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Prof. Sudesh Nangia is currently UGC-Emeritus Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Mrityunjay M Jha, Principal Social Development Specialist, SMEC, India.  He is providing consultancy in the areas of resettlement, rehabilitation and social development. 

Suresh Misra is currently Associate Professor and Head, Faculty of Public Administration at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon. He holds Master’s degree in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and D.Phil from Allahabad University. Dr. Misra had his advance training in Rural Management at the Development Study Centre, Rehovot, Israel. He was awarded AOTS Scholarship for training in corporate Governance at AOTS, Tokyo, Japan. He participated in the Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme at U.K. Civil Service College, Sunningdale and Thames Valley University, U.K. Dr. Misra has authored Politico-Peasantry Conflict in India (1990); Legislative Framework of Panchayati Raj in India (1993); Popular Participation in Rural Development (1996); and Legislative Status of Panchayati Raj in India (1997). He has edited Social welfare, Poverty Alleviation and New Economic Policy (1995); Environmental Laws in India – Issues and Responses (1996); and Humanizing Development Trends in Public Administration (2001).

Prof. H Ramachandran is Professor of Geography at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.  He held positions of Director, National Research and Resource Centre, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie; Professor & Faculty Co-ordinator, Centre for Micro Planning and Regional Studies, LBSNAA and stint at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore and the JNU, New Delhi.

Dr. M Velayutham, the current Chairman of the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, Delhi, is a distinguished Agricultural Scientist.