the guiding force behind “Kurukshetra”, the monthly organ of the Ministry of Rural Development. Mr. Dey was a rare blend of a philosopher and practitioner who played an important role in the nation-building process for more than four decades after Independence. His pioneering contribution to the concept and implementation of rural development and Panchayati Raj merits special attention from social scientists, administrators, political leaders and other stakeholders in the project for rural development and decentralized rural governance References Karnal 1906 births 1989 deaths India MPs 1962–1967 Indian agnostics Asian democratic socialists Indian independence activists from Bengal Indian National Army trials Indian socialists People from Sylhet Division Members of the Constituent Assembly of India 20th-century Indian philosophers Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service Bengali writers Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan People from Nagaur district