Sri Aurobindo and Mother - Biodata

Kireet joshi (b, 1931) studied philosophy and law at the Bombay University. He was selected for the I.A.S. in 1955 but in 1956 he resigned in order to devote himself at Pondicherry to the study and practice of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. He taught Philosophy and Psychology at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education at Pondicherry and participated in numerous educational experiments under the direct guidance of The Mother.

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In 1976, Government of India invited him to be Educational Adviser in the Ministry of Education. In 1983, he was appointed Special Secretary to the Government of India, and he held this post until 1988. He has been Member-Secretary of Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan from 1987 to 1993. He has recently been elected to be the Vice-Chairman of the UNESCO Institute of Education, Hamburg.

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In the Ministry of Education, he was in charge of Higher Education, National Commissions on Teachers, Languages, Youth Affairs and UNESCO affairs.

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His published works include Education for Personality Development, A Philosophy of Education for the Contemporary Youth, A Philosophy of the Role of the Contemporary Teacher, and A Philosophy of Evolution for the Contemporary Man.