PROFILE

Sujit Sinha

Email: sujit.sinha@apu.edu.in
Telephone: 080-66145195

Sujit is the founder of Swanirwar, an NGO working in the area of rural development in West Bengal since 1986. Swanirwar is involved in school education, sustainable agriculture, basic preventive healthcare, water, micro-finance and governance.

Sujit began his career as a high school teacher at the Ramakrishna Mission School in Arunachal Pradesh and then spent a couple of years at AT&T Bell Labs in New Jersey as a post-doctoral fellow. He has a Masters degree from IIT Kanpur and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University.

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D, Chemistry, Princeton University

Areas of Interest

Diversified School Curriculum
Rural Development.
Panchayat System
Literature, Films and Development
Nai Talim Schools - past and future
Decentralization and Participatory Governance
Sustainable Production

Teaching areas

Sustainable development
Gandhi and Tagore