INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

Dr. Mohinder Singh stands among the most seasoned and respected voices in the field of Public Administration, his career a testament to more than four decades of sustained excellence in teaching, research, and institutional leadership. His intellectual formation is as expansive as it is rigorous: a Master’s degree spanning Public Administration, Political Science, and Education, complemented by an MBA and a doctoral degree in Public Administration-an interdisciplinary grounding that lends his scholarship both analytical depth and practical resonance. He brought distinction to the Chairmanship of the Department of Public Administration at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), and continues to shape academic discourse in his present role at RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab. Across a career marked by versatility, he has held an impressive constellation of leadership positions Director-ASC, Proctor, Chief Warden, Convenor, Coordinator, Director General, Director Principal, Administrator, and Principal cach reflecting his rare capacity to combine scholarly rigour with administrative acumen. A prolific scholar and an even more dedicated mentor, Dr. Singh has guided 34 doctoral scholars and a multitude of M.Phil. candidates through the rigours of original research, while personally steering three major research projects to successful completion. His written legacy is substantial twelve books, including the present volume, and upward of 210 scholarly articles a body of work that continues to inform policy and pedagogy alike. His footprint on the academic community extends well beyond publication: he has convened, addressed, and chaired a wide spectrum of national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and webinars, and holds life membership in several of the discipline’s most distinguished bodies IIPA, IPAA, IPSA, and NEPASI. As a sought-after resource person, he has enriched the learning of audiences as varied as university faculty and administrators, research scholars, bankers, police personnel, NGO volunteers, elected representatives of ULBs and PRIs, youth delegations and officials from NHPC and the rural water supply and sanitation sector. Dr. Singh’s contributions have been recognised at the highest levels: the Shiksha Rattan Puraskar (2008) the Award of Excellence in the Discipline of Public Administration (2024) from H.P.U., Shimla and most recently, the P.C. Mathur Life Time Achievement Award (2025) conferred by NEPASI-accolades that fittingly crown a lifetime of scholarly and institutional service. His specialisation spanning Public Administration in India, Rural Development, Social Administration, and Human Resource Development-remains as vital and far-reaching today as it was at the outset of his distinguished career, continuing to shape both scholarship and practice in the decades ahead.