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{{short description|Indian educator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Avnita Bir
| image = Avnita_Bir.jpg
| caption = Avnita Bir at LearnShift India, 2012
| birth_place = Amritsar, India
| occupation = Principal of [[R. N. Podar School]]
| alma_mater = [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]]<br/> [[Delhi School of Economics]]
| awards = [[National Award for Teachers (India)]](2009)
Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award (Inspirational Mentorship)(2013)
|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|31 October 1957}}
|boards = Governing Board, CBSE
|children = Karan Bir <br/> Jaideep Bir
|spouse(s) = RBS Bir
}}
'''Avnita Bir''' is an economist and the Director-Principal of the [[R. N. Podar School]]<ref name="d">{{Cite web |url=http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-1809 |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119042829/http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-1809 |archive-date=19 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Mumbai]]. She has worked in the Indian education system for more than 15 years, and she was a curator for Learn Shift India 2012,<ref name="learnshiftindia.com 2013">{{cite web | title=LSI | website=learnshiftindia.com | date=2013-11-22 | url=http://www.learnshiftindia.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122200158/http://www.learnshiftindia.com/ | archive-date=2013-11-22 | url-status=dead | access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> a conference held at Delhi, which was aimed at exchanging ideas on transforming Indian education. In the early years of her career, she was appointed to give special lessons in Economics to the children ([[Rahul Gandhi]] and [[Priyanka Vadra]]) of the late Prime Minister, [[Rajiv Gandhi]].<ref name="rajiv">{{Cite web |url=http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=7&edcode=820009&eddate=2012-9-05 |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202852/http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=7&edcode=820009&eddate=2012-9-05 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education==

Bir was born in [[Amritsar]]. She graduated from [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]]<ref name = "edu">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs028/1102381074657/archive/1102564420423.html|title=India's Learning Agenda | Who is defining this?|website=archive.constantcontact.com}}</ref> before moving to the [[Delhi school of economics]] to obtain her post graduate education in economics. She also passed the [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<ref name ="edu"/> ([[National Eligibility Test|NET]]) examination for professorship in economics. She also took part in many conferences and workshops related to teaching and learning, at places including Harvard Graduate school of economics and IIM - Ahmedabad.<ref name ="edu"/>

==Career==

She has worked with some of the most well-known educational institutions of India, including [[Mallya Aditi International School]],<ref name = "d" /><ref name="Mallya Aditi International School">{{cite web | title=School Profile – Mallya Aditi International School | website=Mallya Aditi International School | url=http://www.aditi.edu.in/school-profile/ | access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> [[Hyderabad Public School]]<ref name="HYDERABAD PUBLIC SCHOOL 2019">{{cite web | title=BEGUMPET | website=HYDERABAD PUBLIC SCHOOL | date=2019-01-28 | url=http://www.hpsbegumpet.org.in/ | access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> and several others, as head of the department and as a coordinator, before joining Podar as a principal.

==Recognitions==

She has won awards including the EQFI India Education Awards 2008 for Excellence in Education from the Education Quality Foundation of India and Educational Leadership Award in 2011 by ICS. She has been a member on the board of education reforms committee of [[Kapil Sibal]] and later, had been appointed as a member of the governing body of [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] India. She was featured in newspapers,<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-students-to-study-math-english-on-playground-1730569|title=Mumbai students to study math, English on playground|first=Puja|last=Pednekar|date=21 August 2012|website=DNA India}}</ref> magazines,<ref name ="d"/><ref name="e">{{cite web|url=http://www.mentormagazine.net/july2007_cover_story.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-03-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011243/http://www.mentormagazine.net/july2007_cover_story.html |archive-date=2014-02-03 }}</ref> and bulletins conducted by news channels like NDTV<ref name = "a" >{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/india-decides-9/anti-rape-laws-age-of-consent-to-be-lowered-267569|title=Video | Anti-rape laws: Age of consent to be lowered|via=www.ndtv.com}}</ref><ref name ="b">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/exclusive/news/education-mini-revolution-84776|title=Video | Education: Mini-revolution?|via=www.ndtv.com}}</ref> which concentrated on education and other issues related to students. She has been selected for Kon Boon Hwee Scholars award (2013) for the inspirational mentorship she has offered.<ref name="k">{{cite web|url=http://convocation.ntu.edu.sg/AboutConvocation/Pages/UniversityScholarsAward.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155216/http://convocation.ntu.edu.sg/AboutConvocation/Pages/UniversityScholarsAward.aspx |archive-date=2014-02-02 }}</ref> Additionally she is one among the 80 outstanding educators selected by Microsoft for their Mentor School program, which was held at [[Barcelona]].<ref name="p">{{cite web|url=http://www.pil-network.com/Forums/MentorSchools/Barcelona2014/USA |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530072023/http://www.pil-network.com/Forums/MentorSchools/Barcelona2014/USA |archive-date=2014-05-30 }}</ref> [[FICCI]] FLO conferred on her the Outstanding Woman Achiever Award in the year of 2014 for her contributions in the field of education.<ref name="aw">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20140517104811/http://jaipur.patrika.com/featured/women-achievers-talk-of-grit-empowerment-passion-and-commitment/|title=Women achievers talk of Grit, Empowerment, Passion and Commitment | J…}}</ref> She was a presenter and a co-panelist, representing India at Google Education Symposium organised at Mountain View, California, November 2014.<ref name="G">{{cite web|url=http://in.gafesummit.com/all-presenters/avnita-bir |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004235522/http://in.gafesummit.com/all-presenters/avnita-bir |archive-date=2014-10-04 }}</ref>

At around the same time, this year, 2016, acknowledging the pivotal role she played in the fields of Technology and Education, she has been appointed as a member in the advisory board of Google's [https://web.archive.org/web/20151119035156/https://www.globaledu.org/ Global.Edu],<ref name="L">{{cite web|url=https://www.globaledu.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119035156/https://www.globaledu.org/ |archive-date=2015-11-19 }}</ref> a global initiative to bring on-board various leaders, educators, teachers and students for transforming the education.

She co-authored two books on economics.<ref name="Ojha Bir 1965 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Ojha | first1=R.R. | last2=Bir | first2=A.R. | title=Introduction to Economic Theory | publisher=Sterling | year=1965 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sD6_tAEACAAJ | access-date=2019-03-09 }}</ref><ref name="Ojha 1989 p. ">{{cite book | last=Ojha | first=R. R. | title=National income accounting | publisher=South Asia Books | publication-place=Place of publication not identified | year=1989 | isbn=81-207-0992-6 | oclc=233387721 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130305065749/http://www.rnpodarschool.com/principal.html Avnita Bir ]

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[[Category:Women school principals and headteachers]]
[[Category:Scholars from Amritsar]]
[[Category:Indian academic administrators]]
[[Category:Women scientists from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women scientists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian economists]]
[[Category:Educators from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Women educators from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Rahul Gandhi]]

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