Women's Education in India: Historical Review, Present Status and Perspective Plan with Statistical Indicators and Index to Scholarly Writings in Indian Educational Journals since Independence (Concepts in Communication Informatics and Librarianship-13)

by S. P. Agrawal, J. C. Aggarwal

Overview

The kingworms, Nepal and Bhutan are two of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Located high in the Himalayas, Nepal and Bhutan are totally isolated. Nepal is a small country lying across in the north of India. Tibet (in China) with its slow measured pace of life, swooping lammergeyer, griffons and golden eagles is the cultural heartland of inner Asia, with vibrant blue salt lakes, rare blue sheep, rarely-glimpsed snow leopard and of course an enduring literary heritage.' Encyclopaedia of Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet' is an effort to present an objective and concise account of social, economic and political life of the people of the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354390593
Publisher:	Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date:	06/30/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	306
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

S.P. Agrawal (b. 1929) was Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, ICSSR, and Member Secretary, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Asia and Pacific Information Network in Social Sciences (APINESS). In 1988 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in' Education (honoris causa) by International University Foundation. Presently, he is Member, Round Table on Research in Reading, IFLA, and Member, International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation. He is also Member of Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Energy, Department of Coal. He has written extensively on various aspects of education as well as of library and information science.

J.C. Aggarwal (b. 1928), former Deputy Director of Education/Executive Director of Delhi Bureau of Textbooks, Delhi Administration has a varied experience in the field of education. He has singly/jointly authored about 130 books on Education, Social Science and Current Problems. In collaboration with S.P. Agrawal, he has written Documentation Encyplopaedia of UNESCO and Education (in two parts), Women’s Education in India, National Policy on Education Agenda for India 2001, Indian Writings on Education 1979 to 1986, and Vocational Education in India. His other recent publications include: Yearbook of Indian Education, 1991 : World Overview; Ramamurti Report 1990 on National Policy on Education in India; and Survey of Education Documents in the World Since 1983, etc.

Date of Birth:

1913

Date of Death:

September 3, 2001