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Millennium Development Goals & Targets: Vision and Action

  • Propelling Human Development- Probing Issues in Education and Health Sectors.
  • Food Security in Rural India: Macro and Micro Perspectives
  • Landlessness, Rural Poverty, Agrarian Reforms
  • The Nexus between Poverty and Malnutrition- the dilemma of Vicious Cycle.
  • Infant Mortality, Child Mortality and Maternal Mortality
  • Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

    Reaching the Unreached: Public services
  • Rural Credits and Development- Role of Public and Private Sectors.
  • Basic Amenities for Deprived Communities-drinking water, sanitation, housing and education.
  • Planning at local level and Basic Service Delivery Programmes
  • Rural Development Programmes- Imperatives and Implementation Dilemmas.
  • Development Strategies and Rural Poor

    From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunities for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth at Grassroots Level

  • ICT Infrastructure and Agricultural Development
  • ICT Diffusion, Economic Growth and Sustainable Rural Development
  • Digital Communication Technology for Last Mile Solutions
  • Information Technology and Partnership Development
  • Biotechnology, Sustainability and Rural Upliftment
  • E-governance and District Planning Database


    Facets of Rural Economy and Development of SMEs: Reducing Spatial Socio-economic Disparities and Enhancing Opportunities for Employment and Development

  • Rural Future: Vision and Constraints
  • Tackling Rural Unemployment
  • Production, Processing and Marketing Systems in Rural India
  • Post-green Revolution Syndromes- Coping Strategies
  • Livestock, Agro-forestry and Development of SMEs

    Fostering Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Resource Use

  • Access to Land, Water and Other Natural Resources
  • Natural Resources Management and Watershed Development
  • Impact of Liberalisation, Privatization and Globalisation on Agriculture, Rural Employment and Livelihood Security in Rural India.
  • Rural Enterprises and Tourism
  • Rural Underdevelopment, Livelihood Uncertainties and Outmigration
  • Natural Hazards- Floods, Drought and Poverty Levels.
  • Environmental Issues in Agricultural Development.
  • Agriculture- Land Reforms, Land Holdings, Infrastructure and Rainfed Farming Systems.

    Sustainable Development and Rural Care

  • Meeting the Energy and Water Requirements for Rural Development
  • Environmental Degradation, Status of Common Property Resources, Pastoral Livelihoods and Public Policy.
  • Regional Inequalities and Perennial Backward Regions of India.
  • Rural Environmental Sustainability in Five Ecosystems: Rainfed, Irrigated, Arid, Coastal and Mountain.
  • Rural Knowledge Systems in Agriculture, Water and Biodiversity.
  • Demographic Stresses and Ecological Sustainability and Land Use/ Land Cover Changes.

    Village Cluster Development through Sustainable Societies in Viable Rural Space

  • Looking Beyond PURA and Developing Rural India- Access to Inputs, Markets and Services.
  • Advocacy Strategies for Community-based Organisations.
  • Culture, Equity, Gender and Governance
  • Cooperatives, Self-help Groups and Other Institutional Mechanisms: Success Stories, options and Future.

    Grassroots Level Governance and Panchayati Raj Institutions

  • Panchayati Raj: Employment and Entitlement
  • Panchayati Raj Institutions, Women Empowerment and Gender Dimensions of Development.
  • Decentralisation, Local Government Institutions and Resource Mobilisation.
  • Common Property Resources: Status and Scope for Development
  • PRIs: Conflicting interest of Caste, Class and Deprived Communities and resource access.