Abhay XaxaAbhay Flavian Xaxa was a fiery Adivasi intellectual and activist who graduated in sociology and law, and acquired a doctoral degree in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Xaxa took up research and activism, worked across social moveents, research institutions and non-profit organizations on development-induced displacement, distress migration, bonded labour and fair wages for forest workers. In 2007, he became the first Adivasi student from Chhattisgarh to win the Ford Foundation's international fellowship for postgraduate study at the University of Sussex.
After returning from Sussex, Xaxa initially worked as a research fellow at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies. From 2012 onwards, till his untimely death in 2019, he worked as programme coordinator with the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. Read More Read Less