PhD: Higher Education Policy (with Cum Laude), Erasmus Mundus Fellow.
Master’s Degrees: Educational Sociology, Aarhus University, Denmark MSc, Presidency College, Kolkata, India
Critical Higher Education Ed Tech
Digital and Blended Learning in Higher Education
Higher Education Teaching and Learning
Teacher Professional Development and Competency Building
Education Policy Analysis
Associate Professor
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (ZHCES), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
(Current Position)
Sr. Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Jammu
(October 2019 – May 2025)
- Led research projects on digital education, AI competencies, and blended learning in higher education.
- Developed innovative courses teaching methods for engineering students.
- Supervised PhD scholars and coordinated academic collaborations.
Assistant Professor
Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, NIEPA, New Delhi
(December 2014 – October 2019)
- Coordinated national research projects and contributed to policy evaluation.
Internship
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany (July–September 2008)
Teaching Appreciation Award by IIT Jammu (2019–2021)
Summer Attachment Program Fellowship by IIT Jammu (2023)
Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for Masters and Doctoral studies
Fellowship by European Commission (2016) for Visiting Faculty at University of Deusto, Spain
Visiting Faculty:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (July 2023)
University of Deusto, Spain (June 2023)
Host Faculty:
Student exchange with University of Alberta, Canada (2023)
Supervised IIT Jammu scholar for exchange internship at National University of Singapore (2023)
Supervised internship at Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi (2023)
For full list of publication – please visit
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6z9L7REAAAAJ
[Q1] Sareen, S., & Mandal, S. (2025). Understanding blended learning at the intersection of policy discourse and academic discussions. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 49(1), 72-87.
[Q1] Sareen, S., & Mandal, S. (2024). Challenges of blended learning in higher education across global north-south: A systematic and integrative literature review. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 10, 101011. (Elsevier)
[Q1] Sareen, S., & Mandal, S. (2024). Assessing SDG 4 indicators in online and blended higher education within conflict zones: A case study of northern India's higher education institutions. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 9, 100903. (Elsevier)
[Q2] Mandal, S. (2019) The rise of lifelong learning and fall of adult education in India. London Review of Education, 17 (3): 318–330. DOI https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.17.3.08
[Q2] Mandal, S. (2013). From Policy to Guideline: Metamorphosis of Lifelong Learning in India. International Journal of Lifelong Education, United Kingdom. Vol.32, No. 2.
[Q2] Mandal, S. (2019). The rise of lifelong learning and fall of adult education in India. London Review of Education, 17(3), 318–330.
Mandal, S. (2018). Emerging National Qualification Framework in India: A Journey of Dilemmas. Social Change, 48(4).
Mandal, S. (Ed.) Roadmap for Humanities and Social Sciences in STEM Higher Education, Springer (2024)
Varghese, N. V., & Mandal, S (Eds). (2021). Teaching-Learning and New Technologies in Higher Education. Springer, New Delhi.
Varghese, N.V. and Pachauri and Mandal, S. (2018) India Higher Education Report 2017: Teaching, Learning and Quality in Higher Education, Sage, New Delhi.
Mandal, S., & Mandal, S. (2014). Janasikshar Mahan Pathikrit Satyen Maitra (A Nobel Pioneer of Mass Education- Satyen Maitra) (in Bengali). Kolkata: Satyen Maitra Janasiksha Samiti. Kolkata. ISBN- 978-81925972-2-5
Mandal, S., & Mandal, S. (2013). Paulo Freire: Jibon o Sikshadarshan (Paulo Freire: Life and Educational Philosophy) ( in Bengali). Indian Paulo Freire Institute, Kolkata. ISBN- 925-972-0-1
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