M.A Anthropology Student, Department of Anthropology, Kalahandi University Email: sanghamitrabhoi208@gmail.com Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Director Student Welfare and Placement, Kalahandi University. Editing Manager at Avoidable Deaths Network Email: msahoo@kalahandiuniversity.ac.in M.A Anthropology Student, Department of Anthropology, Kalahandi University Email: sanghamitrabhoi208@gmail.com Believe in…
Prof. Indera Paul Singh, fondly referred to as I.P Singh Sir, or Singh Sir, is a legend in Indian Anthropology. His indomitable spirit, an insatiable desire to learn and seek excellence, his humane temperament, and his incorrigible ability to identify talent and…
DILIP MAHALANABIS (12th November 1934 – 16th October 2022). Global data on diarrhoeal diseases suggest that it is the second leading cause of death in children under five years of age. Each year diarrhoea kills around 5,25 000 in this age group.…
My tryst with Anthropology started in the year 1957. One may say, it was a ‘call of destiny’ that instead of doing post-graduation in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University; I landed at Sagar University to be mentored by the…
December 5th, 1982 is indeed an unforgettable day for the Indian prehistory. On this momentous day, on the banks of the river Narmada at Hathnora village in Sehore district (nearly 35 kilometres east of Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh), team of scientists of…
The UIAF and the entire Indian anthropology fraternity joins in saluting Svante Pääbo, a geneticist who unmasked the lives of ancient humans. He is awarded the Nobel Prize (2022) in Physiology or Medicine. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has…
Braj Basi Lal, usually addressed as B.B. Lal, a doyen in the field of Archaeology, passed away recently, on 10th September 2022, at the age of 101. Born on 2nd May 1921 in village Baidora , District Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Prof. B.B.…
I’m reminded of a song in Hindi, ‘Aaj se pehle, aaj se zyaada, itni khushi aaj tak nahi mili’ (I have never felt so much joy before!). As an anthropologist I have never felt as proud as I’m feeling today, when I…
Prof. Kishore Kumar Basa (Born- 2nd March 1958) On 5th November 2022, Prof. Kishore Kumar Basa, eminent archaeologist, and anthropologist is appointed Chairman of the National Monument Authority (NMA) of India. He did his Ph.D. from the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) University…
On 14th September 2022, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Mr. Arjun Munda announced decision taken by the Cabinet to grant Scheduled Tribe status to the Hatti community living in the Trans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh A silent struggle for the last 55…
