लेखक: R. P. Misra

R.P. Misra is an eminent scholar of development studies, urban and regional planning and rural economics. Among the positions he has held are Professor of Geography and Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore. Vice-Director, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan, and Vice-Chancellor, Allahabad University. Author of over ten books and editor of twenty five volumes on emerging development issues, he has been a frequent contributor to literary journals on regional planning, urban and rural development and environmental problems. The multinational comparative study on regional development which he undertook while at UNCRD resulted in his work Rural Development: Capitalist and Socialist Paths in five volumes (Concept, 1985). Prof. Misra is currently heading the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, besides being Director, Gandhi Bhawan. Delhi University, and Chairman, IGU Commission on International Division of Labour and Regional Development.