Krishna Bhattchan is one of Nepal's leading sociologists and indigenous activist. He is a Professor of Sociology at the Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Tribhuvan University. He has done his graduate degree sociology from Banaras Hindu University. Thereafter he received his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the secretary of the Indigenous Nationalities Mega Front. He is the author of numerous publication on ethnic politics in Nepal, including Minorities and Indigenous Peoples of Nepal (NCARD 2008) He advocates the general issues of indigenous peoples of Nepal. In 2001, Tamang Healing in the Himalaya. The Tamang Healing Knowledge and the Development Interventions in and Around Langtang National park of Central Nepal, by Parshuram Tamang and Gyan Lal Shrestha. Kathmandu: Milijuli Nepal.