The book "Tightening Noose of Poverty" (ISBN-10: 1517533066 / ISBN-13: 978-1517533069) - available on Amazon - was very much liked by almost all of the readers. However, a concern was shown that the paperback edition of the book was out of the reach of an ordinary student, and thus, there was a need to come out with another edition which could be made affordable for the masses.
Although the kindle edition was there to fulfill this need, we decided, that since till now, in many areas of the world, an e-book was not a feasible reading medium, and there were many readers - especially the senior ones - who were not very comfortable with e-book reading; it was essential to print a separate abridged title extracted from the original one, in as compact a form as possible, and to make it as much affordable as possible. In this abridged book, we have culled the table of pictures, illustrations and tables; the bibliography, the index, and almost all of the images; and have reduced the font size as well as line spacing, stuffed the quotations within the main chapters so as to avoid extra use of even a single folio, and have used white paper in place of the cream paper used in the original one.
We have, however, maintained the original text and are sure that the book will succeed in conveying the message.
About the Author: Masood joined Indian nationalised banking industry as an agriculture officer in 1983 and served in different positions, in different areas during his 17-year long career in banking. He has a rich experience of microfinance and recovery of bad debts in the banking industry, and wide exposure to the urban and rural poor in the largest Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
In the Year 2000, he left his banking career as a manager from the zonal office of Punjab National Bank, tried his hands on entrepreneurship, photography and study of poor people's living conditions, study of financial management, and finally joined academics and is teaching finance, economics and accounting as a visiting faculty at Unity Degree College, Lucknow, India.
He is actively involved in different philanthropic activities. He has attended many seminars and conferences and has published many papers and articles in various journals and newspapers. He is a member of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF), Mumbai and the Commerce and Management Research Association (CAMRA), Lucknow.
Masood is the founder and managing trustee of Lucknow Educational and Development Trust (LEAD Trust), Lucknow. He was also nominated, a member of the State Level Committee for Monitoring and Evaluation of Prime Minister's 15 Point Programme for Minorities by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Academically, he is M.Sc. Agriculture, MBA Finance, UGC-NET, and CAIIB(I). He was trained in Rural Development Projects at College of Agricultural Banking (CAB), Pune, India. He can be contacted through Facebook page for this book at https: //m.facebook.com/povertynoose.
