CSR: Social Sustainability and Inclusive Growth

Bhaskar Chatterjee has been deeply involved with the world of education for over a decade. From 1995 to 2000, he led the National Literacy Mission as its Director General, spear-heading a nation-wide effort to reach out to the illiterate masses of India and bring them into the mainstream. His tireless endeavours and supreme dedication galvanized the Mission into an intensive operational phase that earned from UNESCO the prestigious NOMA Award in 1999. Bhaskar Chatterjee has worked closely with experts, NGO’s, officials, financing agencies and other stakeholders in the area of Elementary Education as well, and was strongly associated with some of the major initiatives taken in this sphere. He has been involved with a number of UNESCO programme and studies that have been widely acclaimed. Between 2001 and 2004, he held the position of Director General and Member Secretary of the Indian Council of Social Science Research. During his eventful tenure, he was instrumental in the financing and implementation of a number of projects and studies on basic education. He continues to dedicate himself to his cause which he believes is the principal transformational tool for the mergence of a new and resurgent India.