About the Book

Health and nutrition are two interrelated issues which have drawn the attention of scholars across the world. This book, which is the outcome of a national seminar, examines different issues relating to tribal health and nutrition in India in specific context of their culture, local ecology, voluntary efforts and institutional intervention. The broad conclusion of most of the papers included in this volume highlights pitiable conditions in this regard. Scholars have however suggested ways and means to deal with inhibiting factors responsible for slow and lop-sided process of improvement in health and nutritional status of tribes. Also, some fruitful suggestions have been made in several articles. Altogether this book is a valuable contribution to the field of tribal health and nutrition. Its study would profit both the students and researchers of Sociology, Social Anthropology and Social Work.

CONTRIBUTORS

A. Kavishwar

Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

Anjali Dash

Buddhadeb Chaudhuri

Chaturbhuj Sahu

Chura Giri

D. Debnath

D.C. Jain

J.J. Roy Burman

Jay Palak

Kali Nath Jha

Parul Joshi

Pradeepta Ranjan Pattanayak

R. Shankar

Ram Narayan Sahu

S.N. Chaudhary

S.N. Tripathy

Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi

Suneel Qamra

Swapan Kumar Kolay

Tapas Dalapati

V. Jaisee Geetha

V.K. Shrivastava

Vinita Singh

Y.G. Joshi

Yatindra Singh Sisodia

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About the Author / Editor

S.N. Chaudhary is Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor at Barkatullah University, Bhopal. He has also been a Fellow of the A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and SMH, Paris. He has published 27 books and 55 research articles. His current areas of working are tribal indebtedness, tribal development, impact of technology on society and impact of land reforms on empowerment of rural women.

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