Emerging Challenges of Globalization and Development

Dr. Fahimuddin is currently Fellow at the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. He has research and teaching experience of over twenty years. His local area of research and teaching has been the Agricultural Marketing, Education, Panchayati Raj and Environment. He has conducted twenty-five research studies and published about forty research paper in different Journals, books and as working paper of the Institute. His recent area of research has authored the books on (i) Estimation of Marketable and Marketed Surplus of Food grains in Uttar Pradesh, (ii) State Intervention in Agricultural Marketing and (iii) Nutritional Support to Primary Education. Dr. Fahimuddin has received expert training on the District Level Planning at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie in collaboration with the University of Birmingham. He is advisor/consultant and in the Board of Management of many organizations. Besides, being the guest Faculty Members in various Management and universities, he was also sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the UNESCO to conduct research studies in China and Iran.

Surinder Kumar is Professor of Economics and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana). He was Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholar to the Center for Regulated Industries, the New Jerey State University, Neward and Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California. Berkeley. His special areas of interest are: Energy, Economics, Public Economics and Political Economy of Development. He has published on a wide range of issues. He is associated with a large number of professional bodies and NGOs