Dr. Sumitabha Chakraborty
Dr. Sumitabha Chakraborty
Assistant Anthropologist (Cultural Anthropology)
Anthropological Survey of India
Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre
Port Blair 744101
E-mail: chakrabortysumitabha@gmail.com
Mobile: +91-9433897856
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Education
Education
Ph. D. Cultural Anthropology (2011, University of Ranchi)
M. SC. Social/Cultural Anthropology (1990, Dr. H. S. Gaur Vishwavidyalaya, Saugor, MP)
B. SC. Anthropology (1988, Calcutta University)
Areas of research interest
Areas of research interest
Ethnography and impact assessment research on hunter-gatherers community in India
Man in Biosphere study: impact and sustenance
Tangible and intangible cultural heritage on the indigenous community
Village studies and the studies on indigenous communities
De-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic communities
Academic appointments
Academic appointments
Assistant Anthropologist (Cul.), