Författare: D. Bandyopadhyay

D. Bandyopadhyay, IAS (Retd.), was the Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development and Secretary (Revenue), Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Executive Director, Asian Development Bank; and is presently connected in different senior capacities with various States and Central organisations, as also with civil society organisations. Dr. Amitava Mukherjee is the Executive Director, Development Track, New Delhi, a knowledge company and currently the Chief Technical Advisor (Pro-poor Public-Private Sector Partnership), with the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and Pacific, Bangkok. He was earlier Professor of Economics and Planning, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and Consultant to various UN agencies and international organisations. He has written extensively on decentralisation, poverty and hunger, with over thirty books and numerous papers to his credit. Suit. Mitali Sen Gavai is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre. She has held important positions in the Government of Maharashtra including those of Sub-Divisional Magistrate, jalgaon; Collector & District Magistrate, Osmanabad; Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Thane and Deputy Director-General, YASHADA (State Training Institute, Ptme). She has vast experience in rural development and Panchayati Raj.