Kirit Shelat

Dr. Kirit Nanubhai Shelat (born 1946) was a public administrator for the government of Gujarat, India. He currently associated with NGOs and Trusts.Dr. Kirit Nanubhai Shelat is Ph.D in Public Administration. He recently retired from the Indian Administrative Service. He started his career in public administration by joining the Gujarat Administrative Service in the year 1967. During his career of 40 years, he has worked at the grass-root level and had his hand in the formulation and implementation of policies for Agricultural, rural and Industrial development. He has worked as Commissioner of Rural Development, Industries Commissioner, Commissioner for Employment and Training, Commissioner for disabled persons and Secretary Energy Department. He has also worked, as Chairman of State Level Public undertaking like Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation, Land Development Corporation. He also worked in Afghanistan as Land Settlement Advisor to Government of Afghanistan.

He has designed and implemented large-scale projects for poor families, farmers, and micro entrepreneurs. He has made a significant contribution in the development process of Gujarat. He developed guidelines for Micro-level planning with focus on individual poor family and village development plan. He was responsible for “Cluster development approach’ for small industries and “Step up project for rural micro level Entrepreneurs. He developed micro level production plan module for individual farmer and has his hand in restructuring the Gujarat agriculture sector. After his retirement as Principal Secretary – Agriculture and Cooperation Department, Government of Gujarat, he is associated with multi-dimensional rural programmes and is actively involved in International School for Public Leadership. He is the author of number of books on development including biography – His Holiness Param pujya Pramukh Swami Maharaj of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).

Books

• Biography of Param Pujya Shri. Pramukhswamiji Maharaj – “Yug Purush” – English Edition – 2004, Gujarati Edition – (2005), Hindi Edition (2006) – Shree Bhagwati Trust – Ahmedabad., Telungu edition - 2007

• Planning for Rural Development (Vol.1) – methodology for Micro Level Planning for Rural Development – 1980 – Gujarat State Rural Development Corporation – Gandhinagar, Gujarat – India.

• Planning for Rural Development (Vol. II) – Evaluation of Rural Development Programme – guidelines for Field Level Officers – 1982. Gujarat State Rural Development Corporation, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – India.

• Evolution of Rural Development – 1988 – Kathan Education Communication Unit, Ahmedabad – India.

• Mapping Development – based on Gujarat Experience (English Edition) – April 2003 – Shree Bhagawati Trust – Ahmedabad, and Gujarati Edition – May 2004 Navbharat Publication, Ahmedabad – India.

• Tauka and Village production plan – May 2005 – Anand Agriculture University, Anand, Gujarat – India.

• Manual for farmers for crop production plan – May 2005 (Khedut Marg Darshak – Gujarati Version) – Junagadh Agriculture University – Junagadh, Gujarat – India.

• Kirishi Mahotsav – 2005 – Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of Gujarat – August 2005.

• What Ails our Agriculture - 2007 – Shree Bhagwati Trust - April 2007.

• Leadership by Choice and not by Chance – August 2007 (to be released shortly.

• Nayamurti Shri. Nanubhai Shelat Smruti Granth – June 2008

* Shelat Kirit. "Mapping development : based on the experience of Gujarat, India" / Kirit Shelat. 1st ed. Ahmedabad : Shri Bhagwati Trust, 2003. xii, 273 p. ; 22 cm.
*Shelat Kirit. "ગુજરાતના વીકાસના નકશા" . 1. āvr̥tti. Amadāvāda : Navabhārata Sāhitya Mandira, 2004. xii, 263 p. ; 23 cm.
*Shelat Kirit. Grāma vikāsa āyojana kāryapaddhati / Kirīṭa Śelata, sahalekhaka Madhusūdana Vājā. Gāndhīnagara : Gujarāta Rājya Grāma Vikāsa Nigama, 1981. 118 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
*Shelat, Kirit N. (Kirit Nanubhai), 1946- "Evolution of rural development." Ahmedabad : Kathan Education Communication Unit, 1988. 287p.
*Shelat Kirit. "What Ails Our Agriculture?" Ahmedabad: Shree Bhagvati Trust. 2007. 171p.

References

* [http://www.hindu.com/br/2003/10/14/stories/2003101400060200.htm The Hindu: Review of "Issues in development"] October 14, 2003
* [http://www.gujaratindustry.gov.in/aid-cell.html Gujarat Industrial Development Team: External Aid Coordination Cell Set Up at N.R.G. Bhavan, Circuit House, Ahmedabad]

External links

* [http://www.gujaratindia.com Government of Gujarat website]