ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The volume is the outcome of a seminar, Making Sense of Muslim Personal Laws in Post-independent India, jointly organised by the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Hyderabad on 20—21 September 2019.

We are grateful to all the participants and the contributors. A special thanks to Mr M R Shamshad, Advocate Supreme Court of India and Dr Misbah Rashid, who did not participate in the seminar yet agreed to contribute chapters for this volume.

Dr J Kiranmai, Assistant Professor and Head, Center for CG and CSR, IPE, made a great effort in finalising this manuscript. Our sincere thanks to her. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts made by Dr Muzamil Ahmad Baba, Assistant Professor — Marketing, Coordinator — Alumni Relations, IPE; Ms Deepa, Research Associate and Mr Ch Upender, Administrative Officer, IPE, for providing research and administrative support.