Achievements In Career - Achala Moulik

As Secretary, Elementary Education & Literacy, Government of India. (June 2000 - June 2001)

• Formulated the details of and implemented the Education for All Program (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) that is the first integrated national elementary education program encompassing all children in the age group of six to fourteen which has set a target of universalization of elementary education by 2010.
• Received approval of the Union Cabinet for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in November 2000.
• Formulated the details and implemented the Alternative and Innovative Education & the Education Guarantee Scheme for those who have been left out of the formal education system.
• Formulated details for the constitutional amendment which would make elementary education a fundamental right for all children in the age group of six to fourteen.
• Implemented the adult literacy programs through the state level literacy missions , the Jana Shikshan Samsthan, and vocational education centers for youths and adults in the age group of fifteen to thirty five. The work of the National Literacy Mission which I supervised and monitored is aimed at removing illiteracy by 2010 and to provide the infrastructure for sustainable literacy for adults.
• Toured extensively in all the Indian states to inspect the Midday Meal Program, held a national workshop where both the union and states education and child welfare departments participated. The crucial importance of the school midday mean program was discussed and recommendations made. Thereafter the Minister for Human Resource Development wrote to all Chief Ministers asking them to adopt the midday meal program. Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Court of India has given a directive to the same effect.
• Formulated details regarding the expansion of the District Primary Education Program (DPEP) in some of the states.
• Focused special attention on teachers training program through the District Institutes for Teachers Education (DIET) since this is an important component of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
• Presented the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at the annual conference of UNESCO In November 2000 where it was adopted as a model for UNESCO's initiative Education for All.

Director General, & Addl. D.G. Archaeological Survey of India. ( June 1991 - 1996 )

• Streamlined the administrative machinery of ASI.
• Created avenues for promotion of officials.
• Organized training programs for officials both in India and abroad.
• Organized numerous cultural exchange programs for ASI officials and foreign archaeologists.
• Organized international seminars in collaboration with UNESCO where ASI officials and foreign conservationists participated.
• Organized Conference on the Silk Route, Stone Conservation, Structural and Archaeological with UNESCO.
• Engineering for Preservation of Monuments, the first Indo- Portuguese Seminar on conservation of the monuments of Goa.
• Worked in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Government of Cambodia in the Restoration of Angkor Wat .Organised the team and monitored the progress for four seasons.
• Invited by Sri Lanka Cultural Fund to assess restoration of monuments in Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle.
• Collaborated with Fondacao Orientale of Portugal for undertaking joint projects of restoration of monuments in Goa.
• Negotiated with OECF and Japan Trust Fund for the Satdhara-Sanchi Conservation Projects that was successfully implemented.
• Initiated a large number of conservation programs both for major monuments and the lesser known ones. Obtained a larger financial allocation during my tenure for conservation works.
• Publication of reports on current conservation projects, current excavations, and publications of academic and archaeological subjects were completed.
• Personally initiated restoration works for monuments in Jammu and Kashmir- at Martand and Avantipur during the worst years of militancy.
• Initiated conservation and repair works in the Gomphas of Ladakh in collaboration with Shri Mohandas Moses, the Adviser to the Governor of J & K in charge of Ladakh Affairs.
• Helped to prepare the first technical report on the findings at Ram Mandir - Babri Masjid site after the demolition that was presented before the Supreme Court.
• Introduced study of Marine Archaeology for ASI officials in the Institute of Archaeology.
• Represented India at UNESCO and SAARC conferences on restoration of monuments.

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka. ( January 1999 - June 2000 )

• I monitored all externally aided development projects - in the sectors of education, nutrition, power, irrigation, health, rural and urban development. I was Chairman of the Committee on Eradication of Child Labour that made its recommendations to the Government.
• I negotiated with the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, for funding Karnataka's development projects.

Commissioner of Public Instruction, Government of Karnataka. ( April 1980 - June 1981 )

• Administered the main directorates and organizations dealing with various aspects of school education - Directorate of Primary Education, Directorate of Secondary Education, Secondary School Examination Board, Directorate of Pre-University Education, State Teachers Education, Research & Training.
• Supervised and monitored the Midday Meal Program throughout the State as an incentive to enrolment as well as to supplement nutrition.
• Commenced new courses in vocational training in pre-university classes.

Secretary, Social Welfare and Labour, Government of Karnataka. ( January 1980 - April 1980 )

• I dealt with welfare of women and children, concentrating especially on the means of bringing the benefits of education and nutrition to children of the rural and urban poor.
• Even as early as 1980, I had submitted to the state Government that relevant and useful early education and vocational training alone could end the exploitation of child labour.

Secretary, Food And Transport, Government Of Karnataka. ( June 1984 - August 1985 )

• Formulated and introduced the subsidized food project in 1985.
• Took action to eliminate about 75,000 bogus ration cards from ration shops.
• Formulated and implemented new bus routes in unserved areas.

Chairman, Bangalore Development Authority. ( June 1996 - July 1997 )

• Formulated and implemented Ring Road project of Bangalore.
• Planned ten layouts under BDA.
• Finalized 90% pending allocations for site allotments.

Deputy Commissioner, Coorg District. ( March 1977 - May 1977 )

Divisional Commissioner, Bangalore. ( August 1981 - August 1982 )

Director General, Bureau Of Public Enterprise. ( August 1985 - June 1987 )

Prepared reports of all public sector undertakings in the state and suggested measures for streamlining them.

Positions Held In Personal Capacity

• Guest Lecturer At The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles: - September 1996
• Guest Lecturer to speak on Dialogues of Civilization at ICCROM - UNESCO in 2009.
• Guest Lecturer at Sweden Foreign Ministry to speak on Rabindranath Tagore on the Centenary of his receiving the Nobel Prize for literature.
• Member Of UNESCO Working Group On Education For All:- 2000 - 2001.
• Director, United States Education Foundation For India- 2004 - 2005.
• Executive Member Of International Committee Of Monuments And Sites For SAARC Region (1993 - 1996).
• Member Of ICOMOS Committee For Preservation Of Architectural Heritage: 1995 - 96.
• Trustee On The Board Of The Indian Museum, Calcutta- 2002 - 2005.
• Trustee On The Board Of National Book Trust- 2002 - 2005.
• Chairman, Indian National Committee of ICOMOS- 1994 - 96.
• Chairman Task Force For Long Term Preservation Of Hampi- 2000 - 2001.
• Special Director For Bureau of Financial & Industrial Reconstruction- 2002 - 2005.

Experience in International Cooperation and Negotiation

• While serving as Education Secretary of India, DG ASI, Addl. Chief Secretary, Bangalore Development Authority, Secretary Energy & Environment of Karnataka I had wide experience in international cooperation and negotiation with - *UNESCO, *World Bank, *European Union, *DFID UK, *Sri Lanka Cultural Fund, *Fondacao Orientale of Portugal, *OECF and Japan Trust Fund. In all these negotiations I ensured that India received maximum benefit from these organizations.
• As DG ASI, I worked in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and the Government of Cambodia for restoration of Angkor Wat by ASI. India's contribution in restoration of the great heritage of Cambodia was widely recognized.