M. Rajivlochan (Panjab University)

Dr. M. Rajivlochan 
Department of History
Panjab University
Chandigarh 160014, India

phone: 91/172-278-1414
email: mrajivlochan@gmail.com 
url:  http://x.puchd.ac.in/history/rajivlochan.html

Description of work:

Teaching and research in the area of Contemporary Indian History. The book 
on FARMERS SUICIDE: FACTS AND POSSIBLE POLICY INTERVENTIONS, to be 
published by the YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN ACADEMY OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, 
Pune, Maharashtra [India] will come out by October 2006. An earlier book 
is "Chandigarh Lifescape: social history of a planned city". Other recent 
projects include the history of the RSS [Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh] in 
Punjab, the relationship between women and land in Madhya Pradesh. 
Currently engaged in researching the History of Higher Education, with the 
focus on the growth of Panjab University.