Editor's Profile

Dr Ranga Ranjan Das, M.Sc., M.Phil, LL.B., Ph.D is presently working as Director, Law Research Institute, Eastern Region, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati. He is the leading researcher of the country in general, North Eastern region in particular. He authored & edited 24 books so far viz. Folklore in North East India : Continuity and Changes (2017) Beyond Heritage of North East (2018) North East as Discourse : Issues, Concerns and Challenges (2018) Changing Societies of North East : Socio-Legal Perspectives (2019) Uttar-pubar Xamaj, Sanskriti aru Oitijya (2019), Customary Law as Discourse : The North Eastern Perspectives (2019), Society, Culture and Heritage : North Eastern Perspective (2020) Discourse of a less known group of Assam : The Halams : Ethnography, Heritage and Customary Law (2020), Re-Interpreting North East (Society, Crime, Law and Others) (2020), Women, Crime and Law (2021), Traditional Social Control Mechanism of North East (Customary Laws, Modern Law, Self-governing Institutions) (2021), Protecting Indigenous Heritage of North East – Intellectual Property Rights and Beyond (2020), Axomar Nanarangi Samaj aru Oitijya (2021) Horizons of North East (Individual, Society, Crime, Law and Pandemic) (2022), Human Trafficking – Global Dimensions, National Perspective and Regional Context (2023), Law as Discourse: Issues and Challenges (2023) and Law and Crime: The Indian Perspective (2023). He further directed and authored 6(six) valuable books: The Tiwas of Assam: Ethnography, Culture and Customary Law, Discourse on a Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh - The Nyishis: Ethnography, Culture and Customary Law, The Rabhas of North East India: Ethnography, Culture and Customary Law, The Zeme Nagas of Assam Ethnography, Culture and Customary Law, The Halams of Tripura Ethnography, Culture and Customary Law, The Boros of Assam Ethnography, Culture and Customary Law. He is also a noted Poet, Short Story Writer & Novelist in Assamese Literature.