Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
UGC-IUC Post-Doc. Associateship	Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla	2016
Ph.D.	Vidyasagar University	2007
M.Sc.	University of Calcutta	1990

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
Dynamics of Socio-psychic Life of an inmigrant ethnic group: a study on the Ho

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University since 24.10. 13
Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University from 24.10.10 to 23.10.13
Reader, Dept. of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University from 10.09.10 to 23.10.10
Reader, Dept. of Anthropology, Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya from 24.10.07 to 09.09.10
Senior Scale Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, Seva-Bharati Mahavidyalaya from 24.10.04 to 23.10.07
Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya affiliated to Vidyasagar University since 24.10.1998
Qualified in UGC-NET JRF and Lectureship in June, 1993

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Ethnic identity
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Social unrest
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Tribal problems
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Maoist violence
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Indigenous people
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Reproductive health behaviour of tribal and Muslim women
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Elderly abuse

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
Sociocultural Anthropology
Indian Society and Culture
Ethnographic Fieldwork
Anthropology of Civilization
Ethnicity
Research Methodology
Development Anthropology
Anthropology of Complex Society

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
Nutritional status and covariates among the functionally dependent older people of the indigenous communities in India [with Sila Jana]	International	Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 44 (3): 151-164	Jul, 2025	Taylor and Francis	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 4.10000 Indexing: SCOPUS, Others Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2025.2535300
Menstrual hygiene management among the rural school-going adolescent girls with special emphasis to the Kora tribe in West Bengal, India [with m.Ganguly et al.]	International	Discover Public Health	May, 2025	Springer Nature	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 3.60000 Indexing: SCOPUS, Others Article's Web Link: https//:doi/org/10.1186/s12982-025-00663-x
A review on menstrual health in adolescent girls emphasizing multi-omics and machine learning strategies for preventing reproductive tract infections [with M. Ganguly et al.]	International	Discover Public Health, Vol. 22, article number 105,2025	Mar, 2025	Springer Nature	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 4.10000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCIE, Others Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-025-00485-x
Elder abuse in rural India:uncovering the interplay between functional impairment and ethnicity, Journal of Elder Abuse& Neglect [with Sila Jana]	International	Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect,	Mar, 2025	Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 1.80000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCIE, Others Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2025.2478379
Socio-cultural Factors Influencing Women Empowerment: A Cross-sectional Study among an Ex-criminal Tribe in West Bengal, India. [with Sila Jana]	International	The Oriental Anthropologist 24(2): 303– 321	Nov, 2024	Sage	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 0.22000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1177/0972558X241276763
Menstruation in Adolescent Girls: Myths & Taboos [with M. Ganguly, S.Jana, & A. Ganguly]	International	Acta Biologica Slovenica 67 (2): 1-11	Jul, 2024	UL Press	Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.67.2.18725
Gender Discrimination in Education among the Muslims: A Case Study in an Indian Village for Identifying the Key Factors [with Md. Mohidul Islam].	International	Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59 (1): 274-291	Feb, 2024	Sage	First Author	Impact Factor: 1.03200 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1177/00219096221106079
Intersecting Knowledge with Landscape: Indigenous Agriculture, Sustainable Food Production and Response to Climate Change – A Case Study of Chuktia Bhunjia Tribe of Odisha, India [with Bhubaneswar Sabar]	International	Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59 (1): 123-141.	Feb, 2024	Sage	Co-Author	Impact Factor: 1.03200 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1177/00219096221099634
Menstrual hygiene among the school-going early adolescent girls (10-14 years): A socio-cultural study in Bankura district, West Bengal, India	International	Acta Biologica Szegediensis, 67 (1): 103-110.	Dec, 2023	University of Szeged, Hungary	Co-Author	Impact Factor: 0.15600 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: Doi: 10.14232/abs.2023.1.103-110
Is Fieldwork loosing its grace? Encontering Western and Indian Experience	International	The Oriental Anthropologist,23(1) 131– 146, 2023	Jun, 2023	Sage	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.22000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1177/0972558X221147834
