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Name Dr. Sumahan Bandyopadhyay Designation Professor Department Name ANTHROPOLOGY Office Phone No +91 3222 298-397 / Centrex Extn. 397 Email ID sumahan_anthro@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in sumahan.b@gmail.com Fax - Mobile No 9830524382 Personal Website Address Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, 721102, West Bengal.

Educational Qualification Degree Name Institute Year of passing/awarded Ph. D. Visva- Bharati 2007 M.Sc University of Calcutta 1998 Title of the Ph. D. Thesis Santal Festivals: A Study of Cultural Performance and its Dynamics

Career Profile / Teaching Experience Coordinator, M.Phil. Programme in Adivasi Studies, Centre for Adivasi Studies and Museum, V.U. Former Guest Faculty, PG Department of Bengali, Womens College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta Former Guest Faculty, Department of Museology, Rabindra Bharati University Former Guest Faculty, Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University Former Guest Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector (2004-2005), Government of West Bengal. Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah.(2003 –5. 5. 2015 ) Junior Research Officer (1999-2001), Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata.

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Social Cultural Anthropology Ethnography - theory and Practice Tribal Development Theoretical Anthropology Anthropology of Religion Anthropology of Performance Literary Anthropology Anthropology of E-governance and Information and Communication Technology with special reference to cyber and digital world Folklore

Course/ Subject Taught M.Sc. Anthropology - Fundamentals of Anthropology Indian Society and Culture Ecological Anthropology Anthropological Theories M.Phil Anthropology -Fundamentals of Anthropological Theory and Beyond Fieldwork and Ethnographic Styles Anthropology of Development Ph.D. Coursework

