Prof., ScD in Education

Executive Secretary, UNESCO

Director of Division of Social Transformations and Intercultural Dialogue

E-mail: d.badarch(at)unesco.org

Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 11 31

Education, academic degrees

1978 – Engineering Diploma in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Computer Sciences, Ural State Technical University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

1989 – PhD in MIS and Computer Sciences (1989) from the Moscow Civil Aviation Engineering University, Russian Federation.

Professional activities

Mr. Badarch's extensive academic career with the Mongolian Technical University in Ulaanbaatar began with his position of lecturer, assistant professor, Chair of the Computer Science Department and the Director of The Computer Science School.

In 1992, Mr. Badarch was elected as a President and Rector of the Mongolian Technical University, a position he held until 2003. During this time the Mongolian University of Science and Technology became one of leading Universities of Mongolia through extensive reform initiatives implemented successfully.

Mr. Badarch joined the UNESCO Secretariat in May 2003 at the Organization's branch in Moscow as a Programme Specialist in Education.

In June 2005, Mr. Badarch was designated as Director ad interim of the UNESCO Office in Moscow and in 2006 he was appointed as the UNESCO Representative and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Moscow. In January 2008 he was also designed as a.i. Director of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (situated in Moscow).

Mr .Badarch is a member of various international associations in his area of expertise. He is also Founder and President of the consortium of Mongolian Universities and Colleges.

Honorary titles

Based upon resolution no. 3 of Academic council of MUST on 24 March, 2017 Prof. Badarch Dendev was awarded “Honorary Doctor” title in Technology.

Publications

Mr. Badarch is the author of various articles and publications in the fields of higher education, engineering and ICT in education.

Selected publications:

• Badarch, D., Tokareva, N.G., Tsvetkova, M.S. (2014). [MOOC: Reconstruction of Higher Education]. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii=Higher Education in Russia. No. 10. Pp. 135-146 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
• Tsvetkova, M., Badarch, D.(2014).UNESCO Institute on Information Technologies Massive Open Online Course on Teachers’ ICT Competence. Profilnoe obrazovanie. Vol. 2. No. 5, pp. 24-33.
• Badarch D. (Ed) (2013). Information and communication technologies in education. Moscow: UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. 320 p. URL: http://iite.unesco.org/pics/publications/ru/files/3214728.pdf
• Badarch, D.(2012). [Education for Future]. Universum: Herzen University Bulletin. No. 2, pp. 114-116. (In Russ.)
• Badarch, D., Khoroshilov, A.(2012). [UNESCO Initiatives in the Sphere of ICT Implementation in Professional and Engineering Education]. Obrazovatelnaya politika [Educational Policy]. No. 1 (57), pp. 112-121. (In Russ.)
• Popov, M.A., Dugarzhav, L., Filin, S.A., Badarch, D., Ganbold, A., Lundenbazar, Kh. (2009). [Mongolia: Direct Investments in Human Resources]. Vysshee obrazovanie segodnya [Higher Education Today]. No. 1, pp. 18-24 (In Russ.)
• Badarch, D.(2007). [UNESCO Office in Moscow and the Issues of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development]. Ekologiya i zhizn’ [Ecology and Life]. No.6, pp. 7-8. (In Russ.)
• Badarch, D., Saveliev, A.Ya. (Ed.).(2006). [Higher Education in USA. The Analysis of Structure and Learning Process]. Moscow: RGB. (In Russ.)
• Mongolia Today: Science, Culture, Environment and Development. Ed. by D. Badarch, R.A. Zilinskas and P.J. Balint; with a forew. by N. Badabandi. London, 2003.