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About Department of Anthropology

Name of the Head of Department: Prof. AJEET JAISWAL
Contact Details                              : 07582-297137
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Year of Establishment: 1957

Brief Introduction of the Department:
The anthropology department has been actively involved in academic and research in the field of Physical/ Biological and Social-cultural Anthropology. It came into existence in July 1957 from its mother department viz. Anthropogeography. Currently, the Department is headed by Prof. Ajeet Jaiswal. The department museum is one of the jewels of the university.
The department is jewelled by six renowned faculties who are known for their contributions to the discipline viz. Prof. K.K.N. Sharma, Prof. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Prof Ajeet Jaiswal, Dr. Sonia Kaushal, and Dr. Aribam Bijyayasundari Devi. They specialize in the varied fields of biological and socio-cultural anthropology.
The Department is credited with various research books and research papers in various national/international journals and is also actively involved in organizing various National and international conferences/symposia/seminars. Under the scheme of global initiatives of the academic network (GIAN), the Department has organized 3 programs and hosted international faculties from the USA and Poland. 
The department has produced 98 Ph.Ds whereas currently, 20 research scholars are pursuing their Doctoral Degree. Noteworthy research contributions have been made in various areas of human nutrition and growth, tribal health, dermatoglyphics, osteology, physiology, serology, obesity, and biochemical genetics, ethnomedicine, urban slums and disaster studies.
Along with post-graduation teaching and research, the department is also catering its teaching and research activities to more than 300 under-graduation students in each semester/session. The major feature of the department is organizing a month-long fieldwork-cum-training for its post-graduate students. This department has produced a number of eminent scholars, academicians, and administrators.

Details of Teaching Faculty:

S. No.

Name

Designation

Degree

Contact Details

Specializations

1.

Prof. K.K.N.Sharma

Professor

MA, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Dr. H.S.Gour
Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar)

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9425172479 (M)

Biological Anthropology (Human Growth, Nutrition, Human Genetics) Tribal Studies.

2.

Prof. Rajesh K. Gautam

Professor

MA, M.Sc.  (Dr. H.S.Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar), Ph. D. (Delhi University)

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9425437414 (M)

Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Human Growth and Nutrition, Obesity, Human Genetics, Tribal Studies.

3.

Prof. Ajeet Jaiswal

Professor

M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi University) 

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Biophysical Anthropology, Anthropology of Health, Forensic Anthropology, Occupational Health Public Health.

4.

Dr. Sonia Kaushal

Assistant Professor

M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi University)

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7692082891 (M)

Socio-cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Disaster studies.

5.

Dr. Aribam Bijayasundari Devi

Assistant Professor

M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi University)

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9669446483 (M)

Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Disaster studies, Research Methodology.

 Faculty Positions in the Department (as on 27.07.2022):

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Sanction

Filled Post TOTAL

Vacant

Sanction

Filled Post TOTAL

Vacant

Sanction

Filled Post TOTAL

Vacant

2

0

1

3

0

3

5

2

3

 

 

Admission

Course –Anthropology (M.Sc./ M.A.)

 Entrance Test Code – 202    

Year

No. of Seats Available

Application  Received

2015-16

20

17

2016-17

20

12

2017-18

20

6

2018-19

20

7

2019-20

23

19

2020-21

25

9

2021-22

25

22

Ph.D.– Anthropology

Entrance Test Code –402

Year

No.of Seats Available

Application Received

2015-16

02

11

2016-17

08

14

2017-18

06

35

2018-19

06

29

2019-20

07

41

2020-21

02

14

2021-22

07

31

 

Level

Programme

Available seats/Intake

Duration

Eligibility

UG

B.A.

50

3 Years (6 Semesters)

10+2 Pass

B.Sc.

117

3 Years (6 Semesters)

10+2 Pass

PG

M.A.*

25

2 Years (4 Semesters)

Graduation (B.A.)

M.Sc.*

2 Years (4 Semesters)

Graduation (B.Sc.)

Doctoral

Ph.D.

02

1 Semester Course Work

PG with 55 % marks.

Admission through the All India entrance test.

JRF may apply directly.

