Challenges of socities in transition

In seeking to commemorate a college's twenty-fifth anniversary in 1973 in a more meaningful way than the usual manner of such celebrations, the idea of a commemoration volume emerged to be centred around the theme of challenges facing societies such as ours. The theme seemed particularly appropriate for a college whose semi rural location in a proverbially famine area (even the twenty-fifth year was itself one of massive famine conditions) challenged it to be innovative and experimental as it brought higher education to the lesser privileged, with its promise of a better tomorrow. It seemed right to have associated with this volume many who had been in one way or another connected with the institution itself. To them and to our other contributors acknowledgement with grateful thanks is made here. A word of appreciation for their efforts is also extended to the editorial team (consisting of three of the College's teachers) who guided this work through its many vicissitudes. To Prof. A B Shah a special word of thanks is due, for his help in securing contributions for the volume to fill in those gaps that any treatment of a compre hensive topic must entail.