Dr. Vibhudi Venkateshwarlu, Senior Research Fellow (SRF), funding by the ICSSR-New Delhi, working on the topic of "Legal Pluralism and Traditional Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: A Comparative Study of the Bedas, Boyas, and Kurumbas in South India" He holds a Ph.D. in Law from Osmania University and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship supported by ICSSR, New Delhi.
His academic and research interests encompass the rights of indigenous peoples, traditional knowledge systems, corporate governance, legal pluralism, migration law, refugee law, and socio-legal studies. He has contributed extensively to interdisciplinary legal research through publications, conference presentations, and research projects, with a particular focus on the intersection of law, governance, and the protection of marginalized communities. Among his notable scholarly contributions are Beda (Budga) Jangam: A Nomadic Tribe of Southern India—Its Religious Journey from Tribe to Caste and Aboriginal Tribes of Southern India: Their Religious Journey from Animism to Hinduism.