K Suman Chandra Editor & Author

K. Suman Chandra is Professor & Head, Centre for Agrarian Studies and Disaster Mitigation, National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad. His areas of specialisation include agrarian reforms in general and tenancy reforms in particular. A sociologist by training, he has extensive field work experience which served as the basis for training rural development functionaries over the last two decades. To his credit there are four books and several articles published in reputed journals. V. Suresh Babu is Assistant Professor, Centre for Agrarian Studies and Disaster Mitigation, NIRD, Hyderabad. His areas of research include: agriculture, agro-forestry, bio-inputs, watersheds, wage and self-employment. Dr Babu has published several papers in reputed journals. Pradip Kumar Nath is Adjunct Faculty, Centre for Agrarian Studies and Disaster Mitigation, NIRD, Hyderabad. Presently, he is actively engaged in research and training in the areas of disaster mitigation and agrarian issues. Trained in economics, he has to his credit few publications on regional disparity, folklore, and issues related to marginalised communities (SC & ST).