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Abhijeet Sen Abhijit Sen, a well-known economist and former member of the Planning commission, just passed away. About Abhijeet Sen He served as a previous member of the Indian Planning Commission and was a well-known agricultural economist (from 2004 to 2014, PC disbanded in 2014). Prior to joining the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1985, he taught economics at Sussex, Oxford, Cambridge, and Essex. Principal Contributions:

PARAKH

PARAKH The establishment of a national regulator called PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) by the Union government is intended to create a benchmark framework for evaluating secondary and higher secondary pupils. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 includes PARAKH. Image Source - Youtube About parakh The National Achievement Survey (NAS) and State Achievement Surveys are two examples of periodic learning outcome