Prakash Kumar is Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India.

'This is a compelling and thoughtful study of the agrarian modernisation in India. It dispels the idea of the Green Revolution as a unitary process and demonstrates how US-inspired global visions were reworked by local initiatives from below to shape the contours of the Green Revolution in different regions. Combining historical research with fieldwork, Kumar offers a nuanced and complex exploration of the reign of technocracy in India's agrarian modernisation.' Neeladri Bhattacharya, Visiting Professor, Ashoka University

• Introduction; 1. Colonial technocracy; 2. Development through people's participation; 3. Making Tarai the granary of the province; 4. A decolonizing perspective and technocracy in Uttar Pradesh; 5. Realization of modernization dreams?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Prakash Kumar is Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India.

'This is a compelling and thoughtful study of the agrarian modernisation in India. It dispels the idea of the Green Revolution as a unitary process and demonstrates how US-inspired global visions were reworked by local initiatives from below to shape the contours of the Green Revolution in different regions. Combining historical research with fieldwork, Kumar offers a nuanced and complex exploration of the reign of technocracy in India's agrarian modernisation.' Neeladri Bhattacharya, Visiting Professor, Ashoka University

• Introduction; 1. Colonial technocracy; 2. Development through people's participation; 3. Making Tarai the granary of the province; 4. A decolonizing perspective and technocracy in Uttar Pradesh; 5. Realization of modernization dreams?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Prakash Kumar is Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India.

'This is a compelling and thoughtful study of the agrarian modernisation in India. It dispels the idea of the Green Revolution as a unitary process and demonstrates how US-inspired global visions were reworked by local initiatives from below to shape the contours of the Green Revolution in different regions. Combining historical research with fieldwork, Kumar offers a nuanced and complex exploration of the reign of technocracy in India's agrarian modernisation.' Neeladri Bhattacharya, Visiting Professor, Ashoka University

• Introduction; 1. Colonial technocracy; 2. Development through people's participation; 3. Making Tarai the granary of the province; 4. A decolonizing perspective and technocracy in Uttar Pradesh; 5. Realization of modernization dreams?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.