NGOs, in this era of globalization, have gained popularity to work in the developmental fields such as health, education, income generation, environment, micro finance, social forestry, rural development etc. NGOs cannot replace the state, but may perform complementary as well as supplementary role. At the same time, they encounter difficulties as well as criticisms at organizational level. It is against this backdrop this book analyses the present developmental efforts of NGOs. Besides an introductory chapter, the book has two sections. While the first section, comprising ten chapters, deals with developmental facets of NGOs, the second section, including three chapters, focuses on the organizational aspects. In a nutshell, the book adumbrates how far the NGOs can contribute and to what extent the state depends on them in this age of globalization.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ashoke Kumar Sarkar
Dr. Ashoke K. Sarkar is Professor of Civil Engineering and the Dean Instruction Division and Faculty Division and Faculty Division I at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. His area of specialization is Transportation Engineering. He did BE (Civil Engineering) from the Guwahati University, Assam; M.A. Sc in Transportation from the University of British Columbia, Canada and Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He worked in IIT Kharagpur as a faculty member for about 10 years and then joined the University of Durban-Westville, South Africa to occupy the Chair in Transportation created by the Government of South Africa. Dr. Sarkar also worked with Transportek, CSIR for two years in Pretoria, South Africa. He has been involved in a number of rural transportation related projects funded by agencies such as ILO and DFID. Prof. Sarkar is the co-ordinator of the Regional Forum Group (Rajasthan Region) of the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD).
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