Empowering Rural Consumers: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies

Suresh Misra is currently Associate Professor and Head, Faculty of Public Administration at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon. He holds Master’s degree in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and D.Phil from Allahabad University. Dr. Misra had his advance training in Rural Management at the Development Study Centre, Rehovot, Israel. He was awarded AOTS Scholarship for training in corporate Governance at AOTS, Tokyo, Japan. He participated in the Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme at U.K. Civil Service College, Sunningdale and Thames Valley University, U.K. Dr. Misra has authored Politico-Peasantry Conflict in India (1990); Legislative Framework of Panchayati Raj in India (1993); Popular Participation in Rural Development (1996); and Legislative Status of Panchayati Raj in India (1997). He has edited Social welfare, Poverty Alleviation and New Economic Policy (1995); Environmental Laws in India – Issues and Responses (1996); and Humanizing Development Trends in Public Administration (2001).