Encountering Illness: Local Knowledge, Institutions and the Science of Healthcare Practices among the Chutkia Bhunjia Tribe of Odisha, India [with Bhubaneswar Sabar]	International	Journal of Asian and African Studies, 58 (7): 1349-1372	May, 2022	Sage	Co-Author	Impact Factor: 1.03200 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI: 10.1177/00219096221086541
Traditional Political System: Customary Laws and Social Control in a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Odissa, India [Bhubaneswar Sabar]	National	Man In India, 102 (1-2): 2022:: 97-127	May, 2022	Serials Pubs.	Co-Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
How long the tribes will remain 'tribes'?	International	International Bilingual Journal of Culture, Anthropology and Linguistics, 3 (1-2): 8-16.	Jan, 2021	IBJCAL		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Empowerment of Women through Self Help Group: SHG participants perception about enhancement of their capacity	International	Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, 56: 109-126	Jan, 2021	IAS	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
Marginalization within own region: a study on LWE and counter-violence and their impact on tribal life [with Ashim Das]	International	Man in India, 100 (1-2): 107-124	Jan, 2020	Serial Publications		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Reproductive health of the early married Muslim women in India: a study at Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal [with Bithika Adak]	International	Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, 16 (2): 173-182	Jan, 2020	Antrocom		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Poor people, poorer politics	National	Frontier, June 21	Jan, 2020	Frontier weekly		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Will hierarchy matter? Social Life in post-Covid19 India	National	Frontier, May 23	Jan, 2020	Frontier weekly		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Education and the Muslim women: study in a Bengal village	National	North Bengal Anthropologist 7: 146-166	Jan, 2019	Dept. of anthropology, NBU		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Violent extremism and education: a study in a tribal village of Junglemahal in West Bengal[with Ashim Das]	International	International Journal of Applied Social Science, 5 (12), December (2018): 2140-2150.	Jan, 2019	SSS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Secular Trend of Muslim Education in India	International	International Education & Research Journal, 5 (9): 1-6.	Jan, 2019	The Writers Pub.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Social Exclusion of Ethnic Groups and Extremist Violence: A study in Junglemahal, West Bengal	International	SummerHill IIAS Review, XXIV (2): 35-43	Jan, 2018	IIAS, Shimla		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Ethnic Boundary, Minority Identity, and the Role of the State	National	Identities, Ethnic Boundaries, and the State, edited by Ajit K. Danda, pp. 125-133. ISBN: 978-93-83088-14-0.	Jan, 2017	INCAA		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Who cares for Human Rights when Social Unrest turns Violent? The Context of Junglemahal	National	Anthropology and Human Rights, edited by B. Chaudhuri & S. Biswas, pp.45-58.ISBN 978-81-316-0838-8.	Jan, 2017	Rawat Publications		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Social Exclusion and the Vulnerability to Subversive Activity: Looking into the Ethnic Groups in the Red Corridor of India	International	Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, 65(2), 225-236	Feb, 2016	AnSI (Sage)	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/2277436X20160204
Social Exclusion and the Vulnerability to Subversive Activity: Looking into the Ethnic Groups in the Red Corridor of India.	National	Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, 65 (2): 225-236. ISSN 2277-436X.	Jan, 2016	Anthropological Survey of India		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Social Exclusion and the Vulnerability to Subversive Activity: Looking into the Ethnic Groups in the Red Corridor of India.	International	Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, 65 (2): 225-236. ISSN 2277-436X.	Jan, 2016	Anthropological Survey of India		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Extremist Violence and Life of the Indigenous People inside Red Corridor in India	National	North Bengal Anthropologist, 3: 109-120. ISSN: 2320-8376.	Jan, 2015	Dept. of Anthropology, NBU		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Ho concept of Life and continuity: Reflections from Mortuary Rites.	National	Nrtattv: The Anthropology, 5 (7) & 6 (8): 81-90. ISSN: 2249-9830.	Jan, 2015	Dept. of Anthropology, Visva-Bharati Univ.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Insurgency Movement and the Nation-State: Role of Welfare Measures	National	Unrest, Insurgency, and Beyond. Edited by A.K.Danda, S. Sengupta and D. G. Danda, pp.223-243. ISBN: 978-93-83088-06-5.	Jan, 2015	INCAA		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Ethnic Fluidity, Boundary Maintenance, and Integration: A Study on the Indigenous People along the Red Corridor in Eastern India.	International	Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society 48(3): 263-272. ISSN: 0019- 4387	Jan, 2014	IAS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Negotiating Ethnic Identity in Tribal Life along the Red Corridor in India.	International	The Indian Journal of Anthropology. 2(1): 41-58. ISSN 2320-3757.	