Dr. Majumdar  at  Shahid Rajaei University

He was appointed as the Head of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in May 2011. Mr. Majumdar has worked as a TVET expert in various capacities. He has been engaged in the work of the UNESCO Offices in Bangkok, Beijing and Cairo, GTZ and INWEnt (both now GIZ), CPSC, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and the World Bank. Mr Majumdar also used to be a Professor and Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) in Kolkata, India, where he originally comes from. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering, a Master’s degree in telecommunications engineering, and Ph.D. in educational computing.

Mr Majumdar has published more than 100 research papers and was engaged in more than 20 book publications, editorial assignments, and chapter contributions published by various national and international organizations. Mr Majumdar has received various international awards for his contributions to TVET, including the International Partnership Award from UNESCO-UNEVOC, the TVET Leadership and Quality Award from CPSC, as well as the Valued Supporter Award from IVETA.