The present compiled work of seven chapters is mainly based upon the research
papers presented in the UGC sponsored national seminar on "Problems and
Prospects of Ethnic Communities of India with Special Reference to North East
India" organised by the Department of Anthropology, Dibru College, Dibrugarh in
collaboration with District Research Office of Assam Institute of Research for
Tribals and Scheduled Castes, Guwahati, Assam on 18th and 19th January, 2012.
The book covers a wide spectrum of issues, relating to developmental activities
and leading to disasters and displacement of various tribes and communities of
North East India. The present volume containing these wide ranging research
findings will be