Understanding Socio-Economic Magrinalization and Tribal Issues by Dr. Mohinder Kumar Slariya

The book is a collection of chapters contributed by the different scholars coming from different parts of the world and diverse fields of knowledge, like; Sociology, Anthropology (Social and Cultural), Economics, Political Science, Biology, Development Studies, Climate Change, Tribal Studies etc. Chapters covering many georgraphical regions and mainly focusing on socio-economic marginalization and issues related to the tribal development and transformation is the main focus of the book.

The book is expected to be beneficial for the international and national readers of different categories, from graduation students to research scholars. The practices of social exclusion and issues related to economic marginalization and tribe and tribal development has been considered for the book with a hope that all these will prove beneficial to sharpen the understanding and will prove beneficial to voice the concerns of deprived people from different parts of the world.

Dr. Mohinder Kumar Slariya (b.1970) is working as Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh and presently posted at Govt. College, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He is serving the department since 1997. He has been fellow of Finnish Science Academy (2011-2015). His major research interests are human dimensions of development, environment, climate change, food security, tribal studies and moreover to make sociology most acceptable and objective science of society. He is contributing syllabus books for the students of sociology of Himachal Pradesh, Dibrugarh, Gauhati, Itanagar and Nagaland universities.

Dr. Slariya acted as guide and co-guide of doctoral students in India and abroad. He has also worked as international team in University of Turku, University of Belgium and Asia Climate Education Centre, Jeju, South Korea and also facilitate World Bank on RR issues.

He has participated in 10 international conferences abroad 25 national and international conferences/seminars in India and contributed in different capacities from presenter, session chair, session organiser and panelist in different countries and published more than 20 research papers, 40 books (32 National and 8 internationals) organized 5 conferences, and competed 3 UGC sponsored research projects and 3 international projects abroad.

Dr. Slariya, is founding General Secretary of Sociological Society, Himachal Pradesh, has been General Secretary of North-west Indian Sociological Association-2018-2020 (NIWSA), life member of International Sociological Association, Indian Sociological Society, North Western Indian Sociological Association, Social Science and Humanities Association, Sociological Society, Himachal Pradesh.