 

Achievements

DEPARTMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS:

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS (2016-2021):

  1. Prof. Rajesh K. Gautam received UGC's Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship for the USA in 2016.
  2. Dr. Sarvendra Yadav received a Travel Grant from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST) Bhopal to attend the 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Prague, Czech Republic, August 25-28, 2015. 
  3. Prof. Rajesh K. Gautam received Young Progressive Career Achievement Award-2018 by the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi.
  4. Prof. K.K.N. Sharma received the Teaching and Research Career Achievement Award-2018 by the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi.
  5. Prof. Rajesh K. Gautam Course Coordinator for MHRD's GIAN course on "Obesity and longevity: New Paradigm of Population translation" Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, (M.P.), Nov 13-18,2017.
  6. Dr. Sarvendra Yadav, Course Coordinator for MHRD's GIAN course on “Race and Caste in Comparative Perspective: Theories and Outcomes from USA and India”, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, (M.P.), December 22-28, 2017.
  7. Dr. Aribam Bijayasundari, in the capacity of the Principal Investigator, has successfully completed one Minor Research Project entitled Perception and Practice of Tobacco Use and Its Health Consequences among the Adolescents and Young Adults of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh” funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) for an amount of Two Lakh in the year 2017-19.
  8. Prof. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Course Coordinator for MHRD’s GIAN course on “Emergence and Evolution of Environmentalism in a cross-cultural Perspective: A Comparative Study of US and India”, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, (M.P.), April 22-27, 2019.
  9. Prof. K.K.N. Sharma delivered a national lecture at Bastar University Jagdalpur on 09 February 2019. 
  10. Prof. K.K.N. Sharma received 5 Lakhs funding to organize a 'National seminar on Tribal Traditional Knowledge and documentation of Medicinal Practices' from the Tribal  Research and Development Institute Bhopal, 06.05.2019.
  11. Prof. K.K.N. Sharma has been the Principal Investigator of a Major Project entitled “Evaluation of Post Project of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)- Phase-1 Zone-6 (Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh)” funded by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, New Delhi for an amount of 32.09 Lakh in the year 2018-19.
  12. Dr. Sarvendra Yadav received a registration grant from International Sociological Association’s (ISA) Working Group 06 on Institutional Ethnography to present a paper in the IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, February 23-28, 2021. 
  13. Dr. Sarvendra Yadav received Wenner-Gren Scholarship from the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) to present a paper in the IUAES Congress 2021, Yucatán, México, November 9-13, 2021.
  14. Dr. Sonia Kaushal received Wenner-Gren Scholarship from the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) to present a paper in the IUAES Congress 2021, Yucatán, México, November 9-13, 2021.

NET/JRF QUALIFIED STUDENTS (2016-2021): 

S.NO. YEAR REGISTRATION/ROLL NO. NAME UGC-NET/JRF LINK
1 2016 38003616 Pragya Dubey UGC-NET Download Certificate
2 2018 41003996 Rajul Raikawar UGC-NET Download Certificate
3 2018 MP1201500856 Madhushree Dey UGC-NET Download Certificate
4 2018 UP1102501013 Kavya Pal UGC-NET Download Certificate
5 2018 OR0401505395 Muktikant Panda UGC-NET Download Certificate
6 2019 MP1205200985 Dhansay UGC-NET Download Certificate
7 2019 MP1205200983 Padmini Sa UGC-NET Download Certificate
8 2019 CG02504361 Krishna Kant UGC-NET Download Certificate

 

STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS (2016-2021):

NET/JRF Number
UGC-NET 8
ICSSR DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 1
RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP 5

Alumni

The department has produced a number of eminent scholars, academicians, and administrators. The department has six of its alumni who had occupied the position of Vice-chancellors viz. Prof. I.S. Chauhan, former Vice-chancellor of Bhopal University, Bhopal, Prof. Gargi Saxena, former Vice-chancellor, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. Many of the alumni attained the position of professors, executives, politicians, and top-class scientists viz. Prof. R.K. Mutatkar, University of Pune, Prof. C.S. Singrol, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Prof. V. Rammi Reddy, S.V. University, Tirupati, Prof. Jayram panda, Jammu University, Prof. Golla Reddy, Andhra University, Waltair, Dr. Virendra Kumar, Minister of State, Ministry of Women & Child Development and Minority Affair, GoI, M.P., Prof. Jagdish Narayan Gautam, former Rector, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Mr. Pankaj Dwivedi, IAS. Dr. Yogesh Atal was appointed as High Commissioner in Fiji. Achievements of the department’s alumni are innumerable in serving society.

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