Employee Profile

Research Interest

North East India, Visual anthropology, Ethnomedicine

Education

· Masters in Anthropology, University of Calcutta (2013)

· Bachelor in Science (Anthropology), University of Calcutta (2011)

Research Experience 

• Team leader – National project on Ethnographic study of 62 de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic communities listed in list Idate commission report among Bhedkut community of Himachal Pradesh (2020),

• Team leader – National Project on Ethnographic study of 226 denotified, nomadic and Semi-nomadic communities listed in annexure-ii of the Idate commission report for NITI AAYOG. Communities studied- Nayak of Madhya Pradesh (2021), Sudugudu Sidhan of Madhya Pradesh (2022), Digaru Mishmi of Arunachal Pradesh (2023)

• Team leader – Project titled Anthropological study of denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic communities from the list of Idate Commission report. Community studied – Banjara of Chattisgarh (2023)

Administrative Experience

Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Anthropological Survey of India, North East Regional Centre, Shillong, Meghalaya (December 2020- April 2022)

 Career Graph

• • Anthropologist (Cultural), Anthropological Survey of India, North East Regional Centre, Shillong, Meghalaya (August 2023 - Present)

  • Assistant Anthropologist (Cultural), Anthropological Survey of India, North East Regional Centre, Shillong, Meghalaya (May 2019- August 2023)

  • Research Investigator, Cultural Research Institute, Other Backward Classes Welfare and Tribal Development Department, Government of West Bengal (September 2016 – May 2019)