IIT Roorkee holds national conference on tribal development in India

The seminar was sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. It reflects on the issue and questions concerning tribal development in India.  

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, is organising a National Conference on Tribal Development in India: Prospect and Retrospect on February 3 and 4, 2023. The seminar was sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research.  

The conference is part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav of the Government of India. The seminar reflects on the issue and questions concerning tribal development in India. Tribes in India constitute about 8.6 per cent of the country’s total population. They contributed immensely to the country’s diversity as tribes number around 705 communities, with all of them having unique and distinct customs, languages, religions, and ways of life. 

The two-day seminar is to grapple with the pressing issues themed around constitutional rights and protection, governance and administration and the role of the state, education, health and livelihood, identity and tribes, tribal women and development, regional development and tribes, tribes and environment. 
The event was graced by the presence of Prof KK Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee, and addressed by Prof Virginius Xaxa, who is currently visiting professor at Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi.  

Prof KK Pant said, “Tribes in India constitute about 8.6 per cent of the country’s total population. Several special constitutional provisions are being framed for the tribes to protect their socio-cultural interests and political rights, particularly on issues concerning affirmative actions, issues of governance, political representation, and access to resources, among others.” 

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