This book is the compilation of the papers submitted at the Training Programme organized by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. This volume has been divided into four parts and papers assigned to each part according to whether they deal with general issues, strategies, training programmes and institutions, implementation and case studies. It contains valuable articles by eminent anthropologists who have made significant contributions in this field. The views of the administrators most of whom have had a first-hand experience of the practical problems of development and administration have been included. This book will be of great use for policy makers, researchers, students and development workers. About Author : Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi (b. 1931) received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and is now Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Ranchi, India. Currently (1974-1978) he is the President of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences and of the 10th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences to be held in India in 1978. Dr. Vidyarthi is the President of the Indian Anthropological Association, a Founder-Member of the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research, Chairman of the Task Force on Development of Tribal Areas of the Planning Commission, and a Member of the Central Council on Tribal Research Institute of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He is Founder-Editor of The Journal of Social Research, The Indian Anthropologist, and The Research Journal of Ranchi University. His major fields of research are the Tribal Culture of India including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Urban-Industrial political, and action Anthropology; Indian Civilization, the History of Indian Culture, Folklore, village studies and History of Anthropological Theories. He has to his credit several internationally popular books.