Nanaji Deshmukh: An epitome of Indian social work

The book has made a modest attempt to present the contributions made by Nanaji Deshmukh in the field of social work and rural development. The unique Chitrakoot model of Nanaji Deshmukh and his initiatives in the fields of community development, health care, education, agriculture, environment and sustainable development have been lucidly discussed in the book. The Indian concept and meaning of Sewa and the importance of theory of integral humanism in social work offer a new worldview to develop universal humanism, accomplish social cohesiveness, bring harmony in the society, and to ensure holistic development through community participation. This book provides a scope for developing an indigenous social work approaches and intervention strategies. The book will be extremely useful to the students, teachers, researchers in the discipline of social work, rural development, sociology and other allied social science disciplines as well as to the practitioners and policy-makers working in the field of social reconstruction and rural development.