Ramesh Barial

Prof.(Dr.) Ramesh Nandan Prasad Barial (Hindi: प्रो॰(डा॰)रमेश नंदन प्रसाद बरियाल ) (August 31, 1934 – March 11, 2008) was an eminent educationist in India. He retired in 1996 as University Professor and Principal Patna Training College, Patna University. Before that he was Head, Post-graduate Department of Education, Dean, Faculty of Education. Apart from his valuable contribution to the research in Educational Psychology he was actively involved in "Education for all" campaign. He had a vision of literacy for everybody specially women. So he became the part of the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education since its inception and later became the Director of the centre.

He was the first scholar to receive Ph.D degree in the Faculty of Education in Bihar. For this he received an prestigious fellowship from Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of Republic of India.