Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India

Velayutham Saravanan is Professor and Director, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi. He was Director of School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies at IGNOU, New Delhi. He was also associated with the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad and Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. Author of 'Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India, 1792-1947' (2017), he has published more than 60 articles and presented 40 papers for both national and international audiences.

• Introduction.- Exploitation of forests, 1793–1882.- Conservation or commercialisation, 1882–1947.- Forests and tribals, 1950–2000.- Environment and subaltern struggle, 1990-2000.- Impact of forest rights act, 2006.- Conclusion.