"There are so many good dictionaries in the market on all available subjects. Yet in course of interactions with the contemporary students and the alumni of the teacher education department, a strong need was felt towards a dictionary of science and home science terms for translating information into Hindi-be it for the Hindi speaking children at school level or the teacher education institutions or for my students who were working at grassroot levels in various community based organizations.

A large percentage of home science graduates, postgraduates and persons from allied fields are involved in community-based work at different levels of different organizations, were in many of these professionals who have had their education in English medium at school and college level face problems in translating information to the community or else where. A large number of home science graduates and post graduates in the teaching profession at school level, college level and in teacher education institutions also are in need of an handy dictionary of terms related to home science and allied fields. This is an attempt to satisfy such a need in the form of a English to Hindi dictionary of science and home science terms." (jacket)