About the Author Ranvinder Singh Sandhu has been Professor of Sociology, Director and Head, Adult Continuing Education and Extension, and Coordinator of UGC Special Assistance Programme at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He has been Dean. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UGC Visiting Fellow to the Netherlands (1998). Overseas Fellow of Human Science Research Council of South Africa (1995), Visiting Professor in Minnesota State University, Minnesota, USA (1991-92) and Head of the Department of Sociology, Guru Nanak Dev University (1989-91). He has twelve books to his credit from different publishers such as Sage, Zed Books and Rawat etc, and has also published many research papers in reputed journals in Indian and abroad. He has organized and chaired academic sessions in various International Conferences/ World Congresses held in Vancouver (2007), Durban (2006). Singapore (2004), Milan (2003), Brisbane (2002), Montreal (1998). Bielefeld (1994), Montreal (1992), Madrid (1990), Amsterdam (1988) and New Delhi (1986). At present he is U.G.C. Emeritus Fellow at Punjabi University, Patiala. His main areas of interest are Urban Studies, Urban Planning, Sociology of Development and Contemporary Social Problems.
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