B B Mohanty is currently a Professor at Department of Sociology. After obtaining Ph. D from Sambalpur University, Odisha, he worked for a brief period in undergraduate colleges of Odisha. Subsequently he moved to Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune where he served as a lecturer and then Reader. He joined Pondicherry University as a Professor in 2006. His recent books include Agrarian Change and Mobilisation (Sage), Critical Perspectives in Agrarian Transition: India in the Global Debate (Routledge), and Agrarian Transformation in Western India: Economic Gains and Social Costs (Routledge). Currently he is the Managing Editor of Sociological Bulletin.