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	Name		Dr. Sovanjan Sarkar
	Designation		Assistant Professor
	Department Name		ANTHROPOLOGY
	Office Phone No		+91 3222 298-396 / Centrex Extn. 396
	Email ID		sovanjan@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
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	Mobile No		9433586924
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	Address		Nataraj Apartment. 497 Lake Gardens. Lake Gardens. Kolkata - 700 045

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Ph. D.	University of Calcutta	2006
M. Sc.	University of Calcutta	1999
B.Sc. (Hons.)	University of Calcutta	1997

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Risk of cardiovascular disease in relation to contrasting lifestyles among the Bhutias of Sikkim

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University since 2 April, 2012

Worked as a "Consultant" of a project on "Nutritional Status of the Tribal Pre-school Children of West Bengal", carried by The Cultural Research Institute, Govt. of West Bengal, funded by The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.

Taught in the Post Graduate Course in Dietetics and Community Nutrition Management (DCNM) under Directorate of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University.

Attached with the PG Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University as Guest Faculty. Previously attached with PG Department of Anthropology, Calcutta University and PG Department of Geography, Vivekananda College for Women, Kolkata as Guest Faculty.

Previously attached with many undergraduate colleges under Calcutta and Vidyasagar Universities in the Department of Anthropology and having experience of more than 6 years of teaching.

Specialization/Research Area

Field of Specialization

Research Area/ Areas of Interest

Cardiovascular epidemiology and lifestyles, public health

Gene-environment interaction and epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, cohort study pertaining to health and disease, women's reproductive health, Aging and Health

Course/ Subject Taught

ANT/102: Biological Anthropology

ANT/101: Fundamentals of Anthropology

ANT/106: Practical of hominid fossils

ANT/202: Basic statistics and computer use

ANT/205: Practical of Somatometry, somatoscopy, osteology

ANT/303: Biocultural aspects of health and disease

ANT/401: Human population genetics

ANT/403(BA): Biological anthropology

ANT/405(BA): Dissertation

ANT/204: Fundamentals of Anthropology (CBCS)

ANT/304: Biocultural Anthropology (CBCS)

ANT/114: Computer Application and Statistical Methods

ANT/115 (BA): Advancement in Biological Anthropology

ANT/306: Application of Research Methods and Statistical Techniques

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published

International Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by	Role	Details
High prevalence of anaemia among women of one of the smallest primitive tribes in the world	Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 76(1). ISSN: 0373-5893; eISSN: 0974-6919. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-023-00490-5	May, 2023	Springer	Co-Author	Impact Factor: 0.71000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-023-00490-5
Television viewing and body fat distribution among Bengali school children of Kolkata, India	Human Biology and Public Health. Volume 3. ISSN 2748-9957. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph2022.3.50.	Mar, 2023	The Auxological Society	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Cardio-metabolic risk among the high altitude inhabitants: A brief review	In: Ethnicity and Syndrome X. Editors: Mithun Das and Kaushik Sankar Bose. 181-198	2020	Nova Science Publishers, New York.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A Cross Sectional Study of Nutritional Status among the Boys and Girls of most Primitive and Smallest Tribe in the North-Eastern India. Journal of Advanced Scientific Research 11(4): 300-306.	Journal of Advanced Scientific Research 11(4): 300-306.	2020	Scienceage		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Association of Central Adiposity with Metabolic Syndrome among the Bhutias of Sikkim, India.	In: Obesity and Syndrome X: A Global Public Health Burden. Editors: Mithun Das and Kaushik Sankar Bose,73-87.	2019	Nova Science Publishers, New York.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Knowledge and Belief about HIV/AIDS among the Schoolgirls of Classes XI-XII in Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal, India.	Journal of Life Sciences 10(1): 58-65.	2018	Kamlaraj Enterprise and Taylor & Francis		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Biocultural correlates of hypertension in two communities of dissimilar genetic ancestry in Sikkim, India	Annals of Human Biology 37(1):23-43	2010	Informa Healthcare		Impact Factor: 1.86800 Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Perceived psychosocial stress and cardiovascular risk: Observations among the Bhutias of Sikkim, India	Stress and Health 24:23-34	2008	Wiley		Impact Factor: 3.45400 Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in two tribal populations of the sub-Himalayan region of India: Ethnic and rural-urban differences	American Journal of Human Biology 17(6):814-817	2005	Wiley		Impact Factor: 2.94700 Indexing: Article's Web Link:

National Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by	Role	Details
Menstrual hygiene: Knowledge and practices among the Muslim rural adolescent girls of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India	Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. 57(2): 177-191	Jul, 2022	The Indian Anthropological Society	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
Prevalence and predictors of multimorbidity among the elderly of Paschim Medinipur, India: A rural-urban comparison	Indian Journal of Gerontology	Mar, 2022	Indian Gerontological Association	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE, Others Article's Web Link:
Awareness and behaviour change pertaining to hypertension among the elderly people of Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India.	Human Biology Review. 10 (3): 234-246	2021	Punjabi University, Patiala		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Mini nutritional assessment and instrumental activities of daily living: Association of social support among the oldest old people of Midnapore town of Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India	South Asian Anthropologist 20(1) 9-16	2020	Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Prevalence of Selected Morphogenetic Traits among the Kora-Mudis of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.	North Bengal Anthropologist. 8: 11-19.	2020	North Bengal University		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Lifestyle Correlates of Metabolic Syndrome among a Tribal Population Inhabiting Sikkim, India.	In: Anthropology in North East India. Editor: Sarthak Sengupta. 261-274.	2018	Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Blood glucose level and its adiposity related correlates among two population groups of Sikkim, India.	Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. 53(2) 132-144.	2018	Indian Anthropological Society		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Physical activity, diet and lipid profile: A study among the Bhutias of Gangtok, Sikkim	Nutrition and Health among Tribal Populations of India: A bio-cultural approach. Editors: Nitish Mondal and Jaydip Sen	2016	B. R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Cardiovascular risk profile and possibilities for cardiovascular health education in Sikkim, India	Explorations in Anthropology of Northeast India. Editor: Sarthak Sengupta	2014	Gyan Publication		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Complex intervention: the most recent method in public health research.	Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. Vol 47, No.: 3, 313-321	2012	The Indian Anthropological Society		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
BMI, a better predictor of hypertension among a tribe of Sikkim, India: Evidence of gene-lifestyle interaction	Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics. Vol.: 31, 11-23	2012	Serials Publications		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Genetic and environmental factors affecting blood pressures among the Bhutias of Sikkim, India	Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics. Vol 31; 315-325	2012	Serial Publications		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Age trends in blood pressure and obesity among the urban Bhutias of Sikkim	Tribes and Tribals (Special Volume 2). 59-66	2008	Kamla-Raj Enterprises		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in a selected population with special reference to influence of family history and anthropometric measurements- the Kolkata Policeman Study	Journal of Association of Physicians of India 56: 841-844	2008	Association of Physicians of India		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Lifestyle and lipid levels among the Bhutias of Sikkim, India: a micro-level study. (Abstract)	Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry 23(suppl.) 14-15	2008	Association of Clinical Biochemists of India		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
High prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its correlates in two tribal populations of India and the impact of urbanization	Indian Journal of Medical Research 123:679-686	2006	ICMR		Impact Factor: 5.27400 Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Other Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by	Role	Details
Seasonal variation in blood pressures and hypertension among the Bhutias of Sikkim, India	Studies on Biomedical Anthropology: Profiles of Health Culture (Chapter 19). Editors, R. K. Mutatkar, Ajit K. Danda and Vikash Bhatt. 169 - 179	2010	Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA), Jhargram, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, Aryan Books International		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Urban living and obesity. In: On Medical Anthropology: India	Editors, Ajit K. Danda and Indu Talwar. 191 - 204	2010	Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA), Jhargram, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Book Chapter Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Architects of Anthropology in India (Vol. II)	Gyan Publishing House	01-04-2022 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence

Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Co Supervisor	Status	Complete in Year
Kaustav Dhar	Blood pressure profile and hypertension in relation to menopausal symptoms: Comparison between some selected ethnic groups of Paschim Medinipur, India.	No	Ongoing	2025 (Expected)
Shreya Mukherjee	Maternal Reproductive Health and Child Health: A Comparative Study	NA	Ongoing	2023
Kazi Nafisa Sultana	Association of psychosocial and lifestyle variables with cardiovascular risk factors: A study among the elderly Santals of selected areas of Junglemahal region, West Bengal, India	No	Ongoing	0
Ananya Kanjilal	Sociocultural and Lifestyle Correlates of Aging among the Elderly: A Rural-Urban Comparison	No	Ongoing	0

Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Co Supervisor	Status	Complete in Year
Mahua Samanta	A biosocial study of menstruation: Knowledge, attitude and practice among rural school girls of Pascim Medinipur, West Bengal, India	NA	Awarded	2022
Samarpita Koley	Lifestyle correlates of multimorbidity in relation to obesity, hypertension and some selected chronic ailments: A rural-urban comparison	NA	Awarded	2022
Indraja Bankura	Psycho social health of the oldest old population in Midnapore town of West Bengal, India	NA	Awarded	2021

Project Work

Completed Project Works
Project title	Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration in years	Period Year to Year		Status
Biocultural study of the ST, SC and minority groups in the Junglemahal region of West Bengal	Principal Investigator	UGC SAP DRS Phase I	100000	2 year	2018	2020	Completed
PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) AND PULMONARY FUNCTION AND ITS LIFESTYLE CORRELATES AMONG VARIOUS OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS OF MIDNAPORE TOWN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA	Principal Investigator	UGC, India	600000	2 year	2013	2015	Completed

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized by	Venue	Year
Socioeconomic status vis-à-vis health and health care system: An overview from ethnic groups living in West Bengal and Sikkim	Punyatma Dipak Narayan Dhar–Bhabanisankar Singha Tarpanaashram, West Bengal	The Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology, Bidisha, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur	2019
Ethical issues in bio-anthropological fieldwork	Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal	Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University	2019
Health status and care: A comparison between some tribal populations of West Bengal and Sikkim.	Cultural Research Institute. Backward Classes Welfare and Tribal Development Department. Government of West Bengal.	Cultural Research Institute. Kolkata.	2019
Equity versus disparity in health: Where does Sikkim stand?	Department of Anthropology, Srichaitanya College, Habra and Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal	Srichaitanya College, Habra, West Bengal	2018
Dietary practices and cardiovascular risk factors: Overview and preventive measures	Department of Nutrition, Haldia Institute of Health Sciences	Department of Nutrition, Haldia Institute of Health Sciences	2018
Health and the Healthcare System: Glimpses from the northeastern State Sikkim	Mahisadal Girls’ College, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal	Mahisadal Girls’ College, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal	2012
Lifestyle Correlates of Metabolic Syndrome among the Bhutias of Sikkim, India	Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)	Lucknow University, Lucknow	2012
My Research and Learning in Sikkim	Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University	Vidyasagar University, Midnapore	2012
Global Warming: Anthropogenic Issues	Santoshpur Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose Science Circle, Kolkata	Santoshpur	2007
Anthropology of Health: An Overview	Department of Anthropology and IQAC, Haldia Government College.	Online	0
Multivariate Analysis Part 1: Correlation	Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University	Online	0
Multivariate Analysis Part 2: Linear Regression	Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University	Online	0
Multivariate Analysis Part 3: Logistic Regression	Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University	Online	0
"Inferential Statistics"	Indian Anthropological Society	Online	0
Sustainable Tribal Development, NGOs and Nation Building	Sidho- Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, under the aegis of “The Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)”	Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University	0

Membership of Learned Society

Indian Society of Urban Health (ISUH)

Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)

Sasanka Sekhar Sarkar Society for Human Sciences (SSSSHS)

The Indian Anthropological Society

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
Life Member, The Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata	2014 to present
Life Member, Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)	2007 to present
Joint Secretary and Life Member, Sasanka Sekhar Sarkar Society for Human Sciences, Kolkata	2003 to 2012
Treasurer, The Indian Anthropological Society	2022 to 2023

