Biography
Biswaranjan Tripura is a faculty member in Indigenous and Tribal Studies at the Centre for Social Justice and Governance, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India. He holds BA in Economics from Loyola College,Chennai, University of Madras, an MA in Social Work with a specialization in Tribal Studies from TISS, Mumbai and a PhD in International Development Studies (passed with magna cum laude/with great distinction) from the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Dr. Tripura was awarded the Brot für die Welt Development Scholarship to pursue his doctoral research at Germany. At TISS, currently, he teaches Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and MA students focusing on tribal studies and supervises PhD research projects. His research interests encompass social policy and social inequalities, the anthropology of state and development, Indigenous studies, decolonial studies, governance, Indigenous education, political economy, Tiprasa Studies, and Northeast India studies. His scholarly work has been published in several notable journals, including the Journal of Asian and African Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Social Work, Social Action, Frontiers in Political Science, Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Policy and Practice, Social Work with Groups, Journal of Tribal Intellectual Collective India, and Indian Journal of Dalit and Tribal Social Work. He is the author of "Educational Experiences of Indigenous Peoples" (2014, Mittal Publication, New Delhi) and his latest single authored book is "Everyday State and Development in Northeast India" (2025, Routledge, London/New York). He is also the editor of the volume title 'Social Work Research: Methodologies in Fields of Practice' (2025, Springer Nature, Singapore). Dr. Tripura is also an editorical board memeber of "Journal of Tribal Intellectual Collective India", an active member of several academic and advocacy organizations, including Tribal Intellectual Collective India, LAYA Resource Center for Adivasis, United Tiprasa Forum, and the British Association for South Asian Studies. ORCiD id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-7213