Gaya Pandey (b. 1954) is a senior faculty in Anthropology at Ranchi University, Ranchi (Jharkhand). Ever since his joining as faculty member in this institution (1985), he has been actively engaged in fieldwork, teaching and research. He has to his credit dozens of articles published in journals of national and international repute. He has co-authored nine books on different areas of Anthropology. Besides, he has published many course books in Anthropology in Hindi medium including Manavshastriya Anusandhan Vidhi Awam Taknik (Anthropological Research Method and Technique), Jatil Samaj Ka Manavshastra (Anthropology of Complex Society), Bhartiya Manavshastra (Indian Anthropology), Bhartiya Janajatiya Sanskriti (Indian Tribal Culture), and Manav Shastriya Sidhanta: Shastriya and Adhunik (Anthropological Theory: Classical and Modern). His books published under co-authorship include Sun Worship in India (1992), History of Anthropological Thought (1993), Manavshastriya Vicharak Ewam Vichardharayen (2000), Forest and Tribals (1997), Artisan Tribes of Bihar and Bengal (2001), Janajatiya Vikas (2001), Vikasatmak Manav Vigyan (2001), Tribal Development in India (2002), and Samajik Sanskritik Manav Shastra (2005)............