About the Author:
Dr. Mohan Kanda, a retired Indian
Administrative Service officer of Andhra Pradesh Cadre has spent over four decades in public
service and has served the state and the central governments in several
capacities in various important departments, including as Secretary to the Government
of India and Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He
holds a Doctorate in Cooperative Agricultural Credit.
After
retirement from the service, Dr. Kanda served as a Member of the National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India, and as a Member of
the Steering Committee of the Planning Commission for the formulation of the
12th Five Year Plan for “Agriculture and Allied Sectors”.
Currently,
Dr. Kanda is a Member of the Board of Supervision of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD); Visiting Faculty
at the Centre for Atmospheric Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
New Delhi; Adjunct Faculty at the Indo-German
Centre for Sustainability,
Department of Humanities and Social Studies, Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Chennai: Member
of the Court, Central University, Rajasthan; and Member of the Board of
Management of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Andhra Pradesh.
Dr.
Kanda has helped shape several national policies including the National Policy
on Agriculture, the National Policy on Cooperatives and the National Policy on
Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Project-Affected Persons. He has also
contributed significantly to the formulation of the law governing Multi-State
Cooperatives.
Earlier publications by Dr. Kanda
include;
- 1. The
Tinctured Canvas – Concept Practice & Strategies in Rural Development
(Published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai)
- Vasundhara
– An Anthology of Land Resources in India (Published by the Council for
Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology [CAPART], Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India)
- Forgiving
Earth – The Dynamics of Policy Support Reforms for the Millennium Farmer in the
Asia Pacific Region (Published by Catalyst Publications, New Delhi)
- "Not by Others’ Hands” – An
Anthology of a Century of Credit Cooperatives in India (A tribute to the
Cooperative Movement in the International Year of Cooperation 2012) – Published
by Global Research Publications, New Delhi.
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