President Pranab Mukherjee: A Journey from Mirati to Raisina Hills

K.L. Chanchreek is a great scholar and Indologist, academician and cultural activist, linquist and folklorist, poet and litteratueur, biographer and bibliographer. Born in delhi (1933) and educated at Agra, Delhi and Punjab Universities (1952-1957), he served in various capacities under the Government of India as Research Assistant, Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology and later Member, Experts Advisory Committee, Chief Librarian, M/o Commerce and Industry, General Manager, Modern Food Industries (A govt. of India Undertaking) Chief Editor, Collected Works of Dr. Ambedkar (Dr. Ambedkar Foundatioin, Govt. of India), and Academic Adviser, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Social Sciences, Bundelkhand University. He has edited several literary and social journals. He has also written an compited books and research publications on a wide range of subjects like Jainology, Buddism, literature, library and information science folklore, Dalit movement, international nad current affairs as well as on national leaders. He has nearly four dozen titles to his credit both in Hindi and English brought out by the leading publishers and Government departments.

Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi Ph.D. in Social Anthropology  2 Hails from a village“ Bahadurpur Jutt near Hardwar in U.P. (1936). Has many books in English and Hindi to his credit. Over a dozen books on Indian tribes and culture viz. Nomads of the Himalayas, Tribal women of India, Shepherds of India, Gaddi Tribe of Himachal, Roma-the Gypsies, etc. Over two dozen books for children, fourteen collections of poems including one epic. Edited Himalayas, a monthly journal for two years and Sainik Samachar, a weekly journal of Armed Forces for seven and a half year. Undertook examinership and guidance for Ph.D. scholars, etc., and various assignments like teaching in the Universities.