Journal of National Development

The Journal of National Development (JND) is an interdisciplinary bi-annual peer reviewed & refereed international journal committed to the ideals of a ‘world community’ and ‘universal brotherhood’.

Procedure for Manuscript Submission and Acceptance

Journal of National Development (JND) is bi-annual peer reviewed & refereed international journal, two issues–Number 1 (Summer) and Number 2 (Winter) are published in June and December every year.

Editorial Board

Dharam Vir, Former Head, Department of Post-graduate Studies and Research in Sociology, Nanakchand Anglo Sanskrit College, CCS University, Meerut–250 004, India

Guidelines for Contributors

Manuscripts for publication (papers, notes, book reviews etc.) in the Journal of National Development (JND) and Contemporary Social Sciences (CSS) must be in English (in Hindi only for ‘Special Issue of JND in Hindi’).

Contemporary Social Sciences

Contemporary Social Sciences (CSS) is a quarterly peer reviewed & refereed international journal published since 1972 under the auspicious of Research Foundation

Publication Ethics

Journal of National Development (JND) and Contemporary Social Sciences (CSS) follow all ethical values to ensure scholarly integrity in an answerable manner.

JND Meerut

Editorial Board

Chief Editor

Professor and Former Pro Vice-Chancellor, International Roma Cultural University, Belgrade (Republic of Serbia), India Office : Research Foundation International, Roma Research Centre, CSC-5, Rohini, Sec-9, Delhi–110085, India. 

Associate Editor

1. Prof. Sanjeev Mahajan, Department of Post-graduate Studies and Research in Sociology, Nanakchand Anglo Sanskrit College, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut–250004, India.

2. Prof. Satya Prakash, Former Dean, Faculty of Law, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut–250004, India.

Managing Editor

Dr. Kamlesh Mahajan, Former Head, Department of Sociology, Ismail National Mahila Post-graduate College, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut–250004, India.

Consulting Editor

Anita White, West Sussex, U.K. *Arthur S. Wilke, Auburn University, U.S.A. *Benjamin Gil, Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Kenya *Bhoumik Deshmukh, University of Pune, Pune, India *Dr. Chakraverti Mahajan (Department of Anthropology, Delhi University, Delhi) *D. P. Singh, NIILM-CMS, Noida, India *Erling Berge, The Agricultural University of Norway, Norway *Erwin Scheuch, University zu Köln, Germany *Fred Gras, Leipzig, Germany *G. Narayana, Centre for Population and Development Studies, India *Glyn C. Roberts, University of Illinois, U.S.A. *Gunther Lushen, University of Illinois, U.S.A. *Hoimanti Dasgupta, University of Kalyani, India *I. S. Chauhan, Barkatullah University, India *Jose Havet, Institute for International Development and Cooperation, Canada *Kurt Weis, Technical University of Munich, Germany *Paavo Sappanen, University of Helsinki, Finland *Pablo Suarez, Uppsala University, Sweden *Raj P. Mohan, Auburn University, U.S.A. *S. K. Gupta, Panjab University, India *S. L. Sharma, Panjab University, India *S. M. Dubey, Dibrugarh University, India *S. S. Sharma, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India *Satish Sharma, University of Nevada, U.S.A. *Tamsane Foldesi, Hungarian College of Physical Education, Hungary *Dr. Tika Ram Gautam (Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal) *Wang Xiaoyi, Rural and Industrial Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China.

ISSN 0972-8309; DOI : 10.62047/JND

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