Jan, 2014	INCAA		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Ethnic Unrest and Political Militancy: A Tale of Junglemahal.	International	Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, 63(2): 265-285.	Jan, 2014	Anthropological Survey of India		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Introduction.	National	Indigenous People in India: Identity, Empowerment and Discontent, edited by D.K. Midya, pp.1-11.	Jan, 2012	APH Publishing Corporation: New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-313-1439-5.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Assessing the Dying Life: The Lalgarh Context.	National	Maoism in India: Ideology and Ground Reality, edited by Abhijit Guha, pp. 63-89.	Jan, 2012	INCAA: Kolkata. ISBN: 81-903866-6-2.[Co-authors: S. Shit & C. Bej]		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Ethnicity and its Role in Survival of a Displaced Indigenous People.	National	Dimensions of Anthropological Research in India. Edited by J. Sarkar, A. Basu and A.K. Singh.	Jan, 2012	The Indian Anthropological Society: Kolkata. ISBN: 81-85525-06-4.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Ethnicity, Migration and Identity Multiplicity: A Study on a Ho.	National	Anthropology of Management. Edited by A.K. Danda & R.K. Das, pp. 71– 80.	Jan, 2007	INCAA: Kolkata. ISBN: 81-903866-3-8.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A PTG in Transition: Identification of some Socio-Demographic Indicators.	National	Anthropology of Management. Edited by A.K. Danda & R.K. Das, pp.81-87.	Jan, 2007	INCAA: Kolkata. ISBN: 81-903866-3-8.[Co-author: A. Dinda		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Human Rights, Indigenous People and Context: The Bhumij Reality.	National	Anthropology and Human Rights in Contemporary Era,Vol. 3, pp.149-159. Edited by B.Chaudhuri and S. Chaudhuri.	Jan, 2007	InterIndia Publications: New Delhi. ISBN: 81-210-0432-2.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Development, Displacement and Identity Crisis: A Study on the Ho.	National	Indigenous People, Traditional Wisdom and Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, pp.166-175. Edited by B.Chaudhuri and S. Chaudhuri.	Jan, 2007	InterIndia Publications: New Delhi. ISBN: 81-210-0433-0.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
From Subsistence to Cash Crop Substitution and its Implications for Rural Development: The Case of Kuttiya Khonds of Andhra Pradesh.	National	Perspectives of Rural Development: Problems and Prospects. Edited by Rajat Kanti Das, Arabinda Basu & Abhijit Guha, pp.139-149.	Jan, 2006	IAS & Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University: Kolkata. ISBN: 81-85525-05-6.[Co-author: A.Dinda]		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Denial of Tribal Right to Livelihood and Emergence of Social Unrest: West Bengal Scenario.	National	Social Unrest. Edited by A.K. Danda, S.B. Chakraborty and A. Basu, pp.135-142.	Jan, 2006	INCAA: Kolkata. ISBN: 81-903866-1-1.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Rice-Beer in the Tribal Life	International	The Oriental Anthropologist 3(2): 198-203	Jul, 2004	Serial Publications, New Delhi (now taken over by Sage)	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: DOI:10.1177/0976343020040209
A Study on the Ritual Actions in Ho Festivals.	International	Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society 31: 2, pp. 161 – 170. ISSN: 0019- 4387.	Jan, 1996	IAS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A Dynamics of Self and Modernity: Reflections on the Methodology and the People.	National	Journal of the Department of Anthropology (C.U.), 3: 2, pp. 23-29.[Co-author: A.Das]	Jan, 1996	The Department of Anthropology (C.U.)		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Rationales of Becoming Baha’is: A Study of the Ideological Integrity.	National	Journal of the Department of Anthropology (C.U.), 2: 1, pp. 41 – 57.[Co-authors: Das, A., S.S. Bagchi, S. Talukdar	Jan, 1994	The Department of Anthropology, CU.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Changing Life of an Inmigrant Ethnic Group in Industrial Setting.	International	Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society, 28(1): 55 – 68. ISSN: 0019-4387	Jan, 1993	IAS		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Anthropology of Music	VU Pub. Div.	Jan, 2024	Co-Author [edited with S. Bandyopadhyay]	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link: ISBN: 978-81-954650-4-0
The Ho: Ethnicity & Ritual Actions – the case of an indigenous people in India.	LAP Lambert Academic Publishing: Germany. ISBN 978-3-8473-2868-1.	Jan, 2012	Sole Author	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Indigenous People in India: Identity, Empowerment and Discontent.	APH Publishing Corporation: New Delhi. ISBN: 978-81-313-1439-5.	Jan, 2012	Sole Author	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Many Faces of Development.	INCAA: Kolkata. ISBN 81-903866-4-6.	Jan, 2012	Second Editor [with R.K. Das]	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Essays in Cultural Anthropology.	INCAA & IGRMS: Jhargram. ISBN 81-903866-7-0	Jan, 2009	Third Editor [with Danda, A. K., R. K. Mutatkar]	Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of Chapter	Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Ajit K. Danda	Biographical Account of Indian Anthropologists	Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd	Feb, 2023	Sole Author	Indexing: Book citation index (WoS) Article's Web Link: ISBN:978-93-5594-168-8

