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Pradip Kumar Singh: M. Sc. And Ph. D. in Anthropology from Ranchi University, Dr, Singh is at present Reader in Antrhopology, Ranchi University. After two decades of Late Professor L. P. Vidyarthi’s study of The Maler: A Study in Nature-Man-Spirit Complex (1963) Dr. Singh restudied the tribe in 1983 for his Doctoral Work, and that too at the behest of Dr. Vidyarthi himself. In his restudy of the Maler he gave altogether a new dimension to the concept by presenting a mathematical computation. His proposition that the Nature-Man-Spirit Complex is a constant is a landmark and a pioneering piece of work in the field of fundamental researches in Social Cultural Anthropology in India. Author of several research papers, Dr. Singh has been chiefly interested in teaching and doing researches on the Theories and History of Anthropological Thought. His latest article Recent Trends in Anthropological Thought (2002) has been well received.

Vijoy S Sahay: After having done B.A.(Honors) and M.A. in Anthropology, Dr. Sahay received his doctoral degree for his fascinating research work on the Nicobar Archipelago from Ranchi University. He remained associated with the Department of Anthropology, Ranchi University, under different capacities for over a decade and half; then joined the University of Allahabad in 1993. A widely traveled anthropologist, Dr. Sahay has authored several books and ocntirbuted many articles in research journals in India and abroad. He also presented paters in XIV the ICAES at Williamsburg, U.S.A. (1998); Beijing Inter congress in Peoples Republic of China (2000); and the “ Children in Their Places” conference at Brunel University, West London (2001). He is also the Founder Editor of the Oriental Anthropologist-a biannual research journal of the science of man. Besides Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dr. Sahay has carried out extensive fieldworks in the Himalayas (Uttranchal), Bastar (Chattisgarh), Chotanagpur (Jharkhand), and Sunderban (West Bengal). His forthcoming publications are: The Saga of the Bay Islands: A Journey from Kalapani to Mini India (edited); Expeeriencing Antrhopology in the Nicobar Archipelago; An Anthropologist Looks at History; Munda and Their Killies; and, from Island to Highland: A Comparative Study in Cultural Ecology.