Gladson Dungdung (born 2 May 1980) is an Indian human rights activist researcher, writer, motivator and public speaker based in Ranchi, India.

[4][5] His passport was taken in January 2014, following "a sensitive report from state police" related to his travel to Germany and Thailand to speak at conferences organized by Adivasi Koordination and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact..

[5][6][7] In May 2016, he was also offloaded from a Delhi-London Air India flight, on his way to attend an international seminar highlighting the situation of Adivasis.

He is the author of more than two dozen books, which includes: He has edited two others: Nagri Ka Nagara and Jharkhand Human Rights Report, 2001-2011.

He served as an honorary member in the Assessment and Monitoring Authority under the Planning Commission of India (Govt.