About the Book :

This is the first book of its type written by a former Principal which scientifically and authoritatively deals with the important problems of a college. It has information, wisdom and logic. It gives the long- term and short- term goals as well as strategies to achieve them. The chapters on Hostel Management, Library Management, How to Organise Office and How to Administer College Accounts, The Rationale of College Buildings, Funding Agencies, Points to Ponder over by a Principal, etc., are meaningful. This book will certainly help Principals them in taking their colleges on the path of becoming elite institutions.

About Author :

N.L. Gupta (b.1940) is the first scholar to obtain a Ph. D. from two different faculties of Nagpur University. He has a series of Postgraduate degrees and many firsts at his credit. He is the first candidate to submit a thesis for D. Litt. in R.S. University, Raipur. Recently, he has been awarded by Maharashtra Hindi Granth Academy for the best work on literary criticism styled as "Nav Manavatavadi Chintan" (Neohumanistic Thought). Dr. Gupta is a prolific writer. Besides many research papers, he has 46 books in both Hindi and English to his credit. Dr. Gupta writings have a very brad spectrum of themes which include Literature, History, Culture, Education, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology and so on. He is considered to be the authority on "Value Education" on which he has contributed as many as six books with different angles. Latest in the series was Education and Values in the Mahabharata, Mulaya Parak Shiksha of about 400 pages published form Ajmer, has been profusely quoted by the scholars. He retired as Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and settled at Nagpur.