History of Modern India

B.P. Verma (b. 1946) is presently Professor and Chairman, Department of Education. Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He obtained his MA (Hindi) and .ED. Degrees from Meerut University, Meerut, and M.Phil. (Edu.) and Ph. D. (Edu.) degrees from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla(H.P.). He joined as Lecturer in the Department of Education Correspondence Courses (now known as International Centre for distance Education and Open Learning) at Himachal Preadesh University in the year 1972. After serving in this unit of the University for eighteen years in the capacities of Lecturer and Reader, he shifted to the main Department of Education of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla , as Reader in 1994 and served as Dean, Faculty of Education, H.P. University for two terms. The author has been actively engaged in teaching and research for the last thirty years. During this period, he guided 12 Ph.D. theses, 12 M.Phil. dissertations and 75 M.E.d. dissertations. He has done several independent project in the newly emerging fields of styles of learning, thinking and teaching and has also developed several psychological and criterion referenced tests useful to educational researchers. He has published more than 100 research papers in journals of national and international repute. He also has a book on ‘Hindi’ Vocabulary Building’ in programmed instruction format. His areas of research include Cognition, Creativity, Teaching and Learning. Besides, he has a keen interest in Educational Technology, Teacher Education, Educational Psychology and Research Methodology.