Parimala V Rao
Parimala V Rao
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
216, SSS
Off. Phone
011-26706762
Email
parimalavrao[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in ; parimalavrao[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2001

MPhil in History from Bangalore University- 1989 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

History of Education, Indigenous Education, History of Schools, History of Curriculum and Text Books, Educational Policies and Debates of Colonial India, National Education, Historical Method and Historiography

Experience

Professor History of Education

Awards & Honours

Visiting Fellow, Institute of Education, London 2011 and 2014
Junior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, 2013 – 2015
Member, Editorial Board, History of Education, U.K.

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Collaborative research on British Educational Policies with Prof Marcelo Caruso, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of Education Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

‘Geopolitics, the British Education Policy in India, and Indian Response 1780-1947’ Paedagogica Historica, Vol 61. No 2. 2025

‘The Historiography of Indian Education: 1920-2020: The socio-political influences on the growth of the discipline’ History of Education, U.K., Vol 51, No 2. 2023.

‘Miseducation in India: Historiographical Reflections,’ History of Education Quarterly, USA, Vol. 62, No 4, 2022.

‘Beyond Monolithic Colonialism: A Defiant Scot against British Elitism, Thomas Munro’s Policies on Education and Employment of Indians,’ Paedagogica Historica, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2022.

‘Entangled Histories of Reforms: Scottish Radicalism of Joseph and Allen Octavian Hume and Indian Education’ Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, Vol 9, No 1, 2022.

‘Myth and Reality in the History of Indian Education,’ Espacio, Tiempo y Educación,  6(2) 2019.

‘Modern Education and the Revolt of 1857 in India,’ Paedagogica Historica, vol. 52, Nos. 1-2, 2016, 25-42.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Routledge Companion to History of Education in India 1780-1947, Routledge UK, and Routledge India 2025

Beyond Macaulay: Education in India 1780-1860, Routledge UK, and Routledge India 2020 Second Edition, 2025

Co editor with Shin’ichi Suzuki, Gary McCulloch, Gu Mingyuan, Ji-Yeon Hong,  Encyclopaedia of Modern Asian Educators, Routledge UK, 2021

Ed, New Perspectives in the History of Indian Education, Orient BlackSwan, New Delhi, 2014, paperback 2016