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence

Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Status	Date
Mousumi Ganguly	Reproductive health among the adolescent girls of the Kora and the Bengali caste people: A bio-cultural study in Khatra block of Bankura district, West Bengal, India	Ongoing	May, 2027
Nandadulal Sahoo	Gender inequality among the tribal and non-tribal communities in a village of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal	Ongoing	Sep, 2026
Brahamadev Jana	Cyber Bullying among the Tribal PG Students of Jhargram and PaschimMedinipur Districts	Ongoing	May, 2026
Sila Jana	Education, Elderly Health and Care Giving: A Comparative Study between Tribal and Non-Tribal Elderly People in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India	Ongoing	May, 2025
Bhubaneswar Sabar	An Ethnoecological Study on the Livelihood and Eco-restoration among the Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India	Awarded	Dec, 2024
Amit Maity	Livelihood and indebtedness: an ethnographic study of the Bhumij Tribe in West Bengal.	Ongoing	Jan, 2023
Subhojit Sen	Livelihood and identity: an ethnographic study of the Kalbelias of Rajasthan	Ongoing	Jan, 2023
Bithika Adak	Effect of early marriage on reproductive health among the Muslim women in Contai, Purba Medinipur , West Bengal.	Awarded	Feb, 2022
Md. Mohidul Islam	Education among the Muslims in Bengal - A Case Study	Awarded	Oct, 2020
Ashim Das	Culture and Politics in the Maoist- affected villages of Junglemahal in Paschim Medinipur District of West Bengal, India.	Awarded	Mar, 2020

Research Project

Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration	Period	Status
Project Director	ICSSR	1200000	1 year	2023-2024	Complete
Principal investigator	UGC-SAP (DRS-I)	50000	5 years	2016-2021	Complete
Coordinator	UGC-SAP (DRS-I)	50000	5 years	2016-2021	Complete
Principal Investigator	UGC-SAP (DRS-I)	50000	5 years	2016-2021	Complete
Principal Investigator	ICSSR	1000000	2 years	2016-2018	Complete
Program Coordinator	UGC	50000	6 months	2016-2017	Complete
Principal Investigator	UGC (Innovative Research Scheme)	50000	1 year and 6 months	2015-2017	Complete
PI	UGC	50000	2 years	2008-2010	Complete

