Deshpande, R. S.

R S Deshpande is presently Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, Karnataka. Professor Deshpande was a member of the Committee on Farmers Suicides in Karnataka, drafted the WTO Cell Report and Agricultural Policy-2006 of the Government of Karnataka. He was also the convener for preparing the manual for District Planning Team of the Planning Commission. He is member of an Expert Group on WTO and Agriculture of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. Among his important books are: "Crops and Cultivation"; "NGOs and Farmers Movements"; "Moon in the Mirr...