Alka ParikhAlka Parikh, PhD in Development Economics from Cornell University, USA, is working as an Associate Professor at D.A. Institute of Information and Communication T echnology (DA-IICT). In addition to this book, she has also conducted a detailed field sudy in Maharashtra on food security situation, and some small surveys on the issue. She has also documented some experiments to address the food security. Alka Parikh has experience of working with academic, corporate and NGO sectors. At present, she is a trustee for an NGO and a joint director of Sarvang Utkarsh, a health mutual. She has also been Head of Center for Disaster Management and Associate Co ordinator for Center for Human Development at Mumbai University in the past. The inf ormation and data for the nations have been compiled by 10 B. Tech. students of DA-IICT. Each student compiled details for one nation. The students undertook this work as their summer internship in May-July, 2014. Read More Read Less