Dr. Shailendra Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor (Economics), Department of Higher Education Uttarakhand. He Holds M.A. and Ph.D. Degree in Economics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has specialization in Behaviour Economics, Econometric Modeling, and Applications of SPSS and R. He has held several important administrative and academic positions in the department and having teaching experience more than ten years in the central and state university. He organised many workshop and FDP on Research Methodology and SPSS. He has published more than forty research papers and articles in the established economics and social science journals and presented more than one hundred papers in the national and international seminars and conferences. He is a known economics and social science academician who is widely travelled and keenly interested in the study, research and writing on current issues of contemporary social science enquiry.

Dr. Neelesh Pandey is currently working as an Assistant Adviser in National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an Autonomous Institution of UGC, Ministry of Education, India. Earlier, he was working as News and Digital Media Advisor, Prasar Bharati, New Delhi and Editor in All India Radio, New Delhi. He was also looking after social media coverage of Prime Minister’s programme 'Mann Ki Baat'. He has completed his Post Graduate in Mass Communication from BHU, Ph.D. from Central University Koraput and Post Doctoral from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

Dr Vijay Srivastava is currently working as an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean Academics in economics in Maharishi University of Information Technology, Lucknow. Dr Vijay is a scholar of Gandhian thought and peace studies. He has published many monographs and research papers on Gandhian thought. He has also developed methodology of policy mapping in the context of Gandhian thought. He is profolic writer and writes editorials for many news dailies in regular basis. He also served in Ministry as an Expert Intern in developing the activity maps for various CSS schemes. He is a poet and lyricist too and published two books on his literary interest.

This book opens a debate in neo globalized word on the prospects of Gandhian economic order. This monograph is an effort to understand the significance of Gandhian political economy. In search of new alternative economic order as scholars of economic science, we analyze the parameters of Gandhian economics in form of general critique. We not only discuss the relevancy of parameters of Gandhian economics but a normative way, try to test the Gandhian hypothesis. It is also important to note down that Gandhian political economy comprises the views of many scholars of contemporary times. In this book, we have analyzed the thought process of great political economic minds of independent India. This is a first series where we are questioning, discussing and interpreting the well-known political economic figures including Lohia, Jai Prakash, Sardar Patel, Pandit Deen Dayal and Vinoba Bhave. In next volumes, we will try to analyze the thought process of unsung Gandhian scholars and activities. We hope this book will be beneficial for scholars of domain of Gandhian studies, political economy and interrelated disciplines and as well as policy makers. Criticism, suggestions and other comments from academic fraternity, we will welcome with open hearts. In the process of editorializing the content, we are grateful to many persons. We are thankful to our beloved family members and academic friends for their support for this academic exercise. Last but the not least, we are thankful to our publisher for reviewing the manuscripts and given acceptance for publishing the book.