This three volume work on minorities picks out problems of different kinds of minorities and analyses them in great detail. Volume one focuses on certain major issues faced by racial and ethnical minorities. Second volume deals with the social conflict that arise to the disadvantage of minorities. Issues of human rights and protection of minorities etc. also find description. In third volume, we come to know about how some minorities are fighting for survival, their educational facilities, mutation of racism and their political representation. This work provides comprehensive coverage to several crucial issues related to minorities. It also suggest suitable measures to solve their problems. The work will serve as an ideal reference tool for academicians, research scholars, policy-planners and various social work organization.
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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