HRD radicalism in the service sector

M.P. Srivastava presently is Co-ordinator of a Masters Degree Programme in Human Resource Planning and Development at Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi. Trained as economist, Shri Srivastava has worked with government of India, International Labour Organization (ILO) and World Bank (IDA) projects with the Government of Zambia, Maldives, Ethiopia and Somalia as Senior Manpower Management Adviser. He has written widely on human resource planning, development and management. The presents book, HRD Radicalism in the Service Sector, is fourth in the series of his work on HRD. The first three relate to ‘Human Resource Planning Approaches, Needs Assessment and Priorities in Manpower Planning’, ‘Introspection of Plan Priorities, HRD Programmes and Sectoral Activities, 1951-1997’ and ‘Human Resource Training Paradigms: Need for Change’. Shri Srivastava is a prolific writer and in addition to the books, has published more than 100 research papers in various journals both in India and abroad.