Training for Development

Rolf P Lynton has had a long career in training and development. He has been associated with many institutions, mostly in India, and also in Indonesia, China, Europe, and the United States of America as a founder–dean, director, or long-term consultant. He has been John Hopkins University/USAID Senior Advisor, Chairman of the International Association of Applied Social Scientists, and has worked with the Ministries of Industry, and Health and Family Welfare in India. He is an emeritus member of the National Training Laboratory in the USA. He has authored many books and papers including Training for Organizational Transformation (co-authored with Udai Pareek, 2000) and Social Science in Actual Practice: Themes on My Blue Guitar (1998).

Udai Pareek was one of the foremost experts on training and organizational behavior in India. Between 1973 and 1985, he was the L&T Chair Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. At the time of his demise in 2010, he was Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, India. He had been USAID Organization Development Advisor to the Ministry of Health in Indonesia. He had worked in the fields of education, agriculture, small industry, and public health. He had been a consultant to various national and international organizations and had served on the editorial board of various journals such as Administrative Quarterly, Psychologia, and other journals. His publications include Training for Organizational Transformation (co-authored with Rolf P. Lynton, 2000).