Yazar: R. P. Soni

Dr. Sarla Achuthan, Professor of Business Management, Gujarat University Binod C. Agrawal (Ph.D. Anthropology, 1970, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) is a well-known International Communication Research expert. He has a reputation of being innovative in research methods and techniques, institution building, management and teaching leadership. Founder Director of several institutions and a university. Earlier he worked for over two decades and pioneered use of qualitative methods for communication research during the world famous Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), 1975-76 and led an interdisciplinary SITE social research team of over 100 social scientists. Author of two dozen books and several dozen articles in national and International Journals and continues to publish. He is currently the Mentor of Media Research Centre at School of Communication, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. Vimal P. Shah obtained his M.A. (Sociology) degree from the Gujarat University and Ph. D. (Sociology) degree from the University of Wisconsin. He has worked as a Research Associate with Professor Wm. H. Sewell at the University of Wisconsin, and as a programme Associate in the Ford Foundation, New Delhi. He is currently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology of the Gujarat University. He has published several research papers monographs in the fields of educational aspirations achievements, family and research methods. Shri R.P. Soni, Director, Rollwala Computer Centre, Gujarat University Shri S.R. Thakore, Consultant, University Grants Commission