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Year	Role	Held at and Organiser
Indian Anthropology Congress - 2023	0	Participated and Panel discussant	Department of Anthropology, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
Golden Jubilee Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society & National Webinar on 100 Years of Indian Anthropology: History, Progress and Challenges	0	Participated	The Indian Anthropological Society
National Seminar on “Contemporary Anthropology and Northeast India”	2018	Participated	Cotton University. Organized by Department of Anthropology, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam and Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata
Indian Anthropology Congress-2018	2018	Presented	Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University. Guwahati. Assam
Indian Anthropology Congress - 2017	2017	Organizer and Presented paper	Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University.
National Conference on “Human diversity: Biological anthropological approaches”	2015	Paper presented	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
45th Annual Congress	2015	Paper presented	Indian Anthropological Society
Indian Anthropological Congress 2015	2015	Presented	Department of Anthropology, Utkal University; SCSTRTI, Bhubaneswar and INCAA
44th Annual Conference and National Seminar	2014	Presented paper	Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukl University, Raipur, India, organized by The Indian Anthropological Society
43rd Annual Conference and National Seminar	2013	Presented paper	Held at Indian Museum and Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, organized by The Indian Anthropological Society
5th International Congress on Pre-diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome	2013	Presented paper	Held at Vienna, Austria, organized by Kenes International
Human Genetics and Genomics – An Introduction	2010	Attented	organized by National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, held at Kalyani, West Bengal
National Seminar on Human Health: A Biocultural Synthesis	2010	Paper presentation	West Bengal State University, West Bengal
Golden Jubilee National Seminar	2010	Paper presentation	The Indian Anthropological Society” and “Department of Anthropology, Ranchi University”, Ranchi
Obesity and our Environment	2009	Paper Presentation	Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity (MASO), held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8th International Conference on Urban Health: Meeting Urban Health Needs through Innovative Research, Policies and Interventions	2009	Paper presentation and Session chair	International Society of Urban Health held at Nairobi, Kenya
Third Indian Anthropological Inter-Congress of INCAA Department of Anthropology, University of Punjab, Chandigarh	2008	Paper presentation	Department of Anthropology, University of Punjab, Chandigarh
Second Indian Anthropological Congress of INCAA	2007	Paper presentation	INCAA, Pune
Second Indian Anthropological Congress of INCAA	2007	Paper presentation	Department of Anthropology, University of Pune, Pune
38th Annual Conference of The Indian Anthropological Society	2006	Paper presentation	Department of Anthropology and Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal
Man and Environment	2005	Paper presentation	Department of Anthropology, Kolkata
91st Indian Science Congress	2005	Paper presentation	Indian Science Congress Association held at Chandigarh
National Seminar on Molecules to Man	2005	Paper presentation	held at Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal
National Seminar of Human Diversity in India: Issues and Perspectives	2005	Paper presentation	Department of Anthropology, Calcutta University
First Workshop of Genetic Epidemiological Methods for Dissection of Complex Human Traits	2003	Attended	Hyatt Regency, Kolkata. Organized by TCG-ISI Center for Population Genomics (CpG) and University of Pittsburgh, USA
Workshop on Statistical Genetics	2003	Attended	organized by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, held at Hyderabad, India

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop	Year	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
Tribal World: Emerging Concerns	0	Organizing Secretary	Vidyasagar University
National Webinar on "Hundred years of Bio-cultural studies in Anthropology in Bengal"	0	Member, Organising Committee	NA
Our Deep Past: What and Why?	0	Treasurer, Organising Committee	Vidyasagar University
Problems and Prospects of Indian Tribal Population	0	Treasurer, Organising Committee	Vidyasagar University
Food and Health: Biocultural Dimensions	2018	Organizing Secretary	UGC
Indian Anthropology Congress-2017	2017	Teacher-in-Charge	UGC, IGRMS, ICSSR, ICMR, AnSI
Perspectives in Bio-cultural Anthropology: Issues and Challenges	2017	Organizing Secretary	UGC
Anthropology of Music	2016	Joint Secretary	UGC

Awards

Award Name	Awarded By	Year
International Travel Grant	DST, India	2013
International Travel Grant	DBT, India	2011
NET Lectureship	UGC	2010
Full Scholarship for Conference	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	2009
Senior Research Fellowship	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	2002
Junior Research Fellow	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	2000
National Scholarship	Government of India	1997

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