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ABOUT THE BOOK The present publication encompasses a remarkable collection of research papers by specialists and scholars on different aspects of tribal issues across disciplines. This volume examines the kaleidoscope of tribal development paradigm, and attempts to offer some valuable insights to eradicate the bottlenecks of inclusive tribal development. It has focused on successive paradigm shifts in tribal development policies and strategies at different points of time. It is expected that the endeavor will provide intellectual stimulants to those who cherish interest in this field. Development is a continuous process. This has been taking place in society since time immemorial. However it has acquired greater intensity and velocity in the last five decades. Development is not merely an economic phenomenon. It encompasses more than financial aspect of people's lives. Development should be perceived as a multi-dimensional process involving the reorganization and reorientation of the entire economic and social system. In this context tribal development is viewed as improvements in institutional, social and administrative structures, positive changes in attitudes and even customs and beliefs. It also emphasizes on acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality and the eradication of absolute poverty. To examine all these issues, various authors have discussed in this volume the issues and perspectives of tribal development, criticism of development perspective, scope, conditions and barriers of inclusive tribal development. While analyzing the critical issues involved in tribal development perspective, they have shared their enormous experiences of developmental process, identity assertion and reorientation of inclusion in contemporary democratic society. Hope the book will invite wider interests from its readers and generate concerns and curiosity to carry on further research in this area. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri is a founder professor of the department of Anthropology, Rajiv Ghandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh where he also worked as one of the founder members of the Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS) for a long time. He was the former Director of IGRMS (GOI) Bhopal and worked in Anthropological Survey of India, Shillong. Since last three decades he is engaged with various issues concerning the tribes of North East India as well as ethnographic museums of India. Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi, is currently workingas Professor and Head, in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (A Central University), Madhya Pradesh. He did his academic degrees from Central University of Hyderabad. Earlier he worked in Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh (A Central University). He was the founding member, first regular Head and Professor of Sociology, in Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh. Besides supervising research scholars, he has since long been engaged in the empirical socio anthropological studies on various tribes of India. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has to his credit one text book and five reference books. His interests and publications are in the field of Tribal Studies, Sociological theory, Sustainable Development, Social Exclusion, Rural Livelihood and Watershed Management.