Jayant Pandurang Naik

Jayant Pandurang Naik, also known as J. P. Naik (5 September 1907 – 30 August 1981) was an Indian educator.

Jayant Pandurang Naik
Born	5 September 1907 Bahirewadi, Taluka- Ajara, District- Kolhapur
Died	30 August 1981
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Chitra Naik

Manmohan Singh releasing a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Dr. J.P. Naik, on the occasion of 'Teachers Day', in New Delhi in 2007

A great humanist, freedom fighter, polymath, encyclopedic thinker and socialist educationist. Recognized by the UNESCO alongside Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi as three pioneering educationists, J.P. Naik is also known as an institution maker. Born at very small town in Kolhapur district Bahirewadi, Taluka-Ajara^{[citation needed]}.

He founded the Indian Institute of Education in 1948^{[citation needed]}.

He served as Member Secretary of the Indian Education Commission from 1964 to 1966^{[citation needed]}.

He also was Educational Adviser to the Government of India^{[citation needed]}.

Awards and contribution

• He joined Civil Disobedience Movement(1932), was arrested and interned in Bellari Jail for about a year and half, studied medicine in the jail and practiced it by nursing prisoners-patients.[1932]^{[citation needed]}
• A secretary of the regency council and Development and Revenue Ministry Kolhapur State [1942]^{[citation needed]}
• UNESCO consultant for the development plan for the provision of universal elementary education in Asia.[1960]^{[citation needed]}
• Chief architect of the comprehensive report of the Indian Education Commission [1964-66]^{[citation needed]}
• Padma Bhushan in 1974^[1]
• A commemorative stamp priced at Rs.5/- was issued on 5 September 2007^{[citation needed]}
• Included in the UNESCO Roll of Honour of 100 Educational thinkers of the last 25 centuries.^[2]

References

1. (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
2. "Remembering a legend". Times of India. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

• Works by Jayant Pandurang Naik at Open Library  
• Biography
• Indian Institute of Education
• About the release of a postage stamp with his picture