Avnita Bir Explained

Avnita Bir
Birth Date:day=31 month=10 year=1957
Birth Place:Amritsar, Punjab, India
Occupation:Principal of R. N. Podar School
Alma Mater:LSR, Delhi Uni.
DSE, Delhi Uni.
Awards:National Award for Teachers (India) (2009)Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award (Inspirational Mentorship)(2013)
Boards:Governing Board, CBSE

Avnita Bir is an Indian educator and economist. She is the principal of the R. N. Podar School[1] in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She has worked in the Indian education system for more than 15 years, and she was a curator for Learn Shift India 2012,[2] a conference held in Delhi that 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.[3]

Education

Avnita Singh parmar was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India on 31 October 1957 into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family.[4] [5] She graduated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi[6] before moving to the Delhi school of economics to obtain her post graduate education in economics. She also passed the University Grants Commission (India) (NET) examination for professorship in economics.[6] 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.[6]

Career

Bir has worked with educational institutions of India, including Mallya Aditi International School,[1] [7] Hyderabad Public School[8] and several others, as head of the department and as a coordinator, before joining Podar as a principal.

Recognition

Bir 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 CBSE India. She was featured in newspapers,[9] magazines[1] [10] and bulletins conducted by news channels like NDTV[11] [12] 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.[13] Additionally she is one of 80 educators selected by Microsoft for their Mentor School program, which was held in Barcelona, Spain.[14] FICCI FLO conferred on her the Outstanding Woman Achiever Award in the year of 2014 for her contributions in the field of education.[15] She was a presenter and a co-panelist, representing India at Google Education Symposium organised at Mountain View, California, November 2014.[16]

At around the same time in 2016, acknowledging the pivotal role she played in the fields of Technology and Education, she was appointed a member in the advisory board of Google's Global.Edu,[17] a global initiative to bring on-board various leaders, educators, teachers and students for transforming education. In 2023, she was conferred the Lokmani Lal lifetime excellence award by Maharshi Patanjali Vidya Mandir, an award to recognise and honour exceptional teachers from across the country.[18]

She has co-authored two books on economics.[19] [20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Avnita Bir: Visionary Principal . 12 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119042829/http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-1809 . 19 November 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: LSI . learnshiftindia.com . 2013-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131122200158/http://www.learnshiftindia.com/ . 2013-11-22 . dead . 2019-03-09.
  3. Web site: DNA: Two months with Gandhi siblings . 12 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202852/http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=7&edcode=820009&eddate=2012-9-05 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: Ancestry.com: Bir Family History . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116154712/https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin%3Fsurname%3Dbir . January 16, 2022 . ancestry.com.
  5. Web site: Oxford Reference, Dictionary of American Family Names: Bir(185) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116153706/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-5100?rskey=2B7pao&result=5081 . January 16, 2022 . oxfordreference.com.
  6. Web site: India's Learning Agenda | Who is defining this? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116155900/http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs028/1102381074657/archive/1102564420423.html . January 16, 2022 . archive.constantcontact.com.
  7. Web site: School Profile – Mallya Aditi International School . Mallya Aditi International School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116160801/http://www.aditi.edu.in/school-profile/ . January 16, 2022 . 2019-03-09.
  8. Web site: BEGUMPET . HYDERABAD PUBLIC SCHOOL . 2019-01-28 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220116161622/https://hpsbegumpet.org.in/ . January 16, 2022 . 2019-03-09.
  9. Web site: Mumbai students to study math, English on playground. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150420050107/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-students-to-study-math-english-on-playground-1730569. 20 April 2015. Puja. Pednekar. 21 August 2012. DNA India.
  10. Web site: Mentor Magazine Cover story: Swallowing Discomfort, Spilling Out Guts . 2013-03-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011243/http://www.mentormagazine.net/july2007_cover_story.html . 2014-02-03 . mentormagazine.net.
  11. Web site: NDTV video | Anti-rape laws: Age of consent to be lowered. https://web.archive.org/web/20220116162823/https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/india-decides-9/anti-rape-laws-age-of-consent-to-be-lowered-267569. January 16, 2022. www.ndtv.com. ndtv.com.
  12. Web site: NDTV video | Education: Mini-revolution?. https://web.archive.org/web/20220116163542/https://www.ndtv.com/video/exclusive/news/education-mini-revolution-84776. January 16, 2022. www.ndtv.com. ndtv.com.
  13. Web site: NTU Convocation: Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award . 2013-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155216/http://convocation.ntu.edu.sg/AboutConvocation/Pages/UniversityScholarsAward.aspx . 2014-02-02 .
  14. Web site: Microsoft Educator Network | Global Forum 2014: Meet the Microsoft Mentor Schools | India . May 17, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140530072023/http://www.pil-network.com/Forums/MentorSchools/Barcelona2014/USA . May 30, 2014 .
  15. Web site: Women achievers talk of Grit, Empowerment, Passion and Commitment | Jaipur Patrika. https://archive.today/20140517104811/http://jaipur.patrika.com/featured/women-achievers-talk-of-grit-empowerment-passion-and-commitment/. May 17, 2014. jaipur.patrika.com.
  16. Web site: Gafe Summit | All Presenters: Avnita Bir . 2014-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141004235522/http://in.gafesummit.com/all-presenters/avnita-bir . 2014-10-04 . gafesummit.com .
  17. Web site: Film: Education builds a better world . 2015-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119035156/https://www.globaledu.org/ . 2015-11-19 . globaledu.com .
  18. News: 2023-12-17 . Teachers honoured in Sangam city . 2024-03-05 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  19. Book: Ojha . R.R. . Bir . A.R. . Introduction to Economic Theory . Sterling . 1965 . 2019-03-09 .
  20. Book: Ojha, R. R. . National income accounting . South Asia Books . Place of publication not identified . 1989 . 81-207-0992-6 . 233387721 .

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