Native of London town, did first degrees in Oxford university - Classics (ancient Greek & Latin history, philosophy, literature), changed to anthropology, did M.Phil in Sociology in Delhi School of Economics under Andre Beteille, JPS Uberoi, Veena Das, AM Shah, the doctorate in social anthropology from Oxford, while affiliated to D School.
My first book was Sacrificing People: Invasions of a Tribal Landscape (Oxford University Press 1995/OrientBlackSwan 2010), followed by Out of This Earth: East India Adivasis and the Aluminium Cartel (with Samarendra Das, Orient 2010), and Ecology, Economy: Quest for a Socially Informed Connection (with Ajay Dandekar and Jeemol Unni, Orient 2013), which formed when I was senior visiting fellow at IRMA 2010-11. During 2012-Jan 2014 I was Professor in School of Rural Managament, Indian Institute of Health Managament Research, Jaipur (IIHMR). During March this year I was Visiting Professor at Dept of Economics, Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan.
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