博客來Kanchan Bharati is Assistant Professor, at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. For a year she worked as Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru. She completed her higher education in the field of Sociology and Social Gerontology. She has authored, co-authored papers on ageing and other socially relevant issues in important Journals, edited books and co-edited, Marriage and Divorce in India: Shifting Concepts and Changing Practices (2019) with Lancy Lobo.
Lancy Lobo holds a Master’s degree in Anthropology and a Doctoral degree in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He has authored, co-authored and edited over 60 articles in professional journals, 20 books, and scores of mimeographs based on research over 40 years. He has been a professor and the Director of Centre for Social Studies, based in Surat, an institute under the Indian Council of Social Science Research Delhi. He was an International Visiting Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Georgetown University, Washington DC in the year 1999-2000. He is the founder director of Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara which is completing 15 years. Some of his publications include, with Jayesh Shah (eds.), The Legacy of Nehru: Appraisal and Analysis (2018), with A.M. Shah and Lancy Lobo (eds.) Essays on Suicide and Self-Immolation (2018), with Kanchan Bharati (eds.), Marriage and Divorce in India: Changing Concepts and Practices (2019), with Jayesh Shah, How People Vote? Civic Literacy and Political Participation (2019).
Jayesh Shah is working as a Research Consultant at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. He also holds post-graduate diplomas in Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, Organization Behaviour, Clinical Psychology and Computer Science. He has served as Chief Executive Officer in a leading international company for more than ten years. Earlier he worked as freelance Management Consultant for more than 10 years in Gujarat. He has conducted extensive research on labour, employment and industry in his career. Some of his publications include, with Lancy Lobo, How People Vote? Civic Literacy and Political Participation (2019), with Lancy Lobo, Gujaratna Shalakiya Sikshanno Xray (Gujarati) (2019), with Lancy Lobo (eds.), The Legacy of Nehru: Appraisal and Analysis (2018), with Lancy Lobo (eds.), Democracy in India: Current Debates and Emerging Challenges (2017).
