The document summarizes a research presentation given by an English student at the English and Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad, India in 2014. The presentation, led by Dr. Sudhakar Venukapalli of the Psychology Department, discussed human needs using the theories of Abraham Maslow and Manfred Max Neef. Maslow proposed a hierarchy of needs including physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. Neef identified nine fundamental human needs including subsistence, protection, affection, understanding, participation, leisure, creation, identity, and freedom.