Decentralised Governance, Regional Development and Women Empowerment

Dr. (Mrs.) annpurna Nautiyal is a Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttaranchal. Her area of interest is international relations but she has a keen interest in the regional and national issues also particularly problem of women empowerment in the hill areas. She is a widely traveled person. She has published several articles in reputed journals. Professor Nautiyal has authored/edited four books which include: The Role of Henry Kissinger in world Politics, India in the New World Order, Uttarakhand in Turmoil and Fifty Years of Human Rights: Expectations and Challenges.

Himanshu Bourai (b. 1960, M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. from Rajasthan University, Jaipur. She is currently Reader in Political Science, at Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar (Uttaranchal). She has participated in many social welfare and study activities. Her areas of interests are Gandhian Thought and Women Empowerment but she is a keen watcher of regional issues also. She has a number of research papers to her credit in various national and international journals. Dr. Bourai has authored one book entitled “Gandhi: Udarvadi Virasat” (in Hindi). Besides this, Dr. Bourai is the General Secretary of the PUCLUttaranchal formed by J.P.