The book Agony of Plantation Workers in North-East India deals with socio-economic agonies of the plantation workers of the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Darjeeling of the North East India. The workers are mainly immigrants from various parts of the country and Nepal. After joining the jobs of tea plantations, they have been barricaded within the plantation enclaves only having little exposure outside the plantation world. Their socio-economic agonies have been hardly known to the civilized world of human society. The present book shall enlighten their commitments to the industry, organized exploitations in the plantation universe, socio-culturals milieus and integration process. It also highlights their participation in nation building aptitude and perceptions to the change brought about by the liberalization of Indian economy including the plantation industry of the region. The book will be the source material for further empirical study on the plantation frontiers of the country.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K R Sharma
K.R. Sharma is currently Professor of Commerce, Mizoram University, Aizawl, and former Professor, Chairman, Faculty of Commerce and Dean College of Commerce and Management Studies, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur with over 43 years experience of teaching post-graduate courses in Management and Commerce. He was deputed by the Ministry of External Affairs, government of India, as Professor of Business Administration at the Institute of Management, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal for two years (1986-1987) under Colombo Plan. Also, he and was UGC Visiting Professor at M.D.S. University, Ajmer for one year (1999-2000). Apart from completing two major research projects of UGC (1988-1992) and ICSSR (1994-98) and a minor research project of UGC (1980-1982), Dr. Sharma has supervised 15 works leading to Ph.D. degree. Dr. Sharma was National President of Indian Accounting Association (1996-1997), President, Rajasthan Vanijya Parishad (1999-2000) and Chief Editor, Indian Journal of Accounting (1998-2001). He is Life Member of Indian Accounting Association, Udaipur, Accounting Research Foundation, Calcutta, All India Commerce Association, New Delhi, Indian Society for Training & Development, New Delhi, and Rajasthan Vanijya Parishad, Udaipr. Dr. Sharma is author of Operations Research and Quantitative Techniques (Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana), Project Management (National Publishing House, New Delhi) and Research Methodology (National Publishing House, New Delhi).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR T C Das
Shri T.C. Das (Born: 1950) did his M.A. In Economics from the University Guwahati (Assam). He is Deputy Director of Central Board for Workers Education in the department of Administration at Nagpur-the national headquarters of CBWE. He published "The North East Mirror" from Guwahati when he was the Zonal Director of North East Zone of CBWE. Presently Shri Das is associated with administrative affairs of CBWE.
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