Anil Kumar Jana, an M.A, LL.B., M.Phil. and Ph.D., currently heads the Department of Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. He is also the editor of Samaj Jijnasa, a journal of social sciences in Bengali, and Founder Secretary and Director of the Vidyasagar Centre for Social Sciences, Midnapore.
Dr. Jana has authored a book titled Quit India Movement in Bengal. He has also edited Indian Politics at the Crossroads. He has published many research papers in national and international journals of repute.