Nishaant Choksi is a doctoral student at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the department of Anthropology,USA.His focus is on Linguistic Anthropology, which is the study of language situated in culture and society. His current research is focused on Santali, and particularly the writing of Santali, although he is interested in other aspects of Santali language and culture as well.He has also visited Dumka (Santal Parganas) several times, and Mayurbhanj district in Orissa. He has been impressed with the amount of interest taken by Santals in their language and culture, and has collected numerous Santali books, magazines, and newspapers as well as has attended many cultural programmes, including the All India Santali Writers Association meeting and the Bhognadih padyatra(Two Time). He has also written some articles for Santali-language magazines. Previously he studied and worked on tribal languages of western India (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh) at the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre in Baroda, India. He has published one book, a linguistic sample and translation of various stories and songs in the Bhili languages of Gujarat (Tribal Literature of Gujarat, Mysore: Central Institute for Indian Languages). He looks forward to working with Santals and other adivasi communities to promote their language and culture, as well as other scholars who are interested in adivasi language and culture.