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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

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BOARD OF ADVISORS S mooth induction of infants into the education system so they
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan develop genuine love of learning, spirit of enquiry and problem-
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, solving capabilities is an issue of utmost importance which has
Krishan Khanna, Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, not received the attention it deserves. In the latter half of the
Kirit Mehta, Balkishan Sharma (Mumbai); Dr.
Ramdas Pai (Manipal); Prof. Geeta Kingdon 20th century, it was normative practice to start drilling and
(Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. Parth Shah, Jeroninio skilling children to become literate and numerate as early as possible.
Almeida, Premchand Palety (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); Fortunately in recent years, the education philosophies of early childhood
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta care and education (ECCE) pioneers such as Rudolf Steiner, Jean Piaget, Dr.
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama Thakore (London)
Maria Montessori and our own Gijubhai Badheka among others which posited
EDITOR that infants learn best through play, exploration and discovery, have acquired
Dilip Thakore currency.
MANAGING EDITOR In EducationWorld, we like to believe this publication has played a major
Summiya Yasmeen role in impacting the vital importance of professionally administered ECCE
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR upon the academy, establishment and government. In 2010, we convened the
Sundar Anand first ever ECCE international seminar/conference in Mumbai. Simultaneously,
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi we introduced the annual EducationWorld India Preschool Rankings which
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) identified and felicitated the country’s best pre-primary schools. The socially
9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) beneficial outcome of persistent advocacy of professionally administered
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