Professional Involvements

Prof. S.Y. Shah has served as a member of the following:

UNESCO Expert Group on the ‘’Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) of basic education for youth and adults as a foundation of lifelong learning’’ July-November 2016.

Committee on Quality Assurance, National Literacy Mission, Government of India. (2013).

Sub Committee on Research Projects in Adult Education, National Literacy Mission, GOI (2012-13)

Committee on Vision and Action Plan of Collaboration between Universities and NLMA (2012-13)

Tagore and Nehru Literacy Award Committee, Indian Adult Education Association, 1996-2003.2016, 2020

Task Force on Capacity Building, National Literacy Mission, Government of India. (2012).

Chairman, Sub Group on Adult Education. Twelfth Five Year Plan, National Literacy Mission, 2011.

Chairman, National Task Force on Training, National Literacy Mission, Government of India (2009-1010).

Task Force on State Resource Centers, National Literacy Mission. 2009

Chairman, National Task force on Research, National Literacy Mission, Government of India, (2009-10)

Expert Committee on Adult Continuing Education of University Grants Commission (2005-7, & 2009-10)

International Task Force on Adult Learning Documentation and Information Networking of the UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning, Hamburg (since 2007)

Steering Committee of Department of Adult Education of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong (2006-8) & Board of Studies (2012-13)

India Advisory Board of World Literacy of Canada (1997-2014)

India Literacy Board, Luck now. (1998-2002).

Consultative panel for School Broadcast, All India Radio, 1987

Executive Committee of the National Literacy Mission Authority, Government of India (1997-99).

UNESCO-NLM Award Committee of National Literacy Mission, Government of India (2003-6)

Ninth Plan Working Group on Adult Education, Planning Commission, Government of India, 1996

National Research Committee on Adult Education of Directorate of Adult Education, 2001-2002.

Research Advisory Committee of National Open School, (2001-02), (2004-5).

Governing Body and Programme Advisory Committee of State Resource Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2002

Governing Body and Programme Advisory Committee of State Research Centre, Lucknow 2001-03.

Programme Advisory Committee of the Department of Adult Continuing Education, & Extension of University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia, (2002.), Cochin University (2006-7) & Kerala University (2010-11).

Board of Studies, School of Extension, Indira Gandhi National Open University, (2007-9).

Board of Studies, Rajasthan Deemed University (2008-10).

Board of Studies, School of Vocational Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University (2009-10).

Board of Education, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong (2012-13).

International Consultative Committee, International Institute of Adult and Lifelong Education (since 2002)

Chairman of the Satyen Maitra Award Committee of National Literacy Mission, 2003.

Delhi State Chancellor of International Association of Educators for World Peace (1997-2007)).

Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Adult Education (2002-2020 )

Vice President, Indian Adult Education Association (2000 -2009 & 2014 till date))

Vice President, Asian Society of Lifelong Education (Since 2007)

President, Reading Association of India (2011-13).

Executive President, Reading Association of India (2014-till date)

Advisor, Rotary India Literacy Mission, (2016- 2017)

Commonwealth Association for the Education and Training of Adults (1986-1997)

Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Basic Education since 1990

Indian Society for Community Education since 1986

Asian Society of Lifelong Learning (2007-2011)

Co-Coordinator of the ASEM Network on Professionalization of Adult Education (2010-2020)