Autor: Moonis Raza

Moonis Raza, a scholar of international repute, is currently Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi. He was Professor of Geography at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, of which Centre he was also founder Chairman. He has been Rector of JNU for a number of years. He has been a faculty member for the last thirty five years and a professor for the last twenty years. Besides having been associated with the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and the Regional Engineering College, Sringar, he has also been a visiting professor at the Cornell University. Among the important positions be has held is that of Director of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA). He has singly and in collaboration authored and edited more that ten books and a large number of published research papers besides having contributed to a number of others. Yash Aggarwal holds Master»s degree in Statistics as well as in Economics and is an active researcher in the area of regional analysis. His inter-disciplinary interest has enabled him to offer rich contributions in regional economics, transport, urbanization and educational planning and management. Dr. Aggarwal is presently Associate Fellow at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. Earlier he has been associated with Punjab University, Chandigarh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Technical Teachers’ Training Institute, Chandigarh.