Bidhan Kanti Das Editor

Bidhan Kanti Das is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). He has been teaching development studies for last 15 years and is also engaged in research in local forest management, and problems of marginalised communities. He has published research articles in national and international journal of repute.

Gorky Chakraborty is faculty at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), working on issues related to the development of North East India.

Abhijit Guha former Professor of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University. Acted as an expert of the Standing Committee on Rural Development of the Lok Sabha in 2008 on the Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Amendment Bills. Authored Encountering Land Grab: An Ethnographic Journey (2022) Manohar: New Delhi and Routledge: London.