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S.G. Deogaonkar a retired Reader in Political Science, holding Master Degrees in Political Science and Public Administration and a Ph. D. degree in Social Science. He also holds an LL.M. degree in Constitutional Law. A scholar of repute, he has completed about ten post-doctoral research projects and has about fifteen books to his credit based on his research, mostly based on field-work. Dr. Deogaonkar specializes in Political Anthropology and Tribal Development. For the last fifteen years he was a Non-official Member in the Governing Council of the Tribal Research and Training Institute, Maharashtra State (Pune) and for ten years was Member of the Zonal Advisory Council for the Western Zone of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. Till recently, he was Member of the Expert Committee appointed by the Maharashtra State for re-verification of entries of Tribal communities in the State Governments Resolution of 1985. Some of his reputed books include, the Media of Bhamragad, The Korku Tribals, the Banjara, The Hill Korwa, Tribal Exploitations, Tribal Development Plans; etc.