Suprio Basu University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Suprio Basu is Assistant Course Director, Rural Awareness and Self Employment, Department of Sociology, University of Kalyani, West Bengal. He has been Lokniti–CSDS’s coordinator of the state of West Bengal since 2006. His areas of specialization are rural sociology, women’s empowerment, Self Help Group (SHG), study of democracy and decentralization. As a part of his interest in rural sociology and rural social transformation, he is actively involved with various governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the field. Beside co-authoring a book, he has also published several articles in prominent journals, edited volumes and newspapers