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication Title Published in Published on Published by Role Details Contemporary religious ethos in an urban milieu of West Bengal : Reflections from the study of the planetary deity soni 24(2): 99-109 ISSN 1408 -032X 2019 Anthropological Notebooks [ Scopus Indexed]   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Luguburu : Ritual, Pilgrimage and Quest for Identity among the Santals 19(1): 1-14 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X19835384 ISSN 0972 558X 2019 The Oriental Anthropologist (Sage Journal)   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Oriented Positively: Comtean positivism and early anthropology in India Culture and Society Volume 1:15-26 ISSN 2616-8022 2018 Department of Anthropology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Visual Anthropology and Preservation of the Community Cultural Heritage Global Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology (GJAA) Vol. 7(1): 555704 DOI: 10.19080/GJAA.2018.07. ISSN 2575-8608 2018 Juniper Publishers Inc. 427 W Duarte Rd, Suite E, Arcadia, California, CA 91007 United States   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Apathy, Ignorance or Natural Death? Present State of Museums in West Bengal, India and its Implication for Anthropological Study of Culture and Policy Anthropol Open J. 3(1): 18-31. doi: 10.17140/ANTPOJ-3-117 2018 Openventio Publishers, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Development Experience and Livelihood of a Traditional Hunting –Gathering Tribe of Eastern India The Eastern Anthropologist 71(3 & 4): 301-323[ Scopus Indexed] 2018 EFCS   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: A Case Study of Durgapuja Festival of the Bengali Hindus Anthropol Open J. 2017; 2(1): 15-22. doi: 10.17140/ANTPOJ-2-108 2017 Openventio Publishers, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Trends of Change in Livelihood in Two Bhumij Villages of Purulia, West Bengal. The Indian Journal of Anthropology Vol.5 No.1:87-104, 2017 2017 Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Study of Ethnonyms of Indian Tribes: An Investigation into Ecological and Economic Dimensions Oriental Anthropologist, Volume 17, Number 2 2017 Prints Publications Pvt. Ltd.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Nribijnaner Chokhe Dekha Bankim ( Bankim in anthropological perspective) Jahangirnagar Viswabidyalaya Bhasa-Sahitya Patra Vol. 34; Pp.1-12; 2017 2017 Department of Bangla Jahangirnagar University Bangladesh   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Temple and Occupational Specialization: Identity of Brahmin and Sevayat in Puri, Odisha, India. Jointly with Dibyajyoti Ganguly. The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies. Volume 4, Issue 4, April 2016.pp 252-257.http://theijhss.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/40.-HS1604-073.pdf. ; Impact Factor: 0.981 (IIFS) 2016 http://theijhss.com   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Children in Conflict with Law: An Anthropological Study among the Deported Children in Three Homes in West Bengal. Jointly with Arpita Nath. IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 5, Ver. 3(May. 2016) ,PP 69-77; DOI: 10.9790/0837-2105036977; Impact Factor: 1.607 e-ISSN : 2279-0837 2016 IOSR   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Application of Autographic Technique as an Additive Tool in Anthropological Research The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol-13,No- 2 , Pp-433-440. 2013 (Jointly with Onkar Prasad) Prints Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: ‘Finding self in the other: Studying the relation between literature and anthropologywith special reference to India Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Vol. - 46, No. - 2 & 3 2012 The Indian Anthropological Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Ethnology and ethnography of Indian Peoples: Beginning of anthropological writings in Pre- 1920s Bengal Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Vol. - 45, No.- 3 2010 The Indian Anthropological Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Emerging Trends and contributions of Indian Anthropologists against the backdrop of World Anthropology Journal of Indian Anthropological Society Vol.- 44 No.- 2 2009 The Indian Anthropological Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: National Publication Title Published in Published on Published by Role Details Margaret Mead . Bijoy Kumar Dutta. Granthatirtha. Kolkata( Book Review) 53(2018): 267-268 2019 Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Gabeshana: Swarup o Prakaran (Research: Meaning and Types) Bangla Bibhagiyo Patrika , New Series, Vol.1, No.1;Pp.58-61 2018 Department of Bengali Vidyasagar University West Bengal   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Mahali Basket Making – A Tribal Craft in Social and Historical Perspectives. Adivasis of Bengal. Ed. By Prof. Chittabrata Palit.Pp.1-11, ISBN: 978-93-82710-03-5 2018 Institute of Historical Studies: Kolkata:   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Bankimchandra O Nribijnan (Bankimchandra and Anthropology) Bankim Annesha ,Ed. by Dr. Kartick Ch. Mondal 2018 Prekhsapat, Mahishadol,West Bengal   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Lok Sahitye Nritatwik Upadan: Anusandhaner upokromanika (Anthropological elements in Folk Literature) Balaka, Vol.27, No.