This presentation will introduce for a Canadian audience the large numbers and enormous diversity of the Tribal Peoples of India.Dr. Walter Fernandes will outline the many socio-economic and environmental challenges that - as with Indigenous populations globally - these peoples face.    Dr. Fernandes is a distinguished researcher on the cultures of the approximately 100 million Tribal (i.e. indigenous) people of India, especially on their socio-economic and environmental challenges, and development-related displacement. Dr. Fernandes founded the North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) in Assam, India, in 2000 and served as its Director until 2011. Formerly, he was Director if the Indian Social Institute, Delhi, and Editor of its quarterly, Social Action. Now as a Senior Fellow at NESRC, he continues to pursue diverse research topics. He has completed extensive studies on tribal rights, livelihood issues, land rights, climate justice, and peace initiatives.some of his recent books include  Journals of Disputes ;  Relations Across Borders ; and  Uprooted for Whose Benefit .
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