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J. S. Rajput is an Indian educationist, best known for being the controversial chaiman of the Indian National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), during the National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Behari Vajpayee. He was appointed in July 1999 and served a full five-year term. He was accused by critics for saffronising school education (i.e., colouring it with Hindu nationalism).

In 2004, Rajput has received the UNESCO Jan Amos Comenius Medal for his "outstanding achievements in the fields of educational research and innovation", based on the recommendation by the International Bureau of Education. Rajput was nominated for the award by the outgoing HRD minister Murli Manohar Joshi. However, the United Progressive Alliance government that came to power in 2004 initiated several investigations against Rajput and persuaded the UNESCO to put the award on hold. It was finally awarded in 2009 after the charges against him were cleared.

Works

 * Experience and Expectation in Elementary Education (Anamika Prakashan, 1994), ISBN 8185150273
 * Education in a Changing World: Fallacies and Forces (Vikas, 1999).
 * Teacher Education in India (with K. Wallia, Sterling, 2002), ISBN 8120723783.
 * Kyoṃ tanāvagrasta hai śikshā-vyavasthā? (in Hindi, Kitabghar Prakashan, 2008), ISBN 8189859668.
 * Reforms in School Education (Prabhat Prakashan, 2008), ISBN 8188322547.
 * Contemporary Concerns in Education (Yash, 2009), ISBN 8189537717.
 * Sevel Social Sins: The Contemporary Relevance (Allied Publishers, 2012), ISBN 8184247982.