Nalanda 2.0 has an exceptional team Board of Directors, and Global Advisory Council consisting of leaders from the academia, industry and civil society. The team collectively has leadership, academic, administrative, and educational experiences from several world-class multidisciplinary research universities such as Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, and India's premier institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Team also includes a growing group of volunteers and supporters.
ARTICLES
Lessons from Nalanda University of ancient times and Stanford University of modern era for a new India (NHRD Network Journal, January 2018 volume 10)
Nobel Laureate, PM Modi, and CM Naidu: Nalanda 2.0 starts and ends 2017 on a high note! (LinkedIn, Jan. 18, 2018)
The IITian on his journey from IIT Kharagpur to Nalanda 2.0 (PanIIT USA, 2018)
5 Ways to Make Indian Universities World-Class (Fair Observer, October 23, 2016)
The Time to Reform India’s Education System is Now. (Fair Observer, August 7, 2016)
BOOK
Building Golden India: How to unleash India's vast potential and transform its higher education system. Now. (Written by Shail Kumar. Includes a foreword by Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande. Published October 2015.)
What leaders are saying about the book:
Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX, and Professor, MIT
“Shail Kumar presents a compelling, comprehensive vision for transforming India's higher education system. I am particularly pleased to see his discussion about the key role that technology, MOOCs, and online learning will play in building India's new Golden Age.”
Richard C. Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of California
"A superb job. You have hit on all the right points and have done so in a very effective way. Congratulations.”
Rajiv Bajaj Managing Director, Bajaj Auto
“Bold, timely, and solutions-oriented book on transforming India.”
Sudhir Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar
“Every vice chancellor/ director should be reading this new book on Indian higher education.”