For India to become developed and prosperous, each of its villages must be transformed. The key issues under discussion here are rural infrastructure and micro-finance. Sanitation, drinking water supply, roads, land and housing, and agricultural infrastructure, among others as well as the role of micro-finance in our nation-building exercise, empowering rural India are discussed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deepak Kumar
Deepak Kumar is Professor at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harsh Bhargava
Harsh Bhargava obtained his Electronics Engineering degree from BITS, Pilani and M. Tech from IIT, Kanpur. He also holds an MMS from Osmania University, Hyderabad. For over three decades, he was involved in various capacities in institution building and indigenous design, development and implementation of embedded real time systems for mission critical applications in the Indian Navy. Harsh has consulted and taught PG level courses as well as conducted EEP/MDPs for both Indian and foreign participants. While at the Icfai Business School, Hyderabad, he taught and researched in the areas of IT for leveraging businesses, BPO Management, NGOs, and Knowledge Leadership. He has also edited a few books in the areas of Rural Transformation and NGOs, bringing out the role of technology and visionary leadership. He is currently working with Byrraju Foundation, Hyderabad.
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