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
Sampling and Qualitative Research Strategy in Social Sciences	UGC-MMTTC, Manipur University	Manipur University (online)	Feb, 2025
Qualitative Research Design	WBSU, Barasat	WBSU, Barasat	Nov, 2024
Observation & Interview: Types and the Processes (Research Methodology Course sponsored by ICSSR)	Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, NIT Rourkela, Odisha	NIT Rourkela	Apr, 2023
Key Concepts of Philosophy of Research: Epistemology, Ontology, Induction, Deduction, Methodology and Method (Research Methodology Course sponsored by ICSSR)	Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, NIT Rourkela	NIT Rourkela	Apr, 2023
Gender Ineqality: Trends, Indian Tribal Situation and the Path Ahead [in the Workshop on "How best to Ensure Gender Equality in Tribal Areas: Role of Youth" during 13-15 March, 2023	Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Maharaja Sriram Chandra BhajaDeo University, Baripada in collaboration with RGNIYD, Ministry of Youth Affairs& Sports, GoI.	MSCBU, Baripada	Mar, 2023
Research Problem and Inductive & Deductive Reasoning	Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata	Online mode	Jul, 2022
Key-note Address at the National Seminar on Concept of Human Rights	University Department of Botany and the University Department of Bio-Informatics, Tilka Manji Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar.	Dept. of Botany, Bhagalpur University	Apr, 2022
Looking into the Tribes: Need to decolonize their identity construct and development strategy	Hyderabad Central University in collaboration with INCAA	UoH	Feb, 2022
Resaerch Philosophy, Methods and Methodology [in a Workshop on Research Methodology]	A.K.Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development [A centre sponsored by the NITI AAYOG, Govt. of India], Bisva-Bharati University	Online mode	May, 2021
Marginalization within own region: a study on LWE and counter-violence and their impact on the tribal life.	New Alipore College, Kolkata -700 053	New Alipore College, Kolkata	Jan, 2020
Is fieldwork losing its grace? Contextualizing Western and Indian Experience	Haldia Government College	Webinar	Jan, 2020
Violence and Shattered Trust: a study on the Maoist violence and the counter-strategy in India	Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya,Gopiballavpur	Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya,Gopiballavpur, Jhargram	Jan, 2019
Ethnicity: How far is it important now?	HRDC,NBU	HRDC, NBU	Jan, 2019
Life in Red Corridor; Contextualizing Ethnic Identity	HRDC,NBU	HRDC, NBU	Jan, 2019
Social exclusion, Disadvantaged Ethnic Groups, and Extremist violence in the Red Corridor of India.	University Department of Anthropology & TRL, Vinobabhave University, Hazaribag	Vinobabhave University, Hazaribag	Jan, 2017
The Ho Concept of Life and Continuity: Reflections from Mortuary Rites	Lokosamskriti Charcha Kendra, Rabindra Bharati University	Jorasanko Campus, RBU	Jan, 2013
Indigenous People: Their Identity and Discontent	Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India	AnSI, Eastern Regional Centre	Jan, 2013

Membership of Learned Society

Title/Name of the Society
Indian Anthropological Society (IAS)
Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
United Indian Anthropology Forum (UIAF)	since 2020

