Wiser, William

William and Charlotte Wiser set up Indian Village Service, a community oriented village development organization that became one of the key models used by the Indian government for its Block Development Programs. Susan S. Wadley is Ford Maxwell Professor of south Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University. She is the author of "Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984" (California 1994). David G. Mandelbaum is author of "Society in India" (California, 1990).