Mohan KandaDr. 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, includng 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. Read More Read Less