Micro Finance: Issues and Challenges

Dr. Keshav Dev Gaur (born 1950) is presently serving as Deputy Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Rajasthan Jaipur. Dr. Gaur, who has had a distinguished academic career which combines research, management and planning, has several research publications to his credit and currently engaged in researches in social sciences.

R.K. Mishra is currently Professor and Dean (Research) at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad. He is a graduate of International Management Programme, SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy. He has research stints at London Business School and Maison Des Sciences De L' Hommes, Paris. He has taught at the University of Bradford (UK) and was a visiting Professor at Maison Des Sciences De L'Hommes, Paris. He was on action research at North-West Province of South Africa at the invitation of DFID, UK. He has undertaken many institutional researches and consultancy projects on various aspects of public enterprises, public systems and finance. He has been a Management Consultant to several national and international organizations including PWC and Adam Smith Commission, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Commonwealth Secretariat, International Civil Service Consortium, State Bureaus of Public Enterprises, Financial Institutions and Banks. He is Vice-President (Asia), International Association of Schools and Institutes in Administration, Brussels. He is Honorary Member on the Board of Research, American Biographical Institute, USA. He is special invitee to the Board of Governors, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad. He has several international and national publications.