The theme has been weaved in a comprehensive way into five volumes having deep bearing on cities and towns, historical monuments, religious places and fairs and festivals. In fact they are the part and parcel of Indian life having deep bearing on their ardent faith. Their social religious life is greatly controlled and managed by their beliefs in numerous Gods, Goddesses and deities. In fact this is something spontaneous in the ongoing process of human life. Very often people visit religious places with ‘demands’ from Gods and they believe that their wish would be considered by the kind-hearted almighty. On the other hand, the visit of the people to tourist centres are for the sake of enjoyment with families. The fairs and festivals have deep bearing on socio-cultural life of Indian communities. These volumes will be of much academic value to the social scientists, teachers and students in India and abroad.
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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