Educational Records Research Unit (ERRU)

The Educational_Records_Research_Unit_(ERRU) began_when_universities_were_in_flux_all_over_the_world_and_when_foundation_for_modern_education_system_was_being_laid_down._Research_funding,_the_relationship_of_research_and_teaching_and_ideas_of_what_fields_were_of_central_importance_were_being_debated._After_Independence_this_unit_was_part_of_National_Archives_of_India_to_compile_and_publish_government_educational_records._With_a_view_to_advance_research_in_the_history_of_education_in_modern_India,_it_was_adopted_by_JNU_in_1971.

Since_its_inception_ERRU_has_identified_the_history_of_education_in_modern_and_contemporary_India_as_its_chief_research_area_for_academic_discussion._It_has_tried_to_support_and_promote_greater_academic_engagement_with_the_history_of_education_and_the_challenges_it_faces,_through_faculty_and_student_research,_publications_and_conferences.

The_objectives_of_ERRU_are:

• Research_and_documentation_of_educational_records,
• Publication_of_thematic_volumes,_and
• Generation_of_discussion_on_issues_relating_to_educational_developments.

Since_2005,_the_ERRU_has_started_a_special_annual_lecture_series_to_commemorate_the_renowned_educationist,_late_J.P._Naik,_who_played_an_important_role_in_reviving_and_situating_the_programme_of_the_ERRU_at_the_School_of_Social_Sciences_in_JNU._Many_eminent_scholars_have_delivered_lectures_on_the_occasion. 

• Professor_Aparna_Basu,_2005,_'Perspectives_of_Women's_Education_in_India'._Professor_Krishna_Kumar,_2006,_'Metaphors_of_Reform'.
• Professor_Sabyasachi_Bhattacharya,_2007,_'The_Coming_Crisis_in_Tertiary_Education'.
• Professor_Sukhadeo_Thorat,_2008,_'Higher_Education_in_India:_Status,_Emerging_Issues_and_Approach_in_the_Eleventh_Plan'.
• Professor_P._Balaram,_2009,_'Reinventing_the_Research_University_in_India'.
• Professor_Javeed_Alam,_2010,_'On_Marginalisation:_Oppression_and_Democracy'.
• Professor_Mirinal_Miri,_2011,'Higher_Education:_Autonomy_Responsibility_and_Challenges'.
• Professor_Ghanshyam_Shah,_2012,_'Democracy,_Equality_and_Education'.

The_academic_staff_of_the_ERRU_include:

• Professor_Satya_P._Gautam from_Centre_for_Philosophy,_School_of_Social_Sciences_was_the_Director_of_ERRU.
• Dr._Joseph_Bara,_Editor,_with_specialization_on_the_education_of_the_marginalized_groups_the_idea_of_national_education_and_Christian_missionary_education;_email_-_josephbara@mail.jnu.ac.in
• Dr._Nandita_Khadria,_Research_Officer,_with_special_interest_in_agrarian_history_and_the_history_of_technical_and_women's_education;_email_–_nkhadria@mail.jnu.ac.in
• Dr._Ch._Radha_Gayathri,_Research_Officer,_has_been_working_in_the_area_of_History_of_Education_and_Medicine_with_special_focus_on_Women;_email_–_rgayathri@mail.jnu.ac.in,_radhagayathri@gmail.com

Article_published_by_ERRU

First_J.P_Nail_Memorial_Lecture