Panchayati Raj Reforms in India: Power to the People at the Grassroots, , D. Sundar Ram, Kanishka Publishers, Distributors, 8173919259

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Panchayati Raj Reforms in India: Power to the People at the Grassroots

D. Sundar Ram (Editor)

Synopsis Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction: Panchayati Raj reforms and empowerment of grassroots democratic institutions in India/D. Sundar Ram. 2. Panchayati Raj in India: an instrument of grassroots development/Mani Shankar Aiyar. 3. Panchayati Raj Institutions in India: power to the people/Subhash C. Kashyap. 4. Institutions of local self-government in India: a distance dream/L.C. Jain. 5. Federation of Panchayati women in India: beginning of a social transformation/V. Mohini Giri. 6. Panchayati Raj Institutions in India: real powers and responsibilities/C.B. Muthamma. 7. District as a focus of change: a critical element of decentralisation/K.C. Sivaramakrishnan. 8. Role of NGO's and administrator's in grassroots governance of India/M. Gopalakrishnan. 9. Planning for development at grassroots in India: Tamil Nadu experience/G. Palanithurai. 10. The Panchayats and the administrators: need for new culture for development at the grassroots/George Mathew. 11. Capacity building for effective local self-governance: the Indian experience/Rajesh Tandon. 12. Strengthening rural democracy in India: a case study of Rajasthan/N.S. Gehlot. 13. Decentralised governance at grassroots level: experience of Panchayati Raj in Madhya Pradesh/Yatindra Singh Sisodia. 14. Gram Sabha: its problems and prospects after 73 Constitutional Amendment/Y. Bhaskar Rao. 15. Empowerment of women: experiences of women elected representatives of grassroots democratic institutions: the case of Tamil Nadu/G. Palanithurai. 16. Status of district planning committees in India: experiences of a decade/S. Harsha. 17. The experiences of empowering women Panchayat Members in India: problems, challenges and opportunities/Nupur Tiwary. Appendices. Index.

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D. Sundar Ram

Dr. D. Sundar Ram is a founder and Director of Academy of Grassroots Studies and research of India (AGRASRI); Secretary-general of Rajiv Rural Development Foundation (RRDF); and Editor of the Grassroots Governance Journal (TGGJ) and Grama Sabha (GS) magazine, Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh). Prior to Joining the Academy of Graddroots Studies and research of India, he taught Political Science and Public Administration disciplines at Sri Venkateswara university, Tirupati and Acharya nagarjuna university Affiliated Post-Graduate College, Narasaraopet, Guntur District (Andhra Pradesh), besides a Research Fellow and research Associate (UGC Post-Doctoral fellow) at Sri Venkateswara university, Tirupati; Parliamentary fellow at the Institute of Constitutional and parliamentary Studies, New Delhi; reader and head of the P.G. Department of Public Administration at S.S. & N. College (Acharya Nagarjuna university); faculty Member in Political Science and Public Administration and Co-ordinator of UGC -College Humanities and Social science Improvement programme (COHSSIP) and Co-ordinator of NAAC Steering Committee at the P.N.C. & K.R. College (Acharya Nagarjuna Universiy), Narasaraopet, Guntur District (A.P.) He is on the Guest faculty of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open university Regional Study Centre and Sri Venkateswara university, Tirupati and academic consultant in Institutions of higher learning. Presently, he is the Chief Organiser of the Bhart Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecturer and Convenor of the Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhui Outstanding leadership and best Panchayat Awards Jury, under the aegis of Academy of Grassroots Studies and research of India, Tirupati.

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