About the Book :

This case book exposes a selection of cases from Indian Public Administration situations for imparting next to life training and learning situations for practitioners; A constraint of the Indian system of training for prospective pubic managers in the Civil Service context has been inadequate exposure to life situations or public administration in action. Public administration draws a lot on Law, particularly Constitutional Law and its administrative compliment. Disciplines like Economics, Management and Ethics embellish its vivid landscape. These case studies call for sound understanding of all these elements in a day work. Together these case studies, ranging from subjects as diverse as bar dancing to water pollution control may be deceptively simple;They however hide legal, economic, managerial and deeply ethical complexities which come out only through thread bare discussions on the floor of the class room. Used in several batches of trainees who opt for IAS and IPS during their professional course, they served their purpose well- to provide life material challenging theory and developing new praxis; for both the practitioner and trainer.

About Author :

B. Ashok, joined the IAS while undergoing research training in Biotechnology in IVRI, Uttar Pradesh in 1998. He is also an alumnus of London, Turin and Duke Universities in various postgraduate and research training programmes. Previously Deputy Director and Course Director in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Dr. Ashok had jointly won the best Indian Social Science Research Paper Award in 2009.

H.M. Mishra, a Ph.D. in Political Sociology and currently Professor of Sociology in RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management, Bhopal and Chief Executive, Centre for Knowledge Management and Good Governance (CKMGG) established under Society Act, was Professor, Social Management in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.