लेखक: J. S. Bhandari

LALITA P. VIDYARTHI is an anthropologist of international repute having been President of both the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (1973-78) and the Xth ICAES (1978). A fecund writer, he has to his credit several publications besides numerous articles in journals both in India and abroad. Currently he is Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology, University of Ranchi, Bihar, India. Widely travelled, he has participated in conferences both in India and abroad. J.S. BHANDARI was educated at Lucknow University where he also taught, and has done extensive field work among various tribes in the Western Himalayas and the Brahmaputra Valley. The results of these studies have appeared in several academic journals of repute. In addition to contributing a paper to the Xth ICAES, he was co-chairperson of two of its sessions. He now teaches social anthropology at Delhi University and is currently engaged in a study sponsored by the UGC. BHUPINDER SINGH entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1956 and has been associated with tribal development work since 1957 when he was posted to Orissa. His interest in this field continued with his active involvement in tribal welfare work in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. His doctoral thesis was based on research on the Saora tribe in Orissa. He has also contributed papers to several learned journals. As Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry he looks after tribal development in the country.