MNNIT, Allahabad's National Conference. Find details to participate

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, announces National Conference on "Dimensions of Public Policy and Rural Development".

The conference is organised by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad.

About the conference:

Shaping public policy is a complex and multifaceted process that involves the interplay of numerous individuals and interest groups competing and collaborating to influence policymakers to act in a particular way. This Conference is organised to offer an opportunity to all concerned- Economists, Planners, NGOs, Industries and Academia to join hands together, deliberate upon the issues calling for a fresh thought on innovation, planning, training and implementation of socio-economic programmes in rural India. Soul-search, prescription and devising implementation techniques shall be the probable outcome of this National Conference.

The organisers and fraternity of MNNIT invite participants to contribute research papers/cases on the themes/ sub-themes:

Role of industries in rural development
Public policies for rural development
Micro finance and rural development
Technology and rural development
Livelihood and sustainability
Social issues in rural development
Ecology. Environmental issues and policies for rural development
Corporate social responsibility for rural development
Public-private-partnership for rural development
Rights based approach in rural development
Indian culture, tradition and rural development
Food security and food distribution model for rural development
Social audit and accountability in public policy
Public policy and marginalisation society
Rural marketing and logistics: Supply chain management
Entrepreneurship and rural development
Gandhian model for rural development
Indian thinker's approach for rural development
Management of public policies
Economic environment and rural development

Registration fee:

Industry personnel: INR Rs. 3000/-
Academician: INR Rs. 2000/-
Research scholars and students: INR Rs. 1200/-
Attending the conference (without paper): INR Rs. 1000/-
Cost of edited book (Would be released during the conference): INR Rs. 1000/-

Important dates:

Last date for submission of abstract: 31st January, 2014.
Last date of notification of accepted abstract for presentation: 2nd February, 2014.
Last date for submission of full papers: 15th February, 2014.
Last date for registration: 20th February, 2014.
Notification date for selected papers for publication: 25th February, 2014.
The conference will be conducted between 8th and 9th of March.

For further details and to register, click here