Reading Beyond the Alphabet Innovations in Lifelong Literacy

Brij Kothari is Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in the Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation (RJMCEI) P.G. Vijaya Sherry Chand is Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (RJMCEI) Michael Norton is Director of the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA), a UK-based NGO Gitarani Bhattacharya is the District Programme Co-ordinator, Assam Mahila Samata Society, Morigaon, Assam Biman Borah is Lecturer in geography at Nonoi College, Nagaon Ashok Joshi has been Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Shalini Joshi is the editor of Pitara, a news and features magazine written in simple Hindi Sarah Kamala is Associate Professor in the Department of Extension Education at the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh S. Madasamy heads the Department of Tamil, SBK College, Aruppukottai, Tamil Nadu Sushama Merh-Ashraf recently retired as Professor, University of Delhi Avinash Pandey started Base Research, a company that specialises in market research and data analysis. Presently, he is Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Management Technology, New Delhi Rajani Paranjpe is Founder President of the Door Step School. In 1994, she became a member of the faculty at Shikoku Christian University, Japan, where she retired as Professor in international social welfare in 1997 K.S. Ram is Project Director, Literacy, in Bastar District and Secretary, Van Dhan Mission Anita Rampal is Director of the National Literacy Resource Centre, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie D. Janardhana Reddy is Director, Department of Adult Education and Coordinator, Population Education Resource Centre at the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati Saswati Roy is working with Swadhina Jayanta Kumar Sarma is Lecturer in geography at Nowgong Girls'College P.K. Sasidharan teaches English at ANJA College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu Jaya Shrivastava is a developmental activist based in Delhi Preeti Soni works with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS) Joe Takeda is Lecturer at Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, in the Department of Social WorkKothari, Brij is the author of 'Reading Beyond the Alphabet Innovations in Lifelong Literacy', published 2003 under ISBN 9780761997085 and ISBN 0761997083.