The encyclopedia covers wide horizons and deals with various issues related to rural management viz. Changes in rural income and distribution, employment opportunities, rural welfare, water and other resources management together with other aspects of global rural life. This is an attempt to understand the problems in the development of rural sector and to suggest certain management strategies in this regards.
The Encyclopedia of Rural Management comprises of volumes as under: Role of International Organisations in Rural Development
Empowerment of Rural Women
Rural Development and Gandhian Thoughts
Rural Sociology
Rural Infrastructure Management Programmes
WTO and Agriculture
Rural Development Challenges and Opportunities for Tomorrow
Rural Health Care Programmes
Rural Energy Programmes
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Institutions
Rural Groundwater: Problems and Management
Agricultural Waste Management
Rural Environmental Management
Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development
Rural Child Labour
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Manoj Kumar
Group Captain Manoj Kumar VSM, is a mechanical engineering graduate from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT BHU), India. He is serving Indian Air Force (IAF) officer and has field assignments in the last 24 years of his engagements with the IAF. He has been awarded the Presidential medal for distinguished service. He is presently a senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, working on issues of environmental change and its management by the Indian military. He is a resource person with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for protection of the ozone layer, and has presented research papers on the subject at both national and international levels. He also provides specialist advice to the IAF on the phase-out of ozone depleting substances. His work has been published by UNEP in the form of a book on ozone protection, Toolkit of Good Practices for Defence Forces. His focus areas also include energy conservation and resource efficiency in the defence forces.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Muniraju S. B.
Dr. Muniraju S.B. is working as Sr. Research Officer at Social Justice & Social Welfare Division, Planning Commission, New Delhi.
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