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Synopsis Foreword. Introduction. 1. The collector, today and tomorrow/P.K. Dave. 2. The emerging role of the collector/M.P. Pai. 3. District officer in India: agent for change/Edwin Eames and Parmatama Saran. 4. District and state administration: a new leadership role for the IAS/G.C. Singhvi. 5. Administering a district in India: reviewing collector's institution/D.S. Mishra. 6. Whither district government?/Abhijit Datta. 7. The changing role of the district officer (1860-1960)/Haridwar Rai. 8. The collector in the nineteen-sixties in Uttar Pradesh/J.D. Shukla. 9. The evolution of the office of collector (1770-1947)/B.B. Misra. 10. Politico-administrative base of Indian field administration/Haridwar Rai. 11. Changing role of the District Magistrate/Asok Mukhopadhyay. 12. Decentralizing administrative machinery for development needs: a case study of Andhra Pradesh/Y. Venugopal Reddy. 13. District collector and decentralised health planning/B.B.L. Sharma and A.D. Tripathi. 14. New pattern of district administration in Andhra Pradesh/Ram K. Vepa. 15. Changing pattern of development administration in the district/C.N. Bhalerao. Index.