The present compiled work of sixteen chapters is 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 nutritional status,
health and hygiene, genetic markers, demographic characters, child care, dental
problems, ethno medicine and educational status among various tribes and
communities of North East India. The present