Teaching & Research guidance

• Medical Anthropology

• Comparative Ethnography

• Applied Anthropology and Tribal Welfare

• Introduction to Social Anthropology

• Theories of Culture

• Anthropology of Marginalized Societies

• Approaches to Socio-cultural Change

Research Guidance

Areas of research guidance

• Health-seeking and illness behaviour

• Community participation in healthcare programmes

• Medical pluralism and choice of therapy; Health consumerism

• Indian Systems of Medicine

• Ethnomedical practices & magico-religious healing practices of tribes

• Coping with disease

• Nursing 

• Rural health care and RMPs

• Hygiene practices 

Doctoral students (Awarded)

1. Traditional Indian Medicine: Practice and Practitioners in Hyderabad City. (Ms. Priya Jose)

2. Mainstreaming Ayush: Role of Indian Systems of Medicine in Rural Health Care ( A Study in Rural Telangana of A.P) (Mr. P.Kalyan Reddy)

3. Body, Self and Identity in Illness: A Study of Juvenile Diabetes (Ms. Udita Rathi)

4. Health Culture among the Khandhas (Mr. Jaganath Majhi) (Co-supervisor)

5. Community Participation in health care: A case of ASHA in the tribal and non-tribal areas of Telangana (Mr Charu Mazumdar)

6. Dynamics of Nursing in India: The Study of Home-based Care in Kerala (Ms. Anakha Ajith)

7. Eventful Families: An Anthropological Inquiry on Autism (Mr. Sandip. K)

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) (Awarded)

1. Innovation in the healthcare service in tribal areas: Assessment of Mother- Child Tracking System and Telemedicine. (Anoosha Neemkar; 2022)

2. Understanding the Environmental Discourse In Tamil Nadu: A Critique of Cultural Ecology through the Study of Neduvasal (Sabari Gireeshan, 2019)

3. A study of the occupational shift among the Kusavas of Malappuram district in Kerala (K.Pranav, 2019)

4. An Anthropological Inquiry on Fertility Behaviour and Infertility among the Bodo Women, Assam. (Manisha Kakhlakari; 2018)

5. Health Behavior and Occupational Risks among the Fishing Community of Peda Jalaripeta, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. (P.Dalibandhu, 2018)

6. Community participation in School Management: A study on the introduction of English as the medium of Instruction in Karimnagar district of Telangana. (Lingaiah Meesala; 2017)

7. A study of Hygiene practices and menstrual hygiene education among adolescent school-going tribal girls in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. (Sadhu Susmita; 2016)

8. Occupational Health hazards among the farming community: the case of Chenchu of Andhra Pradesh. (T.Pavan Kumar; 2015)

9. Ethnoorthopaedic care: A study of bone setters in Hyderabad city. (Shruti Singh, 2011)

10. Ethnomedical Practices among the Chenchus of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. (N.Srinivasu)

11. Utilization of services of rural medical providers (RMPs) for STI and other RTIs. (Surjit Sahu)

12. Socio-cultural dimensions of food: A study among the Angami Nagas in Kohima District of Nagaland. (Akhano. Shikhari)

13. Patient–Provider Relationships in the Context of TB: Dimensions of Treatment Compliance. (E.Indra Kalyan)

14. Community Participation in Health Programmes: A Women’s Perspective. (Udita Rathi)

15. Role and status of traditional women healers: A study in Koraput district of Orissa. (Kusum Bharati)

16. Socio-cultural dimensions of plant and animal use among Juangs of Keonjhar district of Orissa. (Rashmi Rekha Tripathy)

17. Ethnomedicine: Practice and Practioners: A study among the Kondha in Rayagada District of Orissa. (Jaganath Majhi)

18. Community Participation in Health Care: A study of Savara Traditional Healers in providing Tuberculosis Services. (Aditya Ray)

19. Socio-cultural dimensions of sanitation: Study in a village of Khammam district. A.P. (N.Sudhir Kuamr)

20. Health seeking behaviour of TB patents: A study among the slum dwellers in Hyderabad city. (S.Srinivasa)

21. Health and Illness among Koya: A study in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh. (Nanda Kishore. K)

22. Self-medication among the urban middle class: A study in Hyderabad city. (Priya Jose)

23. Culture and illness among the Savara: A study in Seethampeta Mandal of Andhra Pradesh. (H.Krishna Madhaav)