Dr. N. Mani is presently Head of the Postgraduate and Research Department of Economics, Erode Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamil Nadu. He holds M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Specializing in development economics, he has 30 years of teaching experience to postgraduate and undergraduate classes. He successfully completed 2 major research projects sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi. He is currently engaged in a research project sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. Dr. Mani has published 11 books and written several papers on varied subjects in reputed journals and dailies. He is also the former President of Tamil Nadu Science Forum and was organizing secretary of the National Children Science Congress, 2006. He has also organised more than 10 state, national and international level seminars, conferences and workshops. He has successfully guided and supervised the works of 6 Ph.D. and 14 M.Phil. scholars. He is a member of various academic bodies including Indian Society of Labour Economics and Indian Society of Agricultural Economics.
