S.K. RAY (Ph.D., Economics) is Editor, RITES Journal. Earlier, during 1994-99, he was Editor of Asian Transport Journal. Dr. Ray worked, during 1981-85, as Secretary, Railway Reforms Committee. Among his many assignments, he was a Member of the Indian Delegation to the United Nations ESCAP Conference in New Delhi in the early eighties. He also participated in a World Bank S.K. RAY (Ph.D., Economics) is Editor, RITES Journal. Earlier, during 1994-99, he was Editor of Asian Transport Journal. Dr. Ray worked, during 1981-85, as Secretary, Railway Reforms Committee. Among his many assignments, he was a Member of the Indian Delegation to the United Nations ESCAP Conference in New Delhi in the early eighties. He also participated in a World Bank Programme on both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways as also in the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington. A prolific writer, Dr. Ray has authored nine books, eight of which Prentice-Hall of India have had the privilege to publish.