Head, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, Germany
Shyamal Majumdar is an expert for technical and vocational education and training and worked in various capacities and on international assignments before joining UNESCO-UNEVOC in 2011. He was Director-General of the Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education, an intergovernmental organization for human resource development in Asia. He also headed the computer science and engineering department of the National Institute of Technical Teacher Training and Research in Kolkata, India, where he is originally from. Majumdar holds a doctoral degree in educational computing and has strong expertise in technical teacher training, information and communications technology and green skills.