G ViswanathappaProf. (Dr.) G. Viswanathappa earned an M.Sc. in Statistics from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi (1986), an M.Ed. from the Regional College of Education, Mysore (1988), and a PhD in Education from the University of Mysore (1992). After working ith the Government of Andhra Pradesh, he joined NCERT on 16th October 1996 as faculty at the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysore, later serving as Head of Extension Education and in-charge of the Educational Technology Cell. He was Principal of RIE Ajmer (June 2017-June 2019) and Director of SIEMAT, Amaravati (June 2019-March 2020). He rejoined RIE Mysore in March 2020 as Professor of Education, teaching educational research, pedagogy, assessment, and ICT to graduate and postgraduate students. He has led state, regional, and national studies on quality interventions under SSA and RMSA, developed an online Certificate Programme in Educational Data Processing (CEDP), published 13 books, numerous journal articles, and guided 15 PhD scholars. A specialist in educational data analysis, he conducted capacity-building programs for researchers and developed accreditation guidelines for schools. He represented NCERT at UNICEF's School Leadership Programme in Bangkok (2018) and is a member of school boards at three central universities. He also contributed to developing the syllabus for NCTE's 4-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme. Read More Read Less