Jayashree Ramadas (née Taskar) is an Indian educationist. She was the Centre Director (2011–2016) of

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India. The broad goals of the institute are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics educati ...

(HBCSE), a National Centre of the

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the ...

(TIFR) in

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, India. In her capacity as a professor she teaches graduate courses related to cognition and science education. She is also a member of the

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and International Committee on Physics Education. Ramadas was appointed Dean, HBCSE, in November, 2008, and in June 2011, was appointed the Centre Director. She is currently Professor at the TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Hyderabad.

Early life

Jayashree Ramadas (Taskar) was born in Bombay (now

) in 1954. Her father was a telecommunication engineer. Her early schooling was in St. Thomas' School,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

, following which she studied for a year at American School,

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, and completed her schooling from St. Helena's School,

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

. She studied in

Fergusson College Fergusson College is an autonomous public-private college offering various courses in the streams of arts and science in the city of Pune, India. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society. Professor Vaman Shivram Apte was its fir ...

, Pune, and obtained her master's degree in Physics from

IIT Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...

in 1976.. She went on to do her doctoral studies in Science Education at HBCSE. Her PhD devree was awardex by

Pune University Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Poona, is a collegiate public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganeshk ...

. Hers was possibly the first thesis on Science Education in India.

Career

For most of her career, Ramadas has been at HBCSE. She did a postdoctoral stint at the University of Leeds and was subsequently inducted as a member of the faculty at HBCSE. She became a full Professor in August 2007 and Dean in November 2008. In June 2011 she took over from H. C. Pradhan as the fourth Centre Director of HBCSE, being appointed for a period of five years. She also spent a year each at

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and

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...

. In January 2017, Ramadas moved to the TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Hyderabad.

Award/scholarship

*1971–1981 National Science Talent Search Scholarship *2011

TWAS The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable deve ...

Regional Office Prize for "Development of Scientific Educational Material"

References

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