Ex Officio Vice President President, Zonal Committee, East Zone Former Chairperson, School of Studies in AnthropologyPt. Ravishankar Shukla University (PRSU), Raipur mitashree.mitra@gmail.com Prof. Mitashree Mitra received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Anthropology from Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University (PRSU), Raipur, India. She started her career as a Lecturer in Anthropology in the same university in…
Ex Officio Vice President Chairperson, Academic and Expansion Standing Committee – AESCVice-chancellor, University of DelhiAnd Former Chair, Department of AnthropologyUniversity of Delhi pcjoshidu@gmail.com Professor P. C. Joshi is serving as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi. He received his doctorate in anthropology from University of Delhi and later served in H.N.B….
Patron Former National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research pramodkumarmisra@gmail.com Professor P.K. Misra, honoured patron of UIAF, is a distinguished social anthropologist. He obtained his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology from Lucknow University in 1958 and 1966 respectively. From 1958 to 1983, he worked with Anthropological Survey of India. That was followed by…
Patron Former Chairperson, Dep. of Anthropology, Pune University Founder Director of Inter-disciplinary School of Health Sciences, Pune University rkmutatkar@gmail.com Professor R.K. Mutatkar, Patron of UIAF,was trained under legends of Indian anthropology Prof. Iravati Karve and Prof. S.C. Dube. He did his Masters in Anthropology from Sagar University and then moved to teach at Pune University…
Member Secretary Former Dean, Faculty of Social SciencesFormer Chairperson, Department of AnthropologyKannur University gregorys3@gmail.com Professor S Gregory, Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Chairperson, Department of Anthropology, Kannur University, did his M.A. and M.Phil. from Poona and Madras Universities respectively, and PhD at ISEC, Bangalore, under IDS, Mysore University. He retired as Director, School…
Ex Officio Vice President President, Zonal Committee, South Zone Professor of AnthropologyFormer Head, Syndicate Member, University of Madras sumathirajesh2004@yahoo.co.in Professors S. Sumathi (Former Head, Syndicate Member), did her M.A. (1984), M.Phil. (1986) and Ph.D. (2000) in Anthropology from University of Madras. As a Junior Research Fellow at various organizations (1986-1996), her interest in Socio-cultural Anthropology…
Honorary Member Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University sacharya.uu@gmail.com Professor Sabita Acharya is the first woman Indian Anthropologist to be appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of one of India’s leading Universities in the state of Odisha. She is specialized in Social and Cultural Anthropology and received her Ph.D. in 1991 from Utkal University on Anthropology of Pilgrimage at Puri…
Ex Officio Vice President Chairperson, – Repository and Publication Standing Committee – RPSC Professor and Founder HOD, Anthropology Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh saritkchai@rediffmail.com Prof. Sarit K. Chaudhuri is currently working as the Professor and founder Head, Department of Anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), Rono Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Earlier he has worked in AITS,…
Senior Vice-President Social and Cultural AnthropologistFormer, Chairperson, Department of AnthropologyPanjab University, Chandigarh shalinamehta137@gmail.com Professor Shalina Mehta did her M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Delhi University and taught sociology at the Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University, before joining Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1977. She taught there for 39 years and served as professor for nearly twenty…
Ex Officio Vice President President, Zonal Committee, North-East Zone Professor of Physical Anthropology Manipur University, Canchipur drjibonkumar@yahoo.com Prof. Soibam Jibonkumar Singh is Professor of Physical Anthropology in Manipur University, and Director (i/c) of College Development Council, Manipur University. He was former Director, Centre for South East Asian Studies and former Director (i/c) for EMRC, Manipur…
