Serenko
Irina

PhD in Education

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Education

In 1983 she graduated from Pyatigorsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (PSPIFL) and started her mission in Pakistan (1983-1984). She served first as a Lecturer and then as an Assistant Professor at PSPIFL (1984-1993). She completed her Ph.D.(Education) in 1993. She did her research on social, political, cultural problems of Pakistan and the South Asian region as a whole while being a Post-doctoral Student at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1993-1997). Since 1997 she has been currently working in the above-mentioned institute, Senior Research Scholar. She participated in the International Orientalistic conferences, workshops and congresses held not only in the Russian Federation, but in Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar) and Great Britain (London). She authored more than 100 academic works, including 3 monographs: “Pakistan: Education and Religion (History and Present Stage)” (1994), “Education System in in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” (2006), “Formation and Development of Women Education in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Education Policy and Public Reaction)” (2016).