Community Forest Management in Tribal States of India: With Special References to Madhya Pradesh

Dr. (Mrs.) Samira Dasgupta holds a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Calcutta. Her valuable empirical research in the field of anthropology is ethnography, cultural ecology, problems of working women and social change. Dr. Dasgupta has published two books – Birjia: Society and Culture, and In Search of Alternatives: Tribal Women in Desert Scenario. About two dozens of her research papers are published in various leading scientific journals. She is a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association and Oriental Centre for Bio-cultural and Environmental Studies. She joined the Anthropological Survey of India in 1977 and at present is working at the sub-regional centre in Jagdalpur, Bastar (Madhya Pradesh).