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Much publicised even in the last quarter of this century is the decentralisation of power which transfers volume of responsibilities from higher level institutions to grassroot level organisations with much emphasis on peoples responsibility, and accountability and transparency of the government. The training experiences are valuable for strengthening grassroots democracy. Hence, all the training programmes are well documented and compiled. To perfect the training methodology the documents are compiled and presented in the forms of a book for the readers. This kind of exercise would build the capacity of the leaders to meet the challenges of this century and further to improve the method and material of training. About the Author Prof. Ganapathi Palanithurai, Coordinator in Rajiv Gandhi Chair, Gandhigram Rural Institute, presently heads the Department of Political Science and Development Administration, Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu. He is also Associated with Centre Planning Commission, State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu, Population Foundation of India, Ford Foundation, UNICEF, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, CAPART, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment and DANIDA (Danish-Indo Development Agency) in specific areas of activities in connection with empowerment of people. Prof. Palanithurai has to his credit twenty-nine books and seventy-five articles on three major areas, namely, legislative behaviour, ethnicity and Panchayati Raj system. He was recipient of Fellowship from Sastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi and World Academy of Art and Science, USA. He is the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Council for Sustainable Livelihoods. He was a visiting fellow in the MiGill University, Canada in 1989. He is a member of the expert committee constituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu to monitor the training programme for local body leaders.