The Gadaba Tribe of Orissa: A Study in Its Socio-Economic Transformation

Mr. Soubhagya Ranjan Pandhi is a faculty in the department of Sociology, Aeronautics College, Sunabeda (Orissa). He has, since long, been engaged in the empirical social-antropological studies of tribe in Orissa. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has published many research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has to his credit one text book entitled, "Social Research: Methodology and Techniques", published by Kalyani Publication, Ludhiana in 2005. Mr. Padhi is the joint editor of the book "Trends and Issue in Tribal studies", published by Abhijeet Publications, New-Delhi in 2008. his interests and publications are in the field of Tribal Studies, Sustainable Development, Livelihood and Watershed Management.