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Munda
got
an
opportunity
for
getting
higher
education
in
linguistics
in
an
interdisciplinary
atmosphere,
from
an
ambitious
research
project
of
the
University
of
Chicago,
on
the
Indic
group
of
the
Austroasiatic
languages
under
the
guidance
of
Norman
Zide
.
Munda
received
his
PhD
from
the
University
of
Chicago[3]
and
was
subsequently
appointed
in
the
faculty
of
Department
of
South
Asian
Studies.
Later,
at
the
request
of
then
Vice-Chancellor,
Kumar
Suresh
Singh,
he
started
a
Department
of
Tribal
and
Regional
Languages.
The
department
was
the
rallying
point
for
all
social
politico
activists
engaged
in
finding
out
ways
to
change
the
internal
colonial
situation
the
people
of
Jharkhand
were
faced
with.
Many
students
passed
out
from
the
department
and
formed
a
body
"
All
Jharkhand
Students
Union"
(AJSU)
pushing
for
formation
of
an
intellectual
base
for
the
maintenance
of
the
Jharkhand
Movement
which
was
already
going
at
that
time.
This
indirectly
contributed
to
Munda's
appointment
as
Vice-Chancellor
of
Ranchi
University
in
1985.
As
a
result,
he
became
a
medium
of
political
dialogue
between
the
state
and
the
movement
of
the
people.
Therefore,
the
Committee
on
Jharkhand
Matters
was
formed
to
initiate
the
formation
of
the
new
state
of
Jharkhand.
[2]
Retirement
and
later
work
Munda
retired
in
1999[2]
but
he
continued
to
his
involvement
with
the
cultural
mobilisation
of
the
people.
He
was
also
the
policy
maker
at
the
UN
Working
Group
on
Indigenous
People
at
Geneva
and
the
UN
Forum
of
Indigenous
Issues
in
New
York,
as
a
senior
official
of
the
ICITP,
all
India
tribal
led
and
managed
movement.
[2]
Munda
has
written
several
books
and
was
a
consultant
and
participant
in
important
issues
of
the
adivasi
people
of
the
country.
[2]
He
represented
his
country
in
the
Festival
of
India
in
the
USSR
,
and
other
cultural
events
in
China,
Japan
and
South
East
Asia
.
[2]
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