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Professor S.B. Roy received degrees of B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. )Anthropology) from Calcutta University and a Ph.D. from Bhagalpur University. He has completed Certificate Course on Social Forestry from East West Center, University of Hawali, USA. Professor Roy is the Founder Chairman of the Indian Institute of Bio-Social Research and Development (IBRAD). Besides, he has been a Professor at Vinod Gupta School of Management and a Visiting Professor at the Rural Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. As a visiting professor, he has imparted training at the University of Wales, University of Manchester, Helsinki University, Gadjah Mada University and was invited to a seminar at Delft University, Chinese Academy of Forestry. Professor Roy is the first social scientist to introduce socio-ecological approach and implement the concept of Bilateral Matching Institution (BMI) through training and action research. He has authored / edited a number of books and written several research papers for national and international journals.