Krishna B. Bhattachan

is Nepal’s leading sociologist and a passionate Indigenous activist scholar. He is one of the founding faculty members and the former Head of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Tribhuvan University in Nepal. After retirement, he has been an advisor and expert at the Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP). Dr. Bhattachan can be reached at bhattachan.k@gmail.com