-36.Pp.40-46, ISSN 2230-9381 2018 UGC enlisted journal   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Luguburu: Saontalder Brihat Otihyer Nirman ( Luguguru: Formation of Great Tradition among the Santals) , Lokoshruti, Vol.15 , Issue-II : 302-309 2017 TFCC, Govt. of West Bengal   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Transformation of a Bedia Tribal Group of Eastern India: Ecology, Economy and Identity. Genus Homo, Vol. 1:95-113 ISSN 2457-0028 2017 Department of Anthropology West Bengal State University   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Epistemological Foundation of Anthropology before its formal Beginning. Kalyan Bharati Vol. XX: 50-55, ISSN 0976-822 2017 Professor Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta Memorial Trust   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Lokojiban Path: Lokayata Sanskritir Dikdarshan Lokoshruti, Volume- 14 ; Issue-1; pp. 1-6 2016 Folk and Tribal Culture Centre, Government of West Bengal   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Perpetuation of Folkcraft and Its Development in Sikkim: An Investigation into the role of monastery. Journal of the Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, Vol.2 , No. 1 & 2 : 109-114, 2016 2016 The Kolkata Society for Asian Studies   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Mahali: HastashilpiAdibasiGosthi(Mahalis: A craft-working tribal group) Lokoshruti, Volume- 13 ; Issue-1; 2015 ;Lokoshruti, ( Journal Published by Folk and Tribal Culture Center, Government of West Bengal)   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Forms and Application of Folk Media in West Bengal : Notes from Empirical Observations. North Bengal Anthropologist Vol.3: 161-170 ISSN 2320-8376 2015 Department of Anthropology North Bengal University   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Chhara : Nritatwik Abhijyan( Rhymes: Anthropological Perspectives). Bangla ChhadaParikrama ( Bengali Folk Rhymes). Edited By Barun Kumar Chakraborty 2014 Akshar Prakashani. Kolkata   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Sahitwik – Nritatwik Dristikon: Ekti Bangla Upanyas( Literary anthropological perspective: A Bengali novel) Contemporary Bengali Literature- In search of Folkloric Elements ( Seminar Proceedings) ISBN 978-93-83521-09-8 2013 Department of Bengali, Vidyasagar College for Women,Kolkata.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Nribijyaner Dristikone Swami Vivekananda( Swami Vivekananda in Anthropological Perspective) Swami Vivekananda Kale Kalantare Edited by Biplab Chakraborty. ISBN 978-93-82663-11-9 2013 Pustak Bipani. Kolkata   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Maharader Karma Parab(Karma festival of the Mahara) Lokoshruti.Vol.11(2) Pp.27-34. 2013 Tribal and Folk Culture Center, Govt. of West Bengal   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Rabindranath: Sanskriti o Sabhyata’ ( Rabindranath: Sanskriti and civilization) Rabindra Bikshya ed.by Barun Kumar Chakraborty ISBN 978 – 93- 82300– 00-7 2012 Parul Prakashani, Kolkata   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Rabindra Bhabnai Sudra( Idea of Sudra in Tagore’s Thought) Anaya Rabindranath Nana Rabindranath, ed.by Barun Kumar Chakraborty ISBN 81 – 85471- 106 – 1 2011 Pustak Bipani, Kolkata, 2011.(in Bengali)   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Prasanga Rakhsas Katha’ ( Demon in Folktale) Lokokathar Satkahan ed.by Barun Kumar Chakraborty ISBN 978 – 81- 910889 – 7-7 2011 Aparna Book Distributors, Kolkata,   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Creativity and excellence in a festival of the Santals and paradigmatic shift in Performance The Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India Vol -51 No.- 2 2002 Anthropological Survey of India   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Jai Bangla Bapla: A Typical Santal Marriage Vanyajati,Vol-XLX No.- 1 2002 Adimjati Sevak Sangha New Delhi   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Other Publication Title Published in Published on Published by Role Details SERPAI :An Innovative Folk Craft of an Obscure Village of Birbhum, West Bengal Attributes of Culture,Edited by Dr. Amitabha Sarkar , Pp.276-286. ISBN 978 -93-85161-31-5 2016 Aayu Publications, New Delhi   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Bangalir Utpotti’: PrasangaBankimchandra( Bankim Chandra on ‘Origin of Bengali people’). Bankim Smarak Grantha ( Collection of Essays on Bankim Chandra) ,Ed. by Pinakesh Chandra Sarkar. 2016 Bankim-Bhavan-Gaveshana Kendra. Higher Education Department,Government of West Bengal. Kantalpara, Naihati.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Weaving in a West Bengal Village: An Interface between Indigenous Knowledge and Technological Development Traditional Knowledge System and Technology in India Eds by Basanta Kumar Mohanta and Vipin Kumar Singh 2012 Pratibha Prakashan ,Delhi,2012   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Serpai Shilpo’ ( Serpai: A folkart ) LokojoShilpo ed.by Barun Kumar Chakraborty, 2011 Parul Prakashani, Kolkata and Agartala   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: An overview of the Development Programmes of the SC and STs in West Bengal in Tribal Development in India, ed. by A. K. Singh 2009 Serial Publications,New Delhi   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Book Published Title of the Book Published by Published on Role Details History of Anthropology - A. C. Haddon Concept Publishing Co. New Delhi 2017 Introduction Indexing: Link: Monasteries in Sikkim-Persistence of Cultural Tradition The Indian Anthropological Society 2013 Fourth Author with Biman Kumar Dasgupta ,Jayanta Sarkar, Dipali Danda Indexing: Link: Life and Lore – Anthropological Reflections Akhsyar Prakashani , Kolkata 2012 Sole Author Indexing: Link: Prasanga Adibasi ( The Tribals) Offbeat Publishing, Kolkata 2012 Sole Author Indexing: Link: Samajik Sanskritik Nribijnan ( Social – Cultural Anthropology) Parul Prakashani,Kolkata 2009 Sole Author Indexing: Link: Loksanskriti o Nrividyar Abhidhan (Dictionary of Folklore and Anthropology) ABD Kolkata 2009 Co-Editor Indexing: Link: Book Chapter Published

