Dr. Tapati Mukherjee, Former Vice-Chancellorof Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU), India & Director of Culture & Cultural Relations, Visva Bharati, West Bengal, India. She shall be taking up the matter of Culture.
Dr. Kakali Mukherjee, Former Assistant Registrar General, Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI), Language Division, Kolkata, India. She shall shed light on the Tribes of India.
Dr. Sonali Mukherje is Professor & HoD, Department of Bengali at the Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU), West Bengal, India. She has years of experience due to her extensive research in the field of Literature alongside Tribal Literature.
Dr. Nabakumar Duary, Senior Research Associate / Scientist, Anthropological Survey of India, Social-Cultural-Anthropology Unit. Dr Duary pursued his PhD (Anthropology) from Ranchi Univeristy. He has conducted field work across a huge swathe of India, in states such as Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Dr Duary is a trained expert in Visual Anthropology from the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, and has made more than seven documentaries till date, either jointly or independently. He has three books to his credit along with numerous research publications in national and international journals.
Dr. Sibansu Mukherjee serves as Linguist at the Society for Natural Languages Technology & Research (SNLTR) that functions under the aegis of the Dept. of IT & Electronics, Gov't of West Bengal. He shall be addressing the issue of Multilingualism.
Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas, Associate Professor &First Founder Faculty Member, Department of Anthropology, North Bengal University (NBU), West Bengal, India. His area of interest, research and expertise include social-cultural anthropology and tribal studies. He shall share his thoughts on Global Impact on Tribal Culture and Language.
Prof. Dipak Kumar Midya, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, India has authored many books and research articles over the years. His research interests include Ethnic Identity, Tribal Problems, Indigenous People, etc.
Dr. Abhijit Das, Associate Professor& Head, Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, India. Prof Das finished his PhD (Anthropology) from the University of Calcutta, India. He has numerous research publications in national and international journals to his credit.
Dr. Sujit Kumar Dutta, Associate Professor, International Relations, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh.
Mr. Biswajit Maity is an Associate Professor, Department of Bengali, Sitananda College, Nandigram, West Bengal, India. Mr. Maity pursued his MA and PhD from Visva-Bharati University, W.B., India.
Dr. Sumahan Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, India, is a Social-Cultural Anthropologist. Dr Bandyopadhyay is the Director of Centre for Adivasi Studies & Museum, Vidyasagar University, India. Dr Bandyopadhyay completed his PhD (Anthropology) from Visva Bharati University, India. He is the Editor of "Man in India" - the oldest anthropology journal in the Indian subcontinent. He is the author of many books and research articles.
Dr. Milon Kanti Satpathi, Associate Professor, Department of Bengali and Course Coordinator of Jhumur Diploma, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU), WB, India. His interests include Bangladesher Sahitya, Katha Sahitya, Folklore, Modern Bengali Poetry, etc.
Dr. Jagdeep Oraon, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology & Tribal Studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, SKBU, West Bengal, India.
Dr. Subhash Chandra Mahato, Assistant Professor, Department of Tribal and Regional Languages, Kolhan University, Chaibasa, Jharkhand, India.
Dr. Sudip Bhui is an Assistant Professor(Stage-II) in the Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU), WB, India. He has a double MSc, an MPhil and a PhD degree, to his credit. Before joining the Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies in SKBU, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department of Mahishadal Girl's College. He has also taught at Haldia Gov't College. Dr Bhui is the Principal & Co-Principal Investigator of a number of ongoing Research Projects. He has published numerous research articles in both national and international level peer-reviewed academic journals. He also has quite a few books and book chapters to his credit. He has also made presentations of his research at a good number of International Seminars and Conferences. His areas of specialization include Social Anthropology,Tribal Ethnography,Folklore,Ethnomedicine,Indigenous Health Care System
Dr. Santanu Mondal, Assistant Professor, Department of Bengali, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India, did his Masters, M.Phil and PhD(Linguistics) from the Department of Bengali, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Dr. Krishna Kumar Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of History. Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College (Autonomous), was formerly an M.Phil., PhD & Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Dr. Rimi Ghosh Dastidar, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, West Bengal Education Service, P.R. Thakur Government College,WB. Former Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Sanskrit College & University (erstwhile Sanskrit College), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Mr. Mahadi Hassan, Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language & Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mr. Hassan obtained his MPhil from the University of Dhaka and is currently pursuing PhD at the University of Tehran, Iran.
Dr. Somenath Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor (Senior), Department of Anthropology, Assam University, Diphu Campus, Assam. He founded the Department of Anthropology at the Diphu campus of Assam University. Dr. Bhattacharjee completed his PhD (Anthropology) from North Bengal University in 2004. He is a Social-Cultural Anthropologist and his research areas are Tribal Ethnography, Material Culture, Tribal Health, etc.
Dr. Subhamay Kisku, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta. Dr Kisku did his PhD (Anthropology) from Vidyasagar University, WB, India. His research areas are the anthropology of ageing, development, tourism, visual anthropology, etc.
Dr. Santanu Panda is a Member ofFaculty, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalay. He was formerly a Formar Research Associate of the CRSGPP, WBNUJS and Guest teacher, Dept. of Nutrition & Dietetics, Vidyasagar Institute of Health. He completed his M.Sc and PhD in Anthropology from Vidyasagar University. He also pursued MSW from NSOU. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow under ICSSR, Gov't of India. Dr Panda has five years of teaching experience and ten years of field experience while doing research in association with various reputed institutions and universities in India. He has numerous publications in reputed national and international journals.
Dr. Suchismita Sen Chowdhury is currently working as Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith (under WBSU), Kolkata. Previously she was associated with Cultural Research Institute, Govt. of West Bengal. She has done her Doctoral Research from Calcutta University on the tribal women in India and Bangladesh. Her research interests include tribal culture, development, gender issues etc. She has a number of publications in different journals and edited volumes.
Dr. Arup Majumder is a Social-Cultural Anthropologist with considerable research experience in Linguistic Anthropology. He has pursued BSc, MSc, PhD (Anthropology), MA, BEd, MPhil (Education), MSW (Social Welfare), D.El.Ed, LLB (Criminal Law), an assortment of PG Certificates and Diplomas, that he obtained, variously, from the University of Calcutta, Vidyasagar University, Jadavpur University, NSOU, IGNOU, Fakir Mohan University, to mention just a few. Formerly a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Senior Research Associate at Jadavpur University, he is a teacher and an Independent Research Scholar with numerous publications in both national and international peer-reviewed academic journals of global repute.