• A Cultural Anthropologist having research experience of 13+ years on rural-urban studies, PVTG Studies, and tribal issues including the research cum administrative experience of 6+ years in research administration, coordination, evaluation, monitoring and implementation of Constitutional Safeguards and National Policies for Scheduled Tribes serving the premier organizations viz. Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.

• M. Sc. (Anthropology), 2001, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Programming (PGDCP), 2001, RCSM

• B.Sc. (Mathematics), 1997, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

• Ph.D. Thesis titled  "An Anthropological Study on Tribal Self Governance in Scheduled Areas of Jharkhand" submitted to Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag for award of Ph.D Degree in Anthropology, 2025

• Tribal Culture, Caste Identities, Forest Rights, Tribal Self Governance, PESA, Tribal Development, Utilisation of Scheduled Tribes Component, Scheduled Areas (V Schedule) and Tribal Areas (VII Schedule), Heritage City Studies, Demography, Child Labour, Child Rights, Women Rights, Social Inclusion and Exclusion, Utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility Fund in tribal areas

• Assistant Anthropologist (Cultural), Anthropological Survey of India, M/o Culture, GoI, Head Office, Kolkata (February 2024 onwards). Officer-In Charge of Project Monitoring and Implementation (PMI) Section, (Cultural Anthropology Division) of AnSI.

• Assistant Director, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, M/o Tribal Affairs, GoI  New Delhi with additional charges of Commission's Regional Offices at Ranchi, Shillong and Jaipur (Sept. 2017-January 2024) 

• Research Associate (Cultural),  Anthropological Survey of India, M/o Culture, GoI, North West Regional Centre, Dehradun (Dec. 2010- Sept. 2017)

Research and Administrative Experience

• Officer-in-charge and CPIO (RTI), Economic Social Development Wing, NCST, Head Office, New Delhi

• Officer-in-charge and CPIO (RTI), Research, Monitoring, Development and Coordination (RMDC) Wing, NCST, Head Office, New Delhi

• Nodal Officer, Research Projects/Evaluation Studies, NCST, New Delhi

(Research Administration, Monitoring, Co-ordination and Evaluation of 20 Research Projects entrusted by NCST to various Research Organisations on issues of problems and Development of Scheduled Tribes.)

• Nodal Officer, Working Group on Monitoring of Scheduled Tribes Components (WGMSTC), NCST, New Delhi

• Nodal Officer, Working Group on Study of Forest Rights Act, 2006 and Other Forest Dwellers, (WGFRA), NCST, New  Delhi

• Nodal Officer, Working Group on Fake Caste Certificates (WGFCC), NCST, New Delhi

• Nodal Officer, Monitoring of Utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas, NCST, New Delhi

• Nodal Officer, VIP Protocol & Coordination, RMDC Wing, NCST, New Delhi

(Cordination with all Central Ministries, State Governments, District Administration authorities, and CMDs/ EDs of PSUs & Banks in India)

• Officer-in-charge, Research Unit (Grievance Handling, Constitutional Safeguards, Acts and Policy Research) at NCST's Regional Offices at Ranchi, Shillong, and Jaipur

Administrative Experience

• Ex-Officio Member, State Level Monitoring and Vigilance Committee (SLMVC) under SC/ST (PoA) Act, 1989 (chaired by Chief Minister) of respective States under the jurisdiction of NCST's Regional Offices at Ranchi, Shillong, and Jaipur (2017-2024)

• Head of Office, CDDO, and Controlling Officer, and Officer-in-charge, NCST, Regional Office, Ranchi 

(Jurisdiction: Jharkhand,  Bihar and Uttar Pradesh)

• Head of Office, CDDO, and Controlling Officer, and Officer-in-charge, NCST, Regional Office, Shillong (Jurisdiction: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) 

• Head of Office, CDDO, and Controlling Officer, and Officer-in-charge, NCST, Regional Office, Jaipur 

(Jurisdiction: Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, NCST of Delhi, Union Territories of Chandigarh, and Daman and Diu)   

• Member, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (SHWW) Act 2013, NCST, Head Office, New Delhi 

• Nodal Officer, VIP Protocol & Coordination, NCST, R.O. at Ranchi, Shillong, and Jaipur

(coordination with Cabinet Secretariat of State Government, District Administration, and CMDs of PSUs in all states under the jurisdiction of NCST, R.O. at Ranchi, Shillong, and Jaipur)

• Appellate Authority (RTI), NCST, R.O. at Ranchi, Shillong, and Jaipur

• OIC (Rajbhasha),  NCST, R.O. at Ranchi, Shillong, and Jaipur

• Ex-Officio Member, NARAKAS, Ranchi, Shillong & Jaipur

• Chairperson, ICC, SHWW Act 2013, AnSI, NWRC, Dehradun

 (i)    ‘DNA Polymorphism of Contemporary Indian Population’

• worked on Demography of Gorkha population in Village Karbari Grant, Dehradun 

(ii)    'Social Impact Assessment (SIA) of Development Initiatives'

• Conducted the SIA of two thermal power plants in multi-ethnic villages of Bara and Karchhana Tehsil in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh 

(iii)    PVTG Studies under 12th Plan Projects

• Conducted Study on ‘Raji’ tribe under PVTGs of Uttarakhand

• Assisted data analysis and report editing on all the particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of the four states viz. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra  and Uttarakhand for ‘PVTG Studies’ under 12th Plan Project

(v)     ‘Bio-cultural Diversity, Environment and Sustainable Development

• Re-study of Village ‘Parhil’ (village Kishangarhi studied by Mckim Marriot) in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh

• Village study on ‘Sultanpur’ village in Karnal district of Haryana 

(vii)    ‘Studies on Cities under projects HRIDAY/PRASAD' 

• Conducted Study on ‘Amritsar’ heritage city