A global seminar on the role of scientific and engineering societies in development, held in New Delhi, India, in 1980, had as its objectives: (1) to document prior successful, and unsuccessful, activities of scientific and engineering societies in furthering development; (2) to identify and discuss the types of activities to which scientific and engineering societies can uniquely contribute with the intent to further development; (3) to enumerate and describe specific cooperative projects; and (4) to follow through with the planning of a few high priority programs. (PB)