Dr. Harish Pandey

Dr. Harish Pandey is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra, and an Associate Fellow in Pedagogy of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. Since October 2026, he has been carrying out research in Mathematics Education at IIAS, one of India’s leading centres for advanced research. Earlier, he served as a permanent Assistant Professor of Pedagogy of Mathematics at the Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Ajmer.

A mathematician by training, Dr. Pandey completed his M.Sc. in Mathematics and B.Ed. at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, and his M.Ed. at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He earned his doctorate from BHU’s Faculty of Education under the guidance of Prof. Anjali Bajpai. His doctoral research explored ethnomathematics as an approach to teaching and learning through the traditional activities of Varanasi’s Kumhar (potter) community, connecting classroom mathematics with knowledge embedded in everyday craft.

Dr. Pandey qualified the UGC-NET in Education three times and received both the Junior and Senior Research Fellowships from the University Grants Commission. His research has also led to a patented Mathematics Learning Device based on Ethnomathematics, granted by the Patent Office, Government of India, in 2024. His interests include Mathematics in the Indian Knowledge Systems, Vedic Ganit, mathematics and physical science pedagogy, educational measurement and evaluation, research and statistics, curriculum and tool development, and ICT in education.

With more than five years of teaching experience across B.Ed., M.Ed., Integrated B.Ed.–M.Ed., ITEP and Ph.D. programmes, he has published 44 research papers and book chapters, including work in NCERT journals and Springer and Scopus-indexed publications, and written a book on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy. He has presented 38 papers at national and international seminars, including an international conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has also delivered more than 35 invited lectures for organisations including NCERT, CIET, IGNOU, IIIT Delhi and Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centres across India, covering topics from IKS and Vedic Ganit to research methods, statistics and AI in teacher education.

He has guided more than ten M.Ed. dissertations and one Ph.D., and is currently guiding doctoral research on Indian Knowledge Systems. His recognitions include the Government of Uttar Pradesh award for placing eighteenth in the State High School merit list and two Dr. Dayaram Vishwakarma Best Research Paper Awards from the BHU Alumni Association of Education. At MGAHV, he has served as Hostel Warden, Coordinator of the Diploma in Computer Application programme, and Co-Coordinator of the Integrated B.Ed.–M.Ed. and M.Ed. courses; he also coordinates the university’s chess activities.

Beyond academia, Dr. Pandey enjoys poetry and music. These interests reflect his broader commitment to bringing mathematics, culture and pedagogy into conversation.

• Based inWardha, Maharashtra
• LanguagesHindi, English
• InterestsPoetry, music, diary writing, driving