Child labour means that children are forced to work like adults and take part in an economic activity. According to the ILO International Labour Organization the term is applied to people up to age thirteen, or seventeen in case of dangerous work. Only about a fourth of the ILO members have ratified the respective convention, but the age limits are generally accepted.

Bijoy Bordoloi (born on 20th March, 1972 at Golaghat, Assam ) graduated from Kaziranga University, Jorhat, Assam, with First Class Honours with Distinction in Sociology. He did his M.A. in Sociology, from Gauhati University, Guwahati securing First Class Second position. He holds Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam. He is a good teacher and a researcher. He has taught in different colleges under different universities for a decades. He has written about four books on Sociology and Political Science. He has contributed more than ten papers to leading journals as well as to different books and newspapers.