1.1 Evolution of HRD
The importance of human resources was recognized as early as
400 B.C. by our saints in the Purans and Vedas. Later on the classical
economists also concurred with the viewpoint that of all the resources
required for the development of any organization, be it a firm, society
For a nation as a whole, human resources are the most significant. The
significance gets amplified because human beings are not only the
producers of goods and services but also the consumers of those
goods and services.