Autor: C. H. Shah

DR. C.H. SHAH (b. 1920), an eminent agricultural economist, was Professor of Agricultural Economics in the Department of Economics of University of Bombay at the time of his retirement in 1980. An Hon. Secretary of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for many years, he was President of its Annual Conference in1979 and was connected with the editing of its Journal for several years. He has published a large number of papers and books on varied aspects of Indian agriculture, rural living standards, and the influence of people»s preferences on their nutritional status. After retirement he has settled down in Carr. bridge, Mass., U.S.A. SHRI VIMAL SHAH (b. 1921), author Of the celebrated socio-economic survey of Bhuvel village of Kheda district, was Director of the Tribal Research Institute at Gujarat Vidyapeeth during 1963-70. As the Founder-Director of the Gujarat Institute of Area Planning (1971-1983), he had prepared a plan for Talala Block of Junagadh district and several other research studies. Jointly with C.H. Shah, he had authored the Resurvey of Matar Taluka, a predecessor of the present volume Dr. SUDARSHAN IYENGAR (b. 1954) wrote his Ph. D thesis at the M.S. University of Baroda on the Economics of Minor Irrigation in Panch mahals District, where he had worked on problems of district planning for several years. As a Fellow at the Gujarat Institute of Area Planning, since 1982, he has been active in research on the various problems of common property land resources and voluntary agencies engaged in rural development. He is currently on leave of absence for two years -to assist the resettlement of people affected by the ongoing construction-of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River.