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Dilip K. Medhi, one of the few dedicated researchers in the field of Anthropology and Archaeology of South Asia and Southeast Asia, has devoted his life towards the cause of exploring the history and culture of mankind in the little known territory of Assam Region that connects the South and Southeast Asian terrains; and is gaining international popularity as an anthropologist and archaeologist. Besides his commendable researches into the palaeoecology of Garo Hills, Meghalaya and the Megaliths of Karbi Anglong, Assam in the seventies and eighties of last Century respectively, he has contributed well in the study of the heritage culture of Majuli, the largest River Island in the World. In his recent most significant archaeological discovery made in December 2004, Professor Medhi has identified the extension of Anyathian Culture of Yerawady Valley of Myanmar in parts of Mizoram. Professor Medhi is currently engaged in teaching and research in the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University.