About the Book : The current trend of educational research presents a mixed scenario of research expectation, researchers’ competency and research quality. Many universities in India have started Pre-Ph.D. tests to search for competent researchers, concurrently, with SLET and NET, and tests for JRF. Do all these tests assure and ensure competent researchers? Over and above these the UGC has imposed Ph.D. course work and Academic Performance Indicators. No intensive research is required to test the validity of these. But, all this is acceptable, because, the intent is fair and genuine. Can we do away with this vicious polygon, rather, circle and search for some fool-proof strategies to approach the genuine competent, dedicated, simple, honest and cultured scholars? The present volume on 'Mapping and Management of Researchers’ Competency has four sub-themes viz. Status of Extant Research, Planning of Educational Research, and Administration of Educational Research: What Next? Scholars from different parts of the country have expressed their opinion on these sub-themes. Although no definite answer could be arrived at the basic issues but, the guidelines provided by them will be helpful to the researchers, teacher educators, university education departments, research organizations, higher education authorities and policy-makers. About the Author : S.C. Panigrahi, is a Professor of Education and Head, Department of Education, Centre of Advanced Study in Education (CASE), Faculty of Education & Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. He has more than 23 years of teaching and research experience. He has worked extensively in the area of Qualitative Research, Sociology of Education, Constructivism, Tribal Education, Special Education and Teacher Education. H.J. Patadia, is a Professor of Education, Department of Education, Centre of Advanced Study in Education (CASE), Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. She has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. She has worked extensively in the area of Research Methodology, Mathematics Teaching, ICT in Education, and Teacher Education. H.S. Mistry, is a Research Assistant, NCTE, New Delhi. He has more than 8 years of teaching and research experience. He has published 6 books and 18 papers as an article/research paper in different journals and as chapters in different books. He has also completed 7 Research Projects funded by IASE, GCERT, Gandhinagar. He has worked extensively in the area of Special Education, Teacher Education, Science and Mathematics Teaching.