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Anusree Das Anthropological Study on Private Tuition in West Bengal:Case Studies from two Midnapur districts N.A. Ongoing   Sayantan Das Anthropological Study on Awareness and Practice of Life and Crop Insurance among the Backward Classes of Keshiary Block, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal N.A. Ongoing   Dibyajyoti Ganguly An Acre of Books: College Street Book Market and its Surrounding World - Perspectives in History, Economy and Society N.A. Ongoing

Project Work Completed Project Works Project title Worked as Funding Agency Amount in Rs. Duration in years Period Year to Year Status Social Impact Assessment of Sikshyashree and online Submission of Application for Caste Certificate Principal Investigator Government of West Bengal 350000 2 year 2015 2017 Completed Socio-economic Development and Culture of three Tribal Communities in West Bengal. Principal Investigator UGC 150000 2 year 2007 2009 Completed

Invited Lectures  Title Organized by Venue Year Tolerance Kharagpur Book Fair – 2019 Kharagpur 2019 Experience and Encounters: Transformations in Anthropology Department of Anthropology , Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah and The Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah 2019 Ananya Amulyacharan: Ekti Nriboigyanik Bikshan( Unique Amulyacharan in Anthropological Perspective) Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata with assistance from Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata 2019 Invited Speaker and Chief Guest at 52nd Annual Celebration Ramakrishna Mission Lokasikhsha Parishad RKM, Narendrapur , Kolkata 2019 Impact of Digital Globalisation on Tribal Life(NSS Special Camp – Lecture) Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University 2018 Social and Cultural Anthropology with Special Reference to Folklore. Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta 2018 Tribal Religion in India: From Everyday rituals to Performative Practices Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University P.C. Mahalanobis Hall,Vidyasagar University 2018 Recent trends of folklore study and methodology Department of Bangla Jahangirnagar University Bangladesh Department of Bangla Jahangirnagar University Bangladesh 2018 Pragmatics of Development and Welfare of the tribal people (NSS Special Camp – Lecture) Department of Sanskrit, Vidyasagar University Department of Sanskrit, Vidyasagar University 2018 Tulunamulok Lokosanskriti( Comparative Folklore) Bhabanipur Anandam and Folklore Congress Association of India, Kolkata Jabananda Sabhagriha, Bangla Academy, Kolkata. 2017 Sundarbaner Lokosanskriti West Bengal Backward Classes Development and Finance Corporation, Government of West Bengal. Kobigan Academy 2017 Mahali basket making – A Tribal craft in social and historical perspectives. Professor Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta Memorial Lecture ,Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata IHSK, Kolkata 2016 Lokayat Sanskritir Dikdarshan Folk and Tribal Culture Centre, I. & C.A. Department, Government of West Bengal, 11 September, 2015 FTCC Auditorium 2015 Ajit Mitra Smarak Baktrita, 1421( Ajit Mitra Memorial Oration,2014) Rarhkatha Patrika, Suri, Birbhum Suri, Birbhum 2014 Technology, Culture and Society: Perspectives from Pre-agricultural to Post-agricultural World Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva – Bharati, Santiniketan Visva – Bharati, Santiniketan 2014 Special Lectures on Research Methodology Centre for Studies on Indigenous People, Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University 2011 Professor Sankar Bandyopadhyay Smarak Boktrita Professor Sankar Bandyopadhyay Smritiraksha Samiti Bhadreswar , Hooghly 2009 Arun Roy Smriti Boktrita Folklore Congress Association of India Bangla Academy ,Kolkata 2009

Membership of Learned Society  The Indian Anthropological Society (Life Member & Member, Executive Council) Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA).-Life Member, Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi - Life Member Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata- Life Member. Folklore Congress Association of India, Kolkata -Life Member. Anthropological Association, Mysore, Karnataka - Life Member. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, - Life Member The Asiatic Society- Life Member

Association with Professional Bodies Type of Professional Activity Period Associate Managing Editor - Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. ( ISSN 0019 - 4387 ) From 2013 Managing Editor, The Indian Journal of Anthropology, INCAA ( ISSN 2320 - 3757 ) From 2013 Editor-in-ChiefMan in India From 2019

