SIDP Events
Workshop: Education and Development of Children and Adolescents
Education is a fundamental human rights - and it is the key to realizing most other rights. Yet millions of children and adolescents in the world remain vulnerable, disengaged and disenfranchised from education and schooling. There is a global "education crisis", and each of us - privileged to have an education - can and must do something about it. Please come for a Learning Session to hear and discuss how you can effectively engage with educational development of vulnerable children and adolescents, both locally and globally.
The session is led by Prof. Tamo Chattopadhay, Director of Institute of Education and Head of the Social Sciences Division, AUCA.
Tamo Chattopadhay is an Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Education at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Kyrgyzstan. At AUCA since August 2017, he currently also serves as the Head of the Social Sciences Division of the university. Tamo studies education and social development in Asia and Latin America, consults with governments and international development organizations, and serves as a Research Associate at the National Center for Study of Privatization in Education at Columbia University in New York. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Notre Dame, USA, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York. Tamo holds a Doctorate in International Educational Development from Columbia University's Teachers College, and an MBA in Finance from Baruch College, City University of New York. Prior to academia, Dr. Chattopadhay was a Vice President at J P Morgan, a global financial institution, based in New York City. He is fluent in Russian, Bengali, Hindi and Brazilian Portuguese.
