Contributed articles on economic aspects of agriculture in India.

Study conducted at Dindigul and Madurai districts of Tamil Nadu, India.

This book entitled Information Technology Its Application on the SSI Sector is compilation of research papers presented in a UGC sponsored seminar organised at Cardamom Planters Association College Bodinayakanur (Madurai Kamaraj University) under the Directorship of Dr. S. Maria John, Reader in Commerce C.P.A. College Bodinayakanur. The seminar was organised mainly to focus the role of IT and its applications. Accordingly research papers were received from the faculty members of different universities and Colleges on different aspects of IT such as E-Commerce, E-Banking, Application of IT in the development of Entrepreneurship, especially SSI sector. As the contents of the articles were highly informative and are expected to be useful to the general public, research scholars, students and fellow faculty, all such articles are compiled in the form of a book. This publication is mainly intended as part of the effort in creating awareness among the readers about the need for applying IT in different walks of life.

Abstracts of papers presented during a seminar.

Contents: Introduction, The Role of Small Scale Industries in the Economic Development of India, The Growth of Small Scale Industries, Employment Generation Through Small Scale Industries, Socio-Economic Conditions of the Sampled Entrepreneurs, Summary of Findings and Conclusion.

The book discusses all the issues related to Project Management. Strategic considerations, recognition of the human factor and need for administrative set-up are interwoven in this book while developing the main theme of the financial side of project management. New in this Book 1. New chapters titled 'Infrastructure Projects and Project Financing' have been added 2. 'Economic and Social Cost Benefit' and 'Network Analysis and Execution Plan' have been enriched with additional material 3. Components of interest rates has been elaborated and the concepts of cost of capital and required rate of return built on it 4. More examples and real cases and enhanced diagrammatic explanation 5. Chapterization scheme has been revised in the line of phases of project life cycle 6. References, footnotes and web links have been added to give readers access to extra material for further reading Key Features 1. Strategy, human aspect, administrative issues and system approach have been integrated in a single thread without compromising on conceptual clarity and simplicity 2. Use of spreadsheet has been extensively explained in chapters where it is most applicable 3. A continuous case has been built around the theme of each chapter throughout the book