Dr. Atik-ur-rahaman S.M. is from Gulbarga and completed his MSW from Gulbarga University and also has been awarded with PhD from Gulbarga University in 2010. At present he is working as Vice-Principal in Inamdar College of MSW, Gulbarga. His interest in Human Resource Management encouraged him to complete Master in Human Resource Management from Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar. His areas of interest are Human Resource Management, Labour Welfare, Rural Development and Research Methodology. He published 15 papers in leading international and national research journals and presented 04 papers in National and International Conferences. Recently one edited book "Research in Social Sciences" was published.