The Ministry of Human Resource Development has chosen former NCERT director JS Rajput as India's representative to the Executive Board (EXB) of UNESCO, according to the reports. 

Moreover Rajput, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014, recently completed a project aimed at achieving religious amity through education and is also known for regulating the B.Ed correspondence courses as the first chairman of NCTE and for starting the innovative two-year B.Ed course.

Not only this but Rajput also been awarded the Maharishi Ved Vyas award by the Madhya Pradesh government for his contributions in the education sector.

Rajput's research publications in Physics earned him a professorship at the age of 31 years. He has published research papers in several specialized areas in education, guided doctoral-level researchers and has authored several books.

The board examines the work of the organization and the corresponding budget estimates. In practice, it is the main organ responsible for all policies and programmes of UNESCO.

The elections of members of the EXB for the term 2017-21 took place on November 8, 2017, in which India won with 162 votes in Group IV during the 39th session of the General Conference held from October 30 to November 14, 2017.

The next meeting of the board is to be held at UNESCO HQ in Paris, from April 4- 17.