The Foundation expresses its profound sorrow at the passing of Professor S Parasuraman, Former Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

These are photographs of Dr Parasuraman at the ceremony to release the award-winning book A New Statistical Domain in India: An Enquiry Into Village Panchayat Databases by Jun-ichi Okabe and Aparajita Bakshi, the fourth volume in the Agrarian Studies Series published by Tulika Books and the Foundation for Agrarian Studies, February 29, 2016.

 

In the images:
Image 1: (from left) Aparajita Bakshi, S. Parasuraman, Gopal Galkar (former Sarpanch, Warwat Khanderao, one of the villages studied in the book), and T M Thomas Isaac (then an Opposition Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly).
Image 2: Professor S Parasuraman (in the foreground)
Image 3: Professor S Parasuraman

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