Richard Pais retired as Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, St Aloysius (Autonomous) College, Mangalore. He has post graduate degrees in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Poona and Ph.D. from the Mangalore University. He has written/edited 17 books and an equal number of research papers/articles. In 2007, he received the L. P. Vidyarthi Award conferred by Indian Social Science Association, Agra for his contribution to the development of Social Sciences in the country. He is the Managing Editor of Social Science Gazetteer, the Journal of Indian Social Science Association, Agra and Chief Editor of Samaja Shodhana, the Journal of Mangalore Sociology Association, Mangalore. At present, he is the Vice-President of Indian Social Science Association, Agra.
