Panchayati Raj In Action

Year:2008,Binding:Hardcover,Pages:338,Language:English, Description:- , About The Author:- Prof. E.A. Narayana, obtained M.A. (Public Administration), M.A. (Politics) and Ph. D. from Andhra University. He has also done Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Oriented Statistics and Operations Research. His Ph.D. thesis was adjudged as the best thesis in social Sciences and Humanities for the years 1988 and 1989 and a gold medal was awarded to him by the Andhra University. He has also obtained first rank in M.A. Public Administration Examination, 1978. He has been teaching the Post-Graduate students of Political Science and Public Administration for the Last 26 years. He served as the Head of the Department. Now he is the Chairman, Board of Studies in Political and Public Administration (P.G.). He is the lesson writer for MA., Political Science and M.A. Public Administration courses of School of Distance Education, Andhra University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Osmania University and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University. He is also the Academic Counsellor for their P.G. programmes. He worked in two Major Research Projects. He had undertaken, on his own, two minor research projects and one major research project. He is the author of a book. He has so far contributed more than 70 research papers on Panchayati Raj, Urban Local Government, Rural Development, Voluntary Action and Indian Government and Politics. Some of them were published in standard academic journals and books (Indian and Foreign). He is the life member of five professional societies. He has participated in a number of national and international conferences, seminars, workshops and courses., Contents:- Foreword