Name	Meeta Rajivlochan
Service & Cadre	Indian Administrative Service (Maharashtra, 1990)
Current Position	Deputy Director General and Professor, Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Raj Bhavan Complex, Baner Road, Pune 411 007.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
MA	History from Panjab University Chandigarh
MBA	With Finance specialization, Stood first in the University, from Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra State Open University
Publications
Books:
Farmers Suicide: Facts and Possible Policy Interventions, 2006. This informative book contains a large amount of unique field data on the condition of farmers. On the basis of 37% of the cases of reported suicides in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra and comprehensive information collected from one district it investigates the social construction of suicide. Taking a holistic picture of distress, it argues that focusing on indebtedness and other economist causes amounts to missing the trees for the wood. The need of the hour is for the nation to do more than that and if required, even provide direct subsidies to the actual cultivator. Health and education are the other sectors where greater responsibility needs to be taken by the government. Click Here To View
CHANDIGARH LIFESCAPE: Brief Social History of a Planned City, 1999. Articles: Rules: the Administrative Experience: In Satish Saberwal and Heiko Sievers eds. Rules, Laws and Constitutions. Sage, New Delhi. 1998 Reorienting Tribal Development: Administrative Dilemmas, Economic and Political Weekly, 16^th August 1997. Tribal administration has been not given adequate importance by the government. Many of the schemes, though of great import, have continued with a number of internal anomalies. This essay discusses the problems of administration in tribal areas from the perspective of forming rules and implementing them. The Past in the Present: the Weavers of Malegaon, Economic and Political Weekly, 16^th March 1996. The weavers of Malegaon and their financial and social concerns disable them from taking advantage of many of the governmental developmental schemes. This essay considers some of the problems inherent in the history of these weavers which hinder their skills in making use of the schemes. Some Antinomies in Understanding Communal Stress, Towards Secular India. Communal stress hampers the best of us from comprehending social reality in a constructive manner. This essay examines the responses of two important players in Indian history to a particular period of communal stress. More On Egs, Economic and Political Weekly, 4^th January 1997. Part of the on-going controversy on the manner in which the EGS has been implemented. Employment Guarantee Scheme, Economic and Political Weekly, 13^th January 1996. The controversy over the nature of the EGS and its implementation. Grama Vikas in Ralegan Shindi: Social Innovation and Religio Moral Undercurrent, Economic and Political Weekly, 19^th November 1994. Discusses the growth of Ralegan Shindi as a unique case in rural development and argues that development here was possible mainly because the village was able to undergo a certain moral transformation.
Papers Presented
CONTEMPORARY India, A SOFT STATE AND A SOFT PEOPLE: The dilemmas involved in handling difference, Paper presented at NATIONAL SEMINAR ON FORMATION OF MODERN INDIAN CULTURE Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (20^th to 22^nd November 2001) Manu Smriti and Justice: the position of women, Paper read on at Seminar on Gender Justice, organised by Center for Studies in Civilizations in collaboration with Mahila Dakshata Samiti and Indian Council of Philosophical Research (22^nd September 2001)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Research interests	Rural Development and cultural attributes of different communities enabling/disenabling them from participating in the developmental process
Extension activities	Have published numerous book reviews in refereed journals
Extra Curricular activities	Was a college level badminton player. Have been an active trekker and sportsperson. At LBSNAA Mussoorie, won the Marathon (women). Also won a prize in the shooting competition at LBSNAA. Continue to maintain a keen interest in sports.