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Dr. Sayantan Mandal (Ph.D)

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, University of Deusto, National Institute For Educational Planning and Administration

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1091-8996
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Dr. Sayantan Mandal is an Associate Professor at the Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies (ZHCES), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Previously (2019-2025) he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Jammu, India. He worked at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) (2014-2019) and the University of Delhi.
Dr. Mandal is an Erasmus Mundus Fellow, graduated from the Aarhus University, Denmark and did his internship at UNESCO, Hamburg, Germany.

At NIEPA, Dr Mandal coordinated a large-scale study on Teaching and Learning in Indian Higher Education and co-authored the Indian Higher Education Report 2017 on Teaching, Learning, and Quality. At IIT Jammu, Dr. Mandal has coordinated two research projects on Integrating Teaching-Learning Digital Education (ITLDE) and Examining Teachers’ Competencies in Generative AI-Enabled Higher Education funded by IIT Jammu and ICSSR respectively.

Dr. Mandal received the Teacher Appreciation award for 2019-21 and a fellowship by IIT Jammu to continue his research at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He was also selected as a policy expert by the Karnataka state government for the new State Education Policy.

Employment

  • Jawaharlal Nehru University Associate Professor
    2025 - Present
  • Indian Institute of Technology Jammu Assistant Professor
    2019 - 2025
  • National Institute For Educational Planning and Administration Assistant Professor
    2014 - 2019

Education

  • University of Deusto PhD with Cum Laude
    2013 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (31)