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Pradip K. Bhowmick (born 1955) did his M.A. in Rural Development in the year 1980. In the year 1988 he was awarded Ph.D. from I.I.T., Kharagpur. He was also awarded D. Litt. in the year 1998 from Ranchi University. At present he is Associate Professor in the Rural Development Centre, I.I.T., Kharagpur. Dr. Bhowmick has published articles related Tribal and Rural Development Programmes in reputed journals and also authored a few books. He is also co-author of the book namely, Tribal Unrest and Tribal Movement (1994), Land and Forest: Twin Tribal Problems (1998). The author of several reseaerch paper Dr. Bhowmick has been interested in teaching, training and conducting researches among the rural and tribal communities.

Prof. Prabhodh Kumar Bhowmick, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc (b 1926) was the Professor of Anthropology, Calcutta University and is the founder of Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology, Samaj Sevak Sangha and many other organizations.  He is also the founder of Bidisa.  In 1942 he took part in Quite India Movement and was jailed by the Britishu Government.  In 1971 he was elected as President, Anthropology and Archaeology, Section, Indian Science Congress.  From 1984 to 1990 he acted as the Dean of Science, Calcutta University.  He is attached to a large number of organizations and academic bodies.  He has written a large number of books, and articles.  He did a great service for the welfare of the tribal people of West Bengal, particularly the Lodha or West Bengal.  At Bidisa he has established a residential school for the tribal students, particularly for the Lodha students.  He is an eminent Anthropologist and has done a great job for the development and also spread of anthropology in different parts of India.  He is the architect in starting anthropology in different colleges and universities.