The Genesis and Growth of Broadcasting in India: From Lionel Fielden to the Present Day

Dr. Pradipta Bandyopadhyay has a wide experience in mass media and sociological studies. A Ph.D. in Social Anthropology he specializes in the study of the North East India and has made significant contribution to books like the Tribes of North East India, Electoral Politics in North East India, Land Relations in North East India and Linguistic Situation in North East India. Independently he wrote Leadership Structure among the Mizos – an Emerging Dimension; and Natha Cult and Mahanad – A Study in Syncretism. Dr. Bandyopadhyay brings a multi-disciplinary approach and a humane touch to his sociological analyses. Grandson of the noted physician and litterateur of West Bengal, late Dr. Pravash Chandra Bandyopadhyay, Pradipta Bandyopadhyay has also penned several literary pieces and poems. Dr. Bandyopadhyay is associated with the North East India Council for Social Science Research as a life member.