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Held at and Organiser Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019 2019 Paper Presented – A Salvage Linguistic Anthropological Study of Endangered Mangta Language of West Bengal, India Siem Reap, Cambodia Pannasastra University, Cambodia, in collaboration with Asia Centre, Japan Foundation and Wenner- Gren Foundation International Seminar on ‘Tribe, State and Development: Exploring Anthropological Knowledge’ 2019 Paper:How Digital India lives in villages: A micro-level study with special reference to the tribal communities in Jungal Mahal area, West Bengal Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, (Under UGC-SAP [DRS-I]) in collaboration with Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India National Seminar on ‘Essence of India: Unique Markers of Biology, Culture, Language and History of Indian Population’ 2019 Paper: Baul: Traditional Singers and Esoteric Practitioners of Bengal. CIIL, Mysore, Karnataka Anthropological Association, Mysore in collaboration with CIIL, IGRMS and An.S.I., Government of India held at CIIL, Mysore, Karnataka Indian Anthropology Congress 2019 titled Anthropology for Developing India – Pathways to Policy Planning and Implementation, 2019 Paper presented: In Search of the Sacred: Emerging Pilgrimage Tradition among the Santals of Eastern India Department of Anthropology, Savitribai Phule Pune University in The Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences(MAAS) under the aegis of INCAA Indian Anthropology Congress 2019 titled Anthropology for Developing India – Pathways to Policy Planning and Implementation 2019 Chaired Session Department of Anthropology, Savitribai Phule Pune University in The Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences(MAAS) under the aegis of INCAA National Research Methodology Workshop 2019 Invited Lecture A.K.Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development [A Centre sponsored by the NITI AAYOG, Govt. of India] National Seminar on ‘Contemporary Anthropology and North –East India’ 2018 Paper: The Indian Anthropological Society and North-East India Studies. Department of Anthropology, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam International Conference on Indigenous People, Human Security and Sustainable Development: Emerging Challenges in the Present Global Context. 2018 Paper presented - A Comparative Study of the Educational Status of the Bhumijs in two Villages of Purulia District, West Bengal Department of Anthropology, WBSU. Commission on Human Rights, IUAES, Department of Anthropology, WBSU, International Conference on ‘Performance and the Prospects of Folkloric Tribal Culture of Eastern India’ 2018 Paper presented - Understanding Ritual Performance and Identity Department of English, Vidyasagar University (UGC SAP-III DRS-II) UGC sponsored International Seminar on ‘Food and Health: Bio-cultural Dimensions’ 2018 Presented Paper: Food: Social –Cultural Anthropological Approach Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University (UGC SAP, DRS-I) 47th Annual Conference 2017 of The Indian Anthropological Society on ‘Tribal Situation in India: Contemporary Issues and Concerns’ 2018 Paper Presenter ,Topic: Trends of Change of Livelihood of the Birhor tribe of West Bengal Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh International Seminar on ‘Folklore in the Digital Era’ 2017 Folklore in digital space: A study into the websites on folklore of West Bengal - Invited Speaker and Chair Bangladesh Folklore Research Centre,Rajshahi, Bangladesh and Loukik, India at Department of Folklore, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh International conference on ‘The Contemporary Trend of Folklore Study 2016 Invited Speaker- Topic : Approaches to the study of Folk art: A Study into the Contemporary trends in West Bengal Department of Folklore & Folklore Alumni association of Rajshahi University. Bangladesh. 3rd International Congress of Bengal Studies -2013 2013 ty of Bengal Studies, Universiorganized by International Society of Calcutta , held at Kolkata from 19th – 22th November, 2013. Topic –Paper Presenter on Climate change and its literary reflections University of Calcutta and ISBS, Delhi 2nd International Congress of Bengal Studies -2011 organized by International Society of Bengal Studies 2011 Proposer of the Panel Chair the panel as Coordinator. University of Dhaka and Bangla, Academy , Dhaka , Bangladesh held at Dhaka, Bangladesh International Seminar at Jahangirnagar University , Bangladesh Paper - Linguistic and Literary Anthropology. 2011 Invited Lecture Jahangirnagar University , Bangladesh National Seminar on Development of Anthropology in Two Distinct Time Frames : Pre – Independent and Post – Independent Periods 2010 Paper Presenter, Paper – Finding self in the other : Studying relation between anthropology and literature University of Ranchi and The Indian Anthropological Society ;Ranchi; , 17th -19th December, 2010. Workshop on Basics of Data collection and data processing 2009 Participant CSDRR and CHDHR , Rabindra Bharati University ,30-31 March, 2009. Workshop on Research Methodology 2009 Resource Person BEF, Kathmandu, Nepal.30th – 5th Nov.2009. UGC Seminar 2008 Paper Presenter, Topic:Interpretation , Interpretative Anthropology: Geertz and Beyond. Department of Anthropology, Calcutta University,27-28 th March,2008. Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop Year Role in the Event Funding Agency Indian Anthropology Congress 2017 2017 Joint Secretary Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University,; INCAA; ICSSR; AnSI,IGRMS;ICMR Certificate Course on Data Collection and Analysis 2015 Co-ordinator Gurusaday Museum, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Tribal Festival -14 Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre(EZCC) 2014 Co-ordinator Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Awards Award Name Awarded By Year Ekalabya Samman S K G Paramparashram, Kolkata 2018 Junior Research Fellowship Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India 2001 Gold Medal ( First Class First in M.Sc.) University of Calcutta 1998

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