Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 23: Prof. (Dr.) Parikshat Singh Manhas, Chairman, J&K Board of School Education, has been assigned Additional Charge of the Post of Director, State Council of Educational Research and Trainings, J&K. The order issued by the School Education Dept. Civil Secretariat, J&K vide Govt. Order No. 55-JK(Edu) of 2023 Dated 23-02-2023 reads as "In supersession of all previous orders issued, it is hereby ordered that Dr. Parikshat Singh Manhas, Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education, shall hold the charge of the post of Director, State Council of Educational Research and Trainings, (SCERT), J&K in addition to his own duties till further orders".
Prof. Manhas is a Professor of The Business School University of Jammu and has worked as Rector, Udhampur Campus, of the University, Director, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Jammu, Coordinator, Global Understanding Course being run in collaboration with East Carolina University, USA and Coordinator, UGC - Innovative Programme. He has also workedas CEO & Promoter Director, University of Jammu Special Purpose Vehicle Foundation - A Section 8 Company, Director, University Business Incubation and Innovation Centre, University of Jammu & Member, Task Force for Implementation of National Education Policy 2020, Government of Jammu & Kashmir. He is Co-Leader, Organizing Committee of UNWTO Affiliate Members Working Group on Tourism & Culture Synergies, Regional Director - Asia and Eastern Europe for CED - World Centre of Excellence for Destinations (UNWTO - Affiliate Member). He was also Fellow of the Australia India Institute, New Delhi and Member of the Tourism Advisory Board of the then State of Jammu & Kashmir which was headed by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of State of Jammu & Kashmir in addition to being a Visiting Professor, Taylor's School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts, Taylors University, Malaysia and Honorary Visiting Professor, Atal Bihari Bajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Jawaharlal Nehru University (ABVSM&E), and Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Zhubanov State University of Akotbe, Akotbe, Republic of Kazakhstan, Bashkir State University, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia and Graduate School of Business, ESAN University, Lima, Peru. He has been awarded Major Projects as the Project leader under the UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Thematic Partnerships Scheme during the year 2015 and 2017. He was a Commonwealth Fellow for the year 2014, Hungarian Faculty Research Fellow in 2013 under the Indo Hungarian Educational Exchange Program for the year 2012-13, Shastri Indo-Canadian fellow in 2009 and won Career Award for Best Young Teacher (CAYT) awarded by All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) - Government of India, 2009. |
