Bikas C Sanyal

Bikas Chandra Sanyal (Bengali: বিকাশ চন্দ্র সান্যাল; born 15 January 1938) is an Indian educationist, director of the Fondation de la Maison de l'Inde, Cité international universitaire de Paris in Paris. Before assuming this office he was special advisor to the UNESCO Director General and carried on as its adviser until 2014. He served UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning Paris for three decades. He also served as the Vice Chairperson of UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa.

Sanyal is recipient of the highest civilian honor of France Légion d'honneur (from the president of France) and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (from the President of India). Sanyal has authored a large number of books, reports and monographs. Provided by Wikipedia