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G. Palanithurai teaches Political Science and Development Administration at the Post-Graduate level in Rural University, Gandhigram. Tamil Nadu, Currently he is the chairman of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He has a number of books to his credit. Some of the important titles include “Reaction and Response in Legislature”, “Role Perception of Legislators”, “A Comparative Analysis of Political Performance of DMK and AIADMK”, “Perspectives on Indian Regionalism”, “Ethnic Movement in India: Theory and Practice”, Dynamics of Tamil Nadu Politics in Sri Lankan Ethnicity”, “Indian Polity: Myth and Reality” and “Management of ethnic Conflict in India and Canada”. He has written extensively in national and international Journals on Legislative Behaviour and Ethnicity. He has completed a major research project funded by ICSSR besides other minor projects. He was awarded Shastri Indo Canadian Institute fellowship to visit Canada and the US to write a book on Ethnic Conflict Management in Canada and India. He has undertaken major project entitled, “Strategies to stimulate upward Social Mobility”, with The Mother’s Service Society, Pondicherry. He is actively involved in the thinktank group in Tamil Nadu to prepare an Agenda for 21st Century, Tamil Nadu. He is a life member of various professional associations.

K. Vallinayagam is a graduate in law and retied after 36 years and service in the Rural Department of the Tamil Nadu Government. He is now practicing as an advocate in the madras High Court and actively involved in the training of Panchayati Raj functionaries.

N.S. Chidambaram worked in the rural development department for more than 36 years and retired as Additional Director of Rural development. Also, he worked as principal of Rural Extension Training Centre for more than four years. Currently he is actively involved in imparting training to the Panchayati Raj functionaries.

K. Subramaniam retied as Additional Director of Rural development Department after 37 years of service. He was also involved actively in the formulation of rules under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.