EDUCATION

• M.PHIL IN ANTHROPOLOGY- 2011, UTKAL UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESHWAR, ODISHA

• M.A, IN ANTHROPOLOGY (SOCIAL & CULTURAL)- 2008, UTKAL UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESHWAR, ODISHA

• B.A. (Hons.) ANTHROPOLOGY - 2006, TALCHER COLLEGE, TALCHER, ODISHA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. ASSISTANT KEEPER, ZONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ANTHROPOLGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, JAGDALPUR, SINCE-AUGUST 2017 (ALSO SERVED IN ZONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM ANDAMAN & NICOBAR REGIONAL CENTRE, PORT BLAIR FROM JANUARY 2022- SEPTEMBER 2022)

2. MUSEUM ASSOCIATE- INDIRA GANDHI RASHTRIYA MANAV SANGRAHALAYA, BHOPAL -2014 

3. MUSEUM ASSISTANT- INDIRA GANDHI RASHTRIYA MANAV SANGRAHALAYA, BHOPAL 2012 

4. TECHNICAL OFFICER- REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, BHUBANESWAR -2012

5. MUSEUM GUIDE- SCHEDULE CASTE & SCHEDULE TRIBE RESEARCH CENTRE, GOVT. OF ODISHA 2009 

6. DEVELOPMENT APPRENCTICE- PRADAN (NGO)2008 

 AREAS OF INTEREST

• TRIBAL MYTHOLOGIES & TRIBAL CULTURE

• MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITIES

• MUSEUMS DEVELOPMENT & EXHIBITIONS

• CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL SPECIMENS

PUBLICATIONS

IN BOOKS

• ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEMS OF CENTRAL INDIA- ZONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA: THE CULTURAL TROVE OF BASTAR . 

• JANJAATIYO KE SANSKRUTIK AYAAM- BAANS: JANJAATI SAMUDAY KI JEEVAN REKHA,

• LIFE IN COVID- IMPACT OF COVID-19: LIVELIHOOD SCENARIO OF BASTAR TRIBES 

IN JOURNALS

• JOURNAL OF TRIBAL, FOLK & SUBALTERN STUDIES- VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA: PUNJAB UNVEILED

• BANAJA:  IMPACT OF MULTI-LINGUAL EDUCATION ON TRIBAL EDUCATION (IN PUBLICATION)