Choosing a career is an important decision in one’s life. Today, career information and guidance and counseling has become a specialized field. And it is not a single field; it is well-branched out. The book gives one detailed knowledge about the various dimensions of career information and counseling. It emphasized one the need of guidance practitioners. The book also brings out the benefits of workplace counseling and psychological and social needs of parents. Importance of well-organised career information, guidance and counseling services, both to education systems as well as job market, emphasized in the book. The social services can bring about a major improvement in individual decision making. The present volume with its detailed information is bound to be useful for the academicians, educationists counselors, teachers and students.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramesh Chandra
Dr. Ramesh Chandra is currently Principal Scientist & Head. Crop Improvement & Production Division at Central Institute for Sub Tropical Horticulture, Lucknow. He has over 30 years of experience in micropropagation, in vitro conservation & molecular biology of potato, mango, guava, papaya, litchi etc. he was instrumental in initiating & shaping potato biotechnology at Central Potato Research Institute. Shimla and initiated biotechnology research at CISH, Lucknow. Dr. Chandra has undergone tissue culture and molecular biology training at Peru, Phillippines and China as visiting scientist. He worked with John Dodds, Tissue Culture Specialist of International Potato Centre, Lima, Peru on potato micropropagation and in vitro germplasm management. He has almost 125 research publications including a book on Comprehensive Potato Biotechnology to his credit. Dr. Chandra has traveled widely and participated in various national and international conference. He is a life member of many scientific societies and fellow of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding. He has successfully completed research projects funded by DBT, UPDASP, NATP and running five research projects funded by different agencies.
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