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Dr. B D Sharma is an authority on tribal affairs in the

 

country. His concern for the tribal people began in Bastar,

 

the largest tribal tract of the country where he was posted

 

as Collector and District Magistrate. While serving in the

 

Central Government and also State Government, he was

 

responsible for formulation of tribal policies particularly

 

what is known as sub-plan strategy. He was also

 

instrumental in bringing back the Fifth Schedule, as the

 

vital instrument of policy for the very survival of the tribal

 

people, on the national agenda.

 

Dr. Sharma joined the IAS in 1956. He resigned from

 

the same in 1981 when differences arose on vital issues of

 

policy. Nevertheless he became Vice Chancellor of North

 

Eastern Hill University (1981-1986), covering some of the

 

most enchanting tribal regions comprising Nagaland,

 

Mizoram and Meghalaya. He occupied the highest

 

Constitutional position concerning tribal people, as the last

 

Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

 

during 1986-91. There after the National Commission was

 

constituted. His reports to the President are a landmark,

 

the 28th being described as ‘next in historical significance

 

only to the Constitution of India’.

 

Ever since 1991, Dr. Sharma is with the tribal people

 

and participating as an activist in their struggles. The law

 

concerning tribal self-governance, which acknowledges the

 

competence of the village community to manage all its

 

affairs according to its customs and tradition, is the mostsignificant

 

achievement of the movement. The idea is of

 

universal significance. It is spreading to the general areas

 

in the country as well. It is bound to become a global

 

phenomenon, particularly in the developing countries.

 

Dr. Sharma has written extensively on the issue of

 

change. His writings in Hindi and their translations have

 

become proud possessions of every tribal household. He

 

is basically a student of Mathematics with doctorate in the

 

same subject.

 

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