Umesh Sharma is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia, where he is the Associate Dean (Equity and Inclusion) . Umesh’s research programs in the areas of disability and inclusive education span India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa, as well as Australia, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand. His main areas of research are in positive behaviour support, inclusive education for disadvantaged children, and policy and practice in special and inclusive education. He is the chief co-editor of the Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Inclusive and Special Education.