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'''Krishna Kumar''' is an Indian intellectual and academician, noted for his writings in the sociology and history of education.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pinar|first=W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39a_BwAAQBAJ&q=william+pinar%2C+curriculum+studies+%2C+Macmillan%2C+krishna+kumar&pg=PP1|title=Curriculum Studies in India: Intellectual Histories, Present Circumstances|date=2015-02-19|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-47715-6|language=en}}</ref> His academic oeuvre has drawn on multiple sources, including the school curriculum as a means of social inquiry. His work is also notable for its critical engagement with modernity in a colonized society. His writings explore the patterns of conflict and interaction between forces of the vernacular and the state. As a teacher and bilingual writer, he has developed an aesthetic of pedagogy and knowledge that aspires to mitigate aggression and violence. In addition to his academic work, he writes essays and short stories in Hindi, and has also written for children. He has taught at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi, from 1981 to 2016. He was also the Dean and Head of the institution. From 2004 to 2010, he was Director of the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training]] (NCERT), an apex organization for curricular reforms in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2011.

==Early life==
Born in [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], in 1951, Krishna Kumar grew up in [[Tikamgarh]], a district town in [[Madhya Pradesh]] (MP) where he went to school and college. His father was a lawyer and writer of books on law, and his mother was one of the pioneers of girls’ education in MP. He completed his higher education at the [[University of Sagar]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and the [[University of Toronto]] where he attained Ph.D. in educational theory.

==Career==
Krishna Kumar started his teaching career at [[Kirori Mal College]] of [[Delhi University]] in 1971. Krishna Kumar joined the Central Institute of Education, [[Delhi University]], in 1981. He served Delhi University till 2016 as Professor. He is currently Honorary Professor, Panjab University. Around the same time, he also started writing about children’s education in [[Dinaman]] and came under the influence of its editor, [[Raghuvir Sahay]], a major poet and writer of modern Hindi. Kumar’s first book, ''Raj, Samaj aur Shiksha'', presents a revised version of some of the essays first published in [[Dinaman]]. He has been a National Lecturer of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]], a Fellow of the [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], a Visiting Fellow at the [[Centre for Modern Oriental Studies]], Berlin, the Centre for the Advanced Study of India, [[University of Pennsylvania]], and an [[Erasmus Mundus]] Fellow at the [[Institute of Education]], [[University of London]]. He has delivered several memorial lectures, including the Gladwyn lecture in the House of Lords. He was awarded the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] to examine the history textbooks of India and Pakistan. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the President of India in 2011. The same year, the Institute of Education, University of London, awarded him an Honorary D.Litt. in Education.

From 2004 to 2010, Prof Kumar served as the Director of [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|National Council for Educational Research and Training]] (NCERT),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-19|title=Krishna Kumar|url=https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/visiting/kumar|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)|language=en}}</ref> Delhi. [[National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005)|National Curricular Framework (2005)]], one of the significant documents pertaining of elementary education in the past decade, was prepared under his leadership along with [http://ncert.nic.in/rightside/links/focus_group.html# position papers] on key issues on Education.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ladousa|first=Chaise|date=Globalisation Societies and Education, published by Taylor and Francis|title=Liberalisation, privatisation, modernisation, and schooling in India: an interview with Krishna Kumar {{!}} Request PDF|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233323606|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-30|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref> This was followed by revision of NCERT textbooks from grade I to XII which created through unprecedented collaboration between large number of academicians, practitioners, teachers, teacher educators. He was also instrumental in setting up Reading Cell, to focus on issues of early literacy in Indian classrooms.

==Publications==
Books in English:
* ''Social Character of Learning'' (Sage, 1989).
* ''Political Agenda of Education'' (Sage, 1991). Retitled ''Politics of Education in Colonial India'' (Routledge, 2014).
* ''What is Worth Teaching'' (Orient Longman, 1992; revised, 1997; 3rd ed. 2004)..
* ''Learning from Conflict'' (Orient Longman, 1996).
* ''The Child’s Language and the Teacher'' (National Book Trust, 2000). Translated into Hindi, Maithili, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan and Kannada).
* ''Prejudice and Pride'' (Viking/Penguin, 2001). Translated into Hindi and published by Rajkamal.
* ''Education, Conflict and Peace'' (Orient Blackswan, 2016).
* ''Battle for Peace'' (Penguin, 2007). Translated into Hindi and published by Rajkamal.
* ''A Pedagogue’s Romance: Reflections on Schooling'' (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Edited volumes:
* ''Sociological Perspective on Education'' (co-editor S. Shukla; Chankya, 1984).
* ''Democracy and Education in India'' (Radiant and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, 1990).
* ''Social Change and Education in South Asia'' (co-editor, Joachim Oesterheld; Orient Longman, 2007).
* ''Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship'' (co-editor, Edward Vickers; Routledge, 2015).
* ''Routledge Handbook of Education in India'' (2017).
* ''Rethinking Schooling'' (Report on curriculum policies in 21 Asian countries, drafted by a committee chaired by Krishna Kumar), MGIEP Unesco, New Delhi, 2017.

Books in Hindi:
* ''Neelee Ankhon Wale Bagule'' (short story collection; Shabdakar, 1976).
* ''Raj, Samaj aur Shiksha'' (Rajkamal: 1991).
* ''Abdul Majeed ka chhura'' (travel essays; Kitabghar, 1995).
* ''Vichar ka Dar'' (Essays; Rajkamal, 1996).
* ''School ki Hindi '' (‘School’s Hindi’; Rajkamal, 1998).
* ''Shiksha aur Gyan'' (‘Education and Knowledge; Granthshilpi, 1999)
* ''Raghuvir Sahay Reader'' (Edited; Rajkamal and Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, 2000).
* ''Deevar ka Istemal'' (Eklavya, 2008).
* ''Sapnon ka Perh'' (Rajkamal, 2008).
* ''Choori Bazaar Mein Ladki'' (Rajkamal, 2013).
* ''Kaathgodaam'' (Rajkamal, 2018).
* ''Parhna Zara Sochna'' (Ektara, 2019).

Books for children:
* ''Princess Pramila'' (Orient Longman)
* ''Aaj Nahi Padhunga'' (Rajkamal)
* ''Pooriyon ki Gathari'' (NBT, 2016)

Professor Kumar has also published a number of research papers and articles in journals. He contributes frequently to [[Economic and Political Weekly]], and [[The Hindu]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://casi.ssc.upenn.edu/visiting/kumar Profile of Krishna Kumar]

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