Dr Chetan Singai obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India. His doctoral thesis was on ‘Higher Education and University Governance in India: A case study of public and private university. He completed his MPhil in Law and Governance at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr Chetan received his master’s in political science from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He received the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to pursue a Master’s in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management, a joint degree from University of London (UK), University of Aarhus (Denmark) and University of Deusto (Spain).

Dr Chetan has worked as Assistant Professor at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bengaluru. He has been at DAAD visiting-faculty Julius-Maximilians-University Germany from 2014 to 2017. He is a recipient of the Social Justice Medal awarded by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, for his service towards Human Rights and Women Empowerment, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India in 2007. He has worked as a Policy Analyst at the Directorate of Education and Culture, European Commission, Bruxelles, Belgium.  He has served as Member, Academic Council, Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society (KRIES), Government of Karnataka.

He was nominated as Member, TS, Committee to Finalize the Draft National Education Policy 2020 constituted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India (2019 – 2020).  He was associated with the Committee to Draft the National Education Policy-2017-2019 (Padma Vibhushan Dr K. Kasturirangan), Ministry of Education, Government of India, New Delhi as Chief Consultant (Technical Secretariat at NAAC, Bengaluru). He was appointed as Special Officer, Department of Higher Education, Government of Karnataka, from 2021-2022.

He was associated as Member-Secretary to the committee to review the Quality Mandate relating to the promotion of research and M.Phil./Ph.D. Regulation in India (Committee chaired by Padma Bhushan Dr P. Balaram, Former Director Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru). He was nominated as Member-Convenor to the Subcommittee to draft the Implementation Roadmap on Governance and Regulation in Higher Education aligned to the NEP-2020 by the Government of Karnataka.

He is nominated as Chief Consultant and Convenor, Technical Secretariat, National Steering Committee-National Curriculum Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

He has published two books and more than 25 national and international articles in peer-reviewed journals on higher education, space policy and human rights issues.

Publications

Research Publications

• Singai, C. (2022). Governance and Public Policy in India: Gandhian Perspective. In: Behera, A., Nayak, S. (eds) Gandhi in the Twenty-First Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8476-0_5
• Shahjahan, R. A., Bylsma, P. E., & Singai, C. (2021). Global university rankings as ‘sticky’ objects and ‘refrains’: affect and mediatisation in India. Comparative Education, 1-18.
• Rajashree, K., Singai, C., & Shimray, S. A. (2021). Advancements in Legal Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research. Asian Journal of Legal Education, 8(1), 66-78.
• Anilkumar, M., Kashyap, S., Mitra, S. G., Neogi, D., Ramaprasad, A., Sanjeev, A., Singai, C., & Thodika, N. K. (2021). The pathways to manage air pollution: an ontological assessment of the
• National Clean Air Programme 2019, India. Current Science (00113891), 120 (8).
• Singai, C., Kumaraswamy, T. R., & Chandra, A. (2020). Reforming Higher Education in India: In Pursuit of Excellence. 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’20), Valencia, 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11237
• Anilkumar, M., Singai, C., & Ramaprasad, A. (2020). A Systematic Assessment Framework for Higher-Education Institutions, 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’20), Valencia, 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11102
• Singai, C. (2020). Equity and higher education policies in India: Perspectives on the draft national education policy-2019 in M.J. Vinod & S.Y. Surendra Kumar (2020) (Eds.). Empowering marginalized communities in India: The impact of higher education. Pp. 11-21. Sage Publication: India.
• Singai, C. (2022). Governance and Public Policy in India: Gandhian Perspective. In: Behera, A., Nayak, S. (eds) Gandhi in the Twenty First Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8476-0_5
• Shahjahan, R. A., Bylsma, P. E., & Singai, C. (2021). Global university rankings as ‘sticky’ objects and ‘refrains’: affect and mediatisation in India. Comparative Education, 1-18.
• Rajashree, K., Singai, C., & Shimray, S. A. (2021). Advancements in Legal Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research. Asian Journal of Legal Education, 8(1), 66-78.
• Anilkumar, M., Kashyap, S., Mitra, S. G., Neogi, D., Ramaprasad, A., Sanjeev, A., Singai, C., & Thodika, N. K. (2021). The pathways to manage air pollution: an ontological assessment of the
• National Clean Air Programme 2019, India. Current Science (00113891), 120 (8).
• Singai, C., Kumaraswamy, T. R., & Chandra, A. (2020). Reforming Higher Education in India: In Pursuit of Excellence. 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’20), Valencia, 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11237
• Anilkumar, M., Singai, C., & Ramaprasad, A. (2020). A Systematic Assessment Framework for Higher-Education Institutions, 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’20), Valencia, 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11102
• Singai, C. (2020). Equity and higher education policies in India: Perspectives on the draft national education policy-2019 in M.J. Vinod & S.Y. Surendra Kumar (2020) (Eds.). Empowering marginalized communities in India: The impact of higher education. Pp. 11-21. Sage Publication: India.
• Anilkumar, M., Singai, C., & Ramaprasad, A. (2020). A Systematic Assessment Framework for Higher-Education Institutions, 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’20), Valencia, 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11102
• Singai, C. (2019). The Public and Private Dichotomy: An empirical insight into the University Governance in India in Babu, S (Eds.) Education and the Public Sphere Exploring the Structures of Mediation in Postcolonial India. (1st Edition). Routledge: UK.
• Kurup, A. & Singai, C. (2017). Redefining University Education in India: Pedagogy and Student Voices in Hornsby, D & Osman, R. (Eds.) in Palgrave Critical University Studies Series: UK.
• Singai, C. (2017). Recognition of Prior Learning, Skill Development and Migration: The Construction Sectorin India. IndianJournal of Adult Education, Vol. 78, No. 04. October-December 2017. New Delhi: India.
• Ramaprasad, A., Singai, C., Hasan,T., Syn, T., & Thirumalai, M., (2016) India’sNational Higher Education Policy Recommendations since Independence: An Ontological Analysis. Vol. XXX, No. 01, January. Pp. 05-24. Journal of Education and Planning Administration, NUEPA, New Delhi: India. ISSN: 0971-3859.
• Doyle, L., Egetenmeyer, R., Singai, C., & Devi, U. (2016). Professionalisation as development and as regulation: Adult education in Germany, the United Kingdom and India. International Review of Education, 1-25. ISSN:0020-8566
• Singai, C., (2016) Higher Education and New Media: Beyond ‘Brick-and-Mortar’ Education Institutions in India – Democratizing Education? In Victor, J (Ed.) Impact of New Media on Education, MJP Publishers: Chennai (ISBN 978-81-80942-82-2)
• Singai, C., (2016) Democracy and Citizenship: Unpacking the Role of Civic Literacy and Civic Engagement in Kumar, S., Prakash, S., & Patil, S., (Eds.) Contemporary Indian Politics – Internal Dynamics and External Compulsions. Pinnacle Learning Publications: New Delhi (ISBN 978-93-83848-23-2)
• Singai, C., Gioli, G., Riemer, E., Regmi, K. D., Mastrokoukou, S., & Singh, S. (2015) Knowledge economy and demographic change: Comparative case study of Europe and South Asia. Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Europe and Beyond, 67.
• Gupta, P & Singai, C., (2015) Education and Tribals in the Era of Globalisation: Unpacking the Idea of ‘Institutional’ Mainstreaming in Albal, D., Et.al., Impact of Globalisation on Indian Society, Pranati Publications: Bangalore. Pp. 40-46. [ISBN: 978-81-910788-9-3]
• Singai, C., Sayal, R & Manisha (2014). Key Challenges in Indian Higher Education: Interpreting Quality in the Context of Expansion, in Dinesha, P.T & Ramesh (2014). Higher Education Between Quality and Reservation. Gyan Books: New Delhi. [ISBN: 9351280500]
• Hasan, T., Ramaprasad, A., & Singai, C. (2014) Rethinking Higher Education Research: Ontology Mapping of Higher Education Systems. In A, Kwan, E. Wong, T. Kwong, P. Lau & A. Goody (Eds.) Research and Development in Higher Education: Higher Education in a Globalised World, Vol. 37 (pp161-171). ISSN: 1441 001X

Books:

• Singai, C. & Sweta, D., (2020). Political Obligation: Theories, concepts and approaches. MPP Book House, Karnataka, India. ISBN: 187562192890
• Singai, C. (2010). Railway Reforms in India: A Transition from Regulation to Privatization. Varleg VDM Publishers: Germany. ISBN: 978-3639249484

Awards & Achievements

• Best Teacher Award and Outstanding Contribution to the field of Education (Teachers Day-2022), Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Bengaluru, KA, India 2022
• Exemplary Service Award (Teachers Day-2021) by Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru,
• KA, India 2021 DAAD “A New Passage to India” Grant for Teaching at University of Wurzburg, Germany (German Academic Exchange Service), Ministry of Education, Germany 2014 & 2015
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (2008-2010), European Commission, Europe 2008
• Social Justice Medal (2007) awarded by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Government of India [for service towards Gender and Human Rights]

Research projects/grants

• Principal Investigator (2021-2022). A comparative study of COVID-19 vaccine rollout experiences in India, Chile, and the USA (Project ID: 2021-5856), Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India.
• Principal Co-Investigator (2020-2021). A World-Class Higher Education System for Karnataka: A Research Project to Map and Analyze the Landscape of Karnataka’s Knowledge Ecology, KSHEC, Department of Higher Education, Government of Karnataka.
• Principal Co-Investigator (2019-2021). Scientometric and Ontological Mapping of Solid Waste Management. NSTMIS-DST, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (in collaboration with IISc, Bangalore)
• Principal Investigator (2019-2020). Evaluation of the performance of SC/ST colony infrastructural facilities scheme under the SCSA/TSA for the period of 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, Karnataka Evaluation Authority, Government of Karnataka.
• Principal Investigator (2018). Real Estate Regulation Registration Act in Karnataka, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru
• Principal Investigator (2016-2018). Research Study on Education, Social, Health and Economic Status of Manual Scavengers in the State of Karnataka – An empirical study sponsored project by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka.
• Principal Investigator (2016-2018). Research Study on Social, Health and Economic Status of Paurakarmikas in the State of Karnataka – An empirical study sponsored project by Department of Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka.
• Principal Co-Investigator (2011 to 2012). Mapping Knowledge Ecology of Karnataka’ funded by Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Government of Karnataka.

Professional memberships

• Member, International Political Science Association, USA
• Member, Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), New Delhi (Reg. No. 688)
• Life Member, Indian Adult Education Association (Membership No. 2165)
• Life Member, Indian Political Science Association (Membership No. 3169)