Ecology, Tribals and Rural Development: The Case from West Bengal

Pradip K. Bhowmick (Born: 1955) who did his M.A. in Rural Development from I.I.T. Kharagpur in the year 1988. In the year 1998 he was awarded D. Litt. From Ranchi University. At present he is Assistant professor in the Rural Development Centre I.I.T. Kharagpur. Dr. Bhowmick published articles on Tribal and Rural Development issues in reputed journals and also author of the books namely Dynamics of Tribal Development (1993). Rural and Tribal Development Practices in India (1994), Level of tribal literacy in the state of West Bengal (2000), Ecology, Tribals and Rural Development: The case from West Bengal (2001). He is also co-author of the book namely Tribal Movement (1994), Land and Forest Twin Tribal Problems (1998). Author of several research papers Dr. Bhowmick has been interested in teaching, training and conducting researches among the rural and tribal communities.