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29/09/22 21:34 PM IST

Odisha publishes India’s first encyclopedia on tribal communities

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  • Odisha recently became the first state in the country to start an encyclopedia on tribal communities to document their age-old and unique traditions.
Encylopedia on tribal communities 
  • With the release of the five volumes of “Encyclopedia of Tribes in Odisha”, Odisha became the first state in India to start an encyclopaedia on tribal communities and document their historic and unique traditions.
  • The encyclopaedia was published by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI) and Odisha State Tribal Museum.
  • It has 418 research articles focusing on tribal communities, including 13 particularly vulnerable groups.
  • This 3,800-page scholarly book came as a result of research contributions from numerous scholars and eminent anthropologists.
  • The purpose of this book is to preserve the rapidly changing cultural identity of tribal communities in the state.
  • It brings together both published and unpublished data regarding the tribes’ ethnography and development over the years, covering their past as well as the present.
About SCSTRTI
  • SCSTRTI is the oldest tribal research institute in India. It was established as the Tribal Research Bureau (TRB) in 1952 and was later renamed as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI) in 1994.
  • It has been consistently publishing its 61-year-old research journal titled “ADIVASI”.
  • The main purpose of SCSTRTI is to conduct empirical research on various aspects concerning the tribes and evaluate various developmental programmes targeting tribal communities.
Source- PIB 

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