Lala Lajpat Rai’s Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Life

J.S. Rajput after doing his doctorate in Physics from the Allahabad University, joined the faculty at Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi. For over three decades now, he has contributed widely to the cause of Science, Elementary and Teacher Education, with research, research papers, articles and books. He has conducted research in areas such as concept formation in science, education of minorities, non-formal education and education of tribal children. He was the Director of NCERT, New Delhi, having previously held such positions as the Joint Education Adviser, GOI, Ministry of Human Resource development (1989-94); Chairman, Bal Bhawan Society of India (1990-92) and Chairman National Council for Teacher Education (1994-99).