on Statistics; and chairman of the Drafting Committee of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference ...
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