One of the proclaimed aims of Distance Education in India and other developing countries is to reach the hitherto unreached sections of the population who are effectively kept out of the educational as well as the social mainstream. Tribal people in India
are one such neglected section. Prasanna Kumar explores the possibilities of opening them relevant educational programmes through open universities. Since the open universities are already offering some programmes In Rural Development, Women's
Studies and Health Care, we felts that the suggestions and proposals made in this paper towards tribal upliftrnent should also find a place in the agenda of the open universities .