Networking With NGOs for Development: Indian Perspective

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This book has been prepared to serve as a reference book for students taking courses in extension education, adult education, community development programme in agricultural colleges and universities in India. This book is directed to the staff of the universities and trainers of field workers alike. Policy makers, planners, scholars and academicians and field level executors of development programmes, the professional workers in the field who have genuine interest in the task of sustainable development of the community will also be equally benefited from this book. This book is written primarily to meet the Indian situations. It presents a critical review of the research work done on various aspects of NGOâ€™s through out India, as NGOâ€™s are playing very important role in all the conceivable aspects of Nationâ€™s development. This book is a result of the work done by different scholars, academicians research workers and change agents. Editor has knitted them together and given it its present form. Issues addressed in this book relates to NGO and women, children, elderly, income generation, disabled, adoption, consumer education, case studies as well as success stories. NGOâ€™s are the ultimate answer to several problems this is clear from the above discussion. In recent years a number of research studies have taken place on the functioning of NGOs their contributions to environment, health, income generation and literacy. The material in this book is the result of an effort to bring together best information available in literature. A special feature of this book is the inclusion of name and address of NGOâ€™s actively working in Baroda. The cited literature and the bibliography add to its usefulness. It is sincerely hoped that this book will prove informative and useful both as a text and a reference material. Here the author has edited several papers theoretical and empirical of eminent scholars from diverse themes so that one can clearly understand how NGOs are contributing to the development of the society.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rameshwari Pandya

Dr. Rameshwari Pandya did her B.Sc. and B.Ed. from Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi and secured her M.Sc., M.ed. and Ph.D. degrees from the Mahaeaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. She is the recipient of Shrinati Leela Ben Shah Gold Medal for her academic excellence. She is a senior faulty member in the Faculty of Family and Community Sciences at the Maharaja Sayajiro Univeristy of Baroda. She is in-charge of Pragati, the urban extension wing of the Faculty. She is a member of the Board of Studies, the Senate, and Syndicate of the University. Dr. Panday has published 10 books and 100 research papers in professional journals of repute. She has successfully completed several projects including one major project titled Promotion of Communal Harmony funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. She has attended and organized a number of workshops, seminars, conferences and short-term courses at the state, national and international levels.