Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development (CECED)

The Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development (CECED) is envisaged as an institution that brings together research, policy and practice in the area of Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) within a coherent and holistic conceptual frame. CECED’s vision is to promote systemic understanding of developmentally and contextually appropriate and inclusive ECED with a focus on early learning. The Centre’s mission is to contribute to the national goals of social justice and equity by advocating and promoting every child’s right to a solid foundation for life through ECED. The Centre aims towards evidence-based quality promotion in ECED through research, capacity building and advocacy.

Since 2009, CECED has actively procured funding from several national and international agencies for its projects related to research and evaluation, quality promotion and capacity building and advocacy and networking in the area of ECED. Among its several research projects which have been initiated and completed, its flagship research is the ongoing longitudinal study, which has explored the impact of quality of early childhood education on school readiness in children. At the Centre, capacity building has included providing technical support to states and the launching of an MA in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in collaboration with School of Education Studies. The Centre’s Web portal, ECED Policy Brief Series, seminars and conferences serve as a medium for evidence-based advocacy.

CECED Team

CENTRE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (CECED)

S.NO	Name of Employee	Designation	E Mail ID
1	Ms. Abhidha Seth	Senior Project Associate	abhidha@aud.ac.in
2	Mr. Adeeb Bashar	Senior Project Assistant	adeeb@aud.ac.in
3	Mr. Ahmad Sufyan Qazi	Senior Project Assistant	ahmad@aud.ac.in
4	Ms. Anjali Sharma	Senior Project Assistant	aneesh@aud.ac.in
5	Ms. Divya Dutt	Senior Project Assistant	divyadutt@aud.ac.in
6	Ms. Geetanjali Kumari	Mentor	geetanjalik@aud.ac.in
7	Ms. Jasmine Kaur	Accounts Officer	jasmine@aud.ac.in
8	Ms. Jyoti Rana	Senior Project Assistant	jyotirana@aud.ac.in
9	Mr. Manish Sharma	Office Assistant	msharma@aud.ac.in
10	Ms. Mansi Malhotra	Senior Project Assistant	mmalhotra@aud.ac.in
11	Ms. Meenu Kumari	Project Associate	meenu@aud.ac.in
12	Mr. Mohd. Umar	Senior Project Assistant	umar@aud.ac.in
13	Ms. Namrata Rawat	Senior Project Associate	namratarawat@aud.ac.in
14	Dr. Payal Sahu	Senior Programme Manager	payal@aud.ac.in
15	Ms. Pooja Malhotra	Programme Manager	pooja@aud.ac.in
16	Ms. Prachi Gupta	Senior Project Assistant	prachigupta@aud.ac.in
17	Dr. Preeti Rani	Project Associate	preetirani@aud.ac.in
18	Mr. Rajeev Bhardwaj	Admin, HR and Secretarial Assistant	rbhardwaj@aud.ac.in
19	Dr. Rashim Pal	Senior Project Associate	rashimpal@aud.ac.in
20	Ms. Ruchi Singh	Project Associate	ruchisingh@aud.ac.in
21	Ms. Rupjyoti Konwar	Mentor	rupjyoti@aud.ac.in
22	Ms. Sanno Srivastava	Senior Project Associate	sanno@aud.ac.in
23	Ms. Simranjeet Kaur	Senior Project Assistant	simranjeet@aud.ac.in
24	Ms. Swati Pandey	Senior Project Assistant	swatipandey@aud.ac.in
25	Ms. Tulika Garg	Senior Project Assistant	tulika@aud.ac.in

AUD FUNDED STAFF LIST

S. NO	Employee Code	Name of Employee	Designation	E Mail ID
1	NA	Professor Vrinda Datta	Director, CECED	vrinda@aud.ac.in
2	NA	Dr. Sunita Singh	Associate Professor (SES)	sunitasingh@aud.ac.in
3	NA	Dr. Monimalika Day	Associate Professor (SES)	monimalika@aud.ac.in
4	NA	Dr. Aneesh Kurian	Assistant Professor	aneesh@aud.ac.in
5	NA	Dr. Deepshikha Singh	Assistant Professor	deepshikha@aud.ac.in
6	NA	Mr. Anil Singh Rawat	Office Assistant	asrawat@aud.ac.in

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Room No. 307, Admin Block
Ambedkar University Delhi
Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate Campus,
Delhi-110006

Tel: +91-11-23863740, 23863743
Fax: +91-11-23863742
E-mail: cecedaud@aud.ac.in