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
UIAF World Anthropology Congress	Aug, 2023	Governing Council Member & Paper presenter	KISS, Bhubaneswar
INCAA IAC2023	Feb, 2023	Chaired a Session	Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, PuruliaOrganised by the Department of Anthropology, SKBU
Concept of Human Rights	Apr, 2022	Key-Note speaker	University Department of Botany and the University Department of Bio-Informatics, Tilka Manji Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur
Dr. Ambedkar: Relevance Today	Mar, 2022	Chaired a Session	Dr. Ambedkar Chair in Anthropology, University of Calcutta.
INCAA: Indian Anthropology Congress 2022	Feb, 2022	Round Table speaker	UoH, organized by UoH in collaboration with INCAA
Research Methodology in Social Science	May, 2021	Invited Speaker	A. K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development [sponsored by the NITI AAYOG, Govt. of India], Bisva-Bharati University
Financial inclusion and digital payment system in Jharkhand	Jan, 2018	Speaker	Indian Statistical Institute (Giridih) and NABARD, Jharkhand
International Conference on Indigenous People, Human Security and Sustainable Development: Emerging Challenges in the Present Global Context	Jan, 2018	Session Proposer and Chair	Commission on Human Rights, International Union of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences and the Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, Barasat Held @WBSU
Indian Tribes: Planning for Integrated and Inclusive development	Jan, 2017	Session Co-Chair and Paper presenter	University Department of Anthropology & RTL, Binobabhave University, Hazaribag
Emerging Frontiers of Anthropology	Jan, 2016	Paper presenter	Department of Anthropology, Assam University, Diphu campus in collaboration with IGRMS, Bhopal
Ethnic Identity and Indigeneity: the People of Junglemahal	Jan, 2015	Paper presenter and Session Chair	Department of History in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya, Gopiballavpur, Paschim Medinipur
Human Variation, Plurality and Diversity: Anthropological Perspectives	Jan, 2014	Paper presenter	INCAA:Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University
Anthropology and Human Development: Issues and Challenges	Jan, 2013	Paper presenter	Department of Anthropology, Pune University
UGC-IUC Post-Doctoral Associateship [2nd Spell]	Jan, 2013	Paper presenter	Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
UGC-IUC Post-Doctoral Associateship [1st Spell]	Jan, 2012	Paper presenter	Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
IUAES Conference on Mega-Urbanisation and Human Rights: emerging Challenges and Opportunities	Jan, 2011	Paper presenter	Department of Anthropology, WBSU: Indian Museum
INCAA Inter-Congress	Jan, 2011	Paper presenter	Anthropological Survey of India in collaboration with IGRMS
Development of Anthropology in Two Distinct Time-Frames: Independent and Post-Independent	Jan, 2010	Paper presenter	Department of Anthropology, Ranchi University
Proposals for the Restructuring of UG Courses and Evaluation System Reforms	Jan, 2009	workshop participant	Vidyasagar University
Indigenous People, Dalit, Minorities and Human Rights	Jan, 2008	Paper presenter	University of Calcutta
Approaching Development: Theory and Practice	Jan, 2007	Paper presenter	Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University
Peace, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution	Jan, 2006	Paper presenter	University of Calcutta and Burdwan University
INCAA Inter-Congress on Social Unrest	Jan, 2005	Paper presenter	INCAA:FTC, Jhargram
Environmental Issues of Western Part of West Bengal: Problems and Prospects	Jan, 2004	Paper presenter	Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Kapgari
IUAES Inter-Congress on Mega Urbanisation, Multiethnic Society, Human Rights and Development	Jan, 2004	Paper presenter	University of Calcutta
Problems of Sustainable Development: Tribal, Rural and Urban	Jan, 2003	Paper presenter	Jhagram: IAS
Indian Anthropology for the 21st Century: The Challenges Ahead	Jan, 2003	Paper presenter	INCAA: NEHU, Shillong
Perspectives of Rural Development: Problems and Prospects	Jan, 2002	Paper presenter	Department of Anthropology, VU

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
Applications of Statistics in Biological Data using SPSS	Dec, 2024	Organizing Secretary	Vidyasagar University
Post-Congress of World Anthropology Congress, 2023	Sep, 2023	Joint Convener	IGRMS, AnSI, ICSSR, VU, CU
Hundred Years of Biocultural Studies in Anthropology in Bengal	Jul, 2022	Organizing Secretary	Vidyasagar University
International Seminar on State, Tribe and Development: Exploring Anthropological Knowledge	Jan, 2019	Organizing Secretary	UGC SAP, AnSI
Indian Anthropology Congress (INCAA Congress)on Shaping New India: Role of Anthropology and Anthropologists	Jan, 2017	Organizing Secretary	IGRMS, AnSI, ICSSR, ICHR, ICMR & UGC-Unassigned grant
Anthropology of Music	Jan, 2016	Joint Convener	UGC
Fieldwork and the Legacy of T.C. Das	Jan, 2015	Convener	UGC and AnSI
Development of Teaching and Curricula of Anthropology at UG level	Jan, 2012	Convener	UGC Unassigned Grant
Indigenous People in India: Identity, Empowerment and Discontent	Jan, 2007	Convener	UGC and ICSSR, New Delhi.
Social Unrest	Jan, 2005	Local Secretary	Dept. of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, IGRMS, Bhopal
Environmental Issues of Western Part of West Bengal: Problems and Prospects	Jan, 2004	Member, Organising Committee	UGC

Awards

Award Name	Awarded by	Date
Gold Club member, R&P	Vidyasagar University	Dec, 2024
Post-Doctoral Associateship	UGC-IUC	Jan, 2016

Dr. Dipak K. Midya