Contents Preface xi Contributors PART I RURAL EDUCATION 1. Anant Mital Rural Education: Issues and Initiatives 3 2. Nalini Juneja Free and Compulsory Education: Challenges for Rural Areas 12 3. Sandeep Kumar Education of Girls: Building Bridges for Future 21 4. Vimala Ramachandran Backward and Forward Linkages Strengthen Primary Education 27 5. Ajit Kumar Panchayati Raj and Education in Rural Areas 36 6. B.R. Kukreti and Manoj Kumar Saxena Dropout Problem Among Tribal Students at School Level 42 7. P.K.Mohanty Tribal Education in India 53 vi Rural Education and Technology 8. Madhusudan J.V. Impact of Shifting Cultivation on Primary Education 60 9. K. Raja Mohan Rao and S. Vaidehi Status of Tribal Education 66 10. Arun C. Mehta Evolvement of District Information System for Education 72 11.D.K.Padhi Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 84 12. Madhusudan J.V. Shifting Cultivation and its Affect on Primary Education 91 13.S. Rajakutty Primary Education in Rural Areas 94 14.T.R. Gurumoorthy Linkage between Education and Business Institutions 117 15. AnilP.Joshi Resource Education 121 16.V.S. Gupta Basic Education for Rural Areas 125 17. Navin Chandra Joshi Rural Education for Social Change 130 18.S.M. Rafique Education Problems and Reforms 138 19. S.Y. Shah Impact of Adult Education on Development in India 144 20.Narottam Sahoo Science Literacy for a Changing Future 149 Contents vii 21. R.A. Mashelkar Making Economic Sense of Indian Science 157 22. Neeta Verma and M. Kamlakkannan Publishing Exam Results on the Net 161 23.Vijay Kulkarni Universalization of Education: A Challenge 168 24.K. Venkatasubramanian India as a Knowledge Society 176 25. Prashant Ranjan Dutt Education and Policies for Physically Challenged183 26. Karan Singh Education for Youth in the Global Society 187 27. MM. Luther Vocational Education for Development of Rural India 195 28. M.M. Ansari Open Learning in the Context of Globalisation 201 29. S.K. Yerankar Peace Education 207 30. Saswat S. Das Return to Innocence Value-Education in the Post-Modern Age 211 31. Bharat Singh Negi Educational Institutions and Human Values 216 PART II RURAL TECHNOLOGIES 32. R. Dayanandan Role of Science and Technology in Sustainable Development 223 33. Nisha Aravind and D. Rakhesh Krishi Vigyan Kendras: Grass Root Endeavours in Transfer of Technology 237 viiiRural Education and Technology 34. Bharat R. Sant Rural Renaissance through Rural Technologies 249 35. Anil P. Joshi Rural Empowerment through Decentralized Technology 262 36. Aditya Keshari Mishra National Agricultural Technology Project: Transcending Technology Gap' 266 37. N. Mohanan and V. Kulandaiswamy Institutional Linkages for Micro-Enterprises Development 274 38. Sunil K. Agarwal Technology Development and Transfer in Mountain Areas 282 39. S.C. Sharma and B.L. Dhaka Expert System: An Effective Tool for Technology Transfer 295 PART III BIOTECHNOLOGY IN RURAL INDIA 40. S. Natesh Biotechnology in India-A Bird's Eye View 311 41. Gursharan Singh Kainth Biotechnology: New Technology for Rural Transformation 323 42.V. Lakshmikumaran Patents in Biotechnology 331 43. Swatantra Radhakrishnan Fingerprinting of a Different Kind: CDFD in Service of Mankind 341 44. Sivami Prakash Srivastava Biotechnology Industry and its Future Role in Indian Economy 348 Contents ix 45. R.K. Khitoliya Biotechnology in Erosion Control and Slope Stabilization 46. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Building Global Excellence through Scientist Entrepreneurs 47. J.P. Mishra Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights Index