India is a country inhabited by cultural groups and is one among the few nations of the world noted for their tribal concentration. There are about 427 tribes in the country. Owing to the very nature of their life close to or in the forest and further their all round exploitation by the dominant communities, they still remain isolated from the mainstream of the country’s economic and social life. With a view to developing these tribes, especially with the aim of poverty eradication, several developmental initiatives have been launched since 1950s. The book probes the social, economic political and cultural profile of the Moiety clan belonging to Chenchus (a seminomadic adivasi tribe living in the eastern ghats). It analyzes the impact of the developmental initiatives on tribal life covering economic and social development and social transformation. It is hoped that this book will be of much use to researchers, academicians, planners, policymakers, and implementers of developmental initiatives.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR C. Sudhakar
Prof. C. Sudhakar obtained his M.Sc. (1981) and Ph.D. (1991) from Sri Krishnadevaraya University. He joined the Department of Botany in 1987 as Assistant Professor and is currently Professor in the Department of Biotechnology. He was a UGC visiting fellow (ICRISAT, 1992), DBT, National Associate (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 1993-94, Stress protein characterization) and Commonwealth Academic Staff Post Doctoral Fellow (University of Sussex, UK, 1998-99, ATLS of rice salt tolerance), INSA-Royal Society Fellow (University of Sussex, UK 2001-02, Rice root proteomics) and DBT Overseas Associateship awardee (University of California, Riverside, 2005, Barley and cowpea genomics). He has been awarded DST-DAAD PPP 2002-05 to work on Barley proteomics, under which he and three of his students visited Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plants Research, Gatersleben, Germany twice in a year. He is Principal Investigator of four major research projects funded by APNLBT, DST, CSIR and UGC totaling nearly a crore of rupees. Under his guidance five students obtained their Ph.D. degree. He has published more than 40 papers in National and International journals.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Subbarama Raju
Dr. P.S. Rama Raju, M.A. (Sociology), M.SW., M.Phil., Ph.D., is actively associated with Department of Social Work, S.K. University, Anantapur. He completed one research project entitled "Transformation of Chenchus (a semi-nomadic adivasi tribe living in the Eastern Ghats)". He has attended several National Seminars.
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