Name : Dr. Anita Julka
Designation: Professor and Head
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Personal Statement
Head, Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs and Inclusive Education Cell,
National Council of Educational Research and Training, Delhi, India, Involved in various
research, training, development and extension activities. The Department functions as an
advisory body to the Federal as well as State Governments in the area of inclusive education. I
have been also involved in a major programme of the Government of India, the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan, IEDSS & RMSA, providing consultancy for developing the State Plans for Inclusive
Education. Currently, I am developing an index for Inclusive education which will facilitate
inclusion of children with disabilities in education from early years of their lives. Also, I have
provided significant inputs from the perspective of children with disabilities for the National
Curriculum Framework for the country and Position paper on education of groups with special
needs.
B. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
1979-1981
1983-1995
1995-1997
& Training
1997-2004
Needs, NCERT
2005- 2011
NCERT, New Delhi
Present
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Delhi
Fellow,University Grants Commission, India & Lecturer, in Psychology,
Colleges in Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pradesh State
Government
Lecturer in Special Education National Council of Educational Research
(NCERT), India
Associate Professor, Department of Education of Groups with Special
New Delhi, India.
Professor, Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs,
India
Head, DEGSN
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1995
1998
Interdisciplinary
1998
Member, Indian Association of Special Education
Member, Advisory Board of Disability and Impairments, An
Research Journal
Review Editor of International Journal of disability Studies
2004
Disabled
Member, Committee to review the Scheme of Integrated Education for the
Children, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Member, Committee to develop the Comprehensive Action Plan for
2004
including
Children and Youth with Disabilities in Education, Ministry of Human
Resource
2005
Special Needs
2005
Curriculum
Development
Member, National Focus Group, NCERT on Education of Children with
Member, National Steering Committee, NCERT for Renewal of National
Framework
Member, Textbook Review Committee, NCERT
Member of, Working Group for the XIth Plan for Empowerment of
2005
2006
Disabled,
2008
Handicapped
2008
2008
Education
2008-present
2010-present
Comprehensive
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 2006
Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Institute of Visually
Member, Expert Committee, Rehabilitation Council of India
Member, Technical Review Committee for research projects in Inclusive
under SSA
Member, National Resource Group, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Member, Core Committee for developing a model for Continuous and
Education
2012
2012
Member, of Proposal Grant Committee MHRD for IEDSS
Chairperson Evaluation Committee for IEDSS
Publications;
Most Recent
Creating a Multilingual Society, Indian Educatinal Review, NCERT
Charity vs. Rights: Educating Children with Disabilities, Journal of Indian Education,NCERT
Meeting Special Needs in Schools: A Manual, (2007) NCERT
Position Paper on education of groups with special needs (2006), NCERT
National Curriculum Framework, 2005, NCERT
Additional recent publications of importance to the field (in chronological order)
1. Module for DEC-NCTE National M.Ed Programme on Special Needs Education:
Distance Education Council, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Modalities of
Curricular Adaptation (2008),
2. Module published in In-Service Teacher Education on Inclusive Education:
Distance Education Programme- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.IGNOU-MHRD Project,
IGNOU, New Delhi.
3. Report of the working Group for the XIth Plan (team member) on Empowering the
Disabled (2007)
4. Papers written for many issues of SSA Magazine “Confluence”
5. Reports of various research projects
Major Programmes in NCERT
Research: An Exploratory Study of Home based Education Practices in SSA, (2010-2012);
Development of Index for Inclusive Schools (2010), An Exploratory Study of Sign Language
(2007), A Review of Existing Instructional Adaptations( General and Specific) being used in
Integrated /Inclusive Classrooms (2006),A Study of Programmes and Practices for Education of
Children with Special Educational Needs in Different States -2005), Strengthening the Teacher
Education Curriculum of DIETs from the Perspective of Special Needs Education (2004), Taking
Mathematics to the Visually Impaired Children: A Guide for Primary School Teachers(2001), A
study of benefits derived from existing schemes and programmes for educational backward
minorities (2001), Analysis of the Existing Curriculum in Government Aided Madrasas (2000).
Development: Developing a Braille Literacy Curriculum, (2010); Meeting Special Needs in
Schools : A Manual, (2007);Cognitive Architecture in the Visually Impaired (book), Low Vision
Children :Teacher Guide (Book), Making Mathematics accessible to visually impaired children,
Orientation Package for Teacher Educators (In Hindi and English)and handbook for parents
entitled: Special Needs Education: A Guide for Parents.
Training and Extension: Organized training programmes for State level key resource
persons on Inclusive education. Also provided resource support to various organizations
and in governmental and nongovernmental programmes for the education of children
with SEN.