Ranjitsinh Disale, who hit national headlines after winning a USD 1 million 'Global Teacher' award last year, has been appointed by the World Bank on an international advisory board working to improve the quality of teaching.

Disale, from Paritewadi in Solapur district of Maharashtra, some 300 km from here, will join 11 others on the World Bank's recently launched Global Coach Programmes' International Technical Advisory Board, he said.