Accumulation and Dispossession: Communal Land in Northeast India

Dr. Asok Kumar Ray. 1951. Served as a teacher of Political Science in undergraduate classes under Manipur University for 18 years. Awarded Ph.D. Degree for working on tribal political system. Published the first book 'Authority and Legitimacy -A Study of the Thandou Kukis of Manipur. Published and presented as many as fifty five research papers on inter-disciplinary areas of social science. Worked in close association with Education Department and Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Manipur, and produced archival materials on Kuki Rebellion (from Calcutta & Dishpur Achieves) and a Bibliography on the Tribes of Manipur respectively. Prepared Bibliography on Structural Adjustment and New Economic Policy. (Mimeographed). The author is a Life Member of -NEICSSR, Shillong & Indian Sociological Society.

Bhupen Sarmah obtained his M.A. and M. Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Ph D from Gauwahati University. He is currently an Associate Professor at Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and development, Guwahati. He specialises on northeast India and has contributed several research articles on various developmental issues.