INDIAN ANTHROPOLOGY CONGRESS - 2025

About the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI)

Established in 1945, AnSI is headquartered in Kolkata and operates under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It has seven Regional Centers, One Sub Regional Centre and Three Field Stations spreading across the country. The AnSI is a premier research organization that conducts comprehensive research covering all branches of anthropology. The published papers, monographs, manuals and the unpublished reports stand in testimony to the research contribution of AnsI to the field of anthropology. Its work has helped shape an understanding of India's diverse human landscape and also for informed policy decisions related to cultural preservation and socio-economic development. In the field of Cultural Anthropology, AnSI’s research focus has been ethnographic accounts of different communities and institutions, examination of interethnic relationships and also evaluation research with implications for policy and programmes for health care, the spread of formal education, resettlement of rehabilitation of displaced communities, biodiversity and sustainable development, etc., The research in Physical anthropology is similarly both basic and applied in nature, with studies on growth and development, human genetics,  human variation, food and nutrition, etc. Its collaborative research in the field of paleoanthropology resulted in substantial insights into human migrations and evolution.  (please visit www.ansi.gov for details on research studies by AnSI). AnSI partners with reputed national and international institutions for the fulfilment of its research endeavours.

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About Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)

INCAA has emerged as the apex organization of the profession in March 2004. It is registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961 (registration number S/1L/20556 of 2003-2004, dated March 12, 2004), with its registered office at 225, Kadam Kanon, Jhargram 721507, India. Currently, it has about 211 Founder Members, 709 Life Members, and 6 Institutional Members representing almost all States/Union Territories of the country. INCAA's primary role is to promote the cause of Anthropology and Anthropologists, particularly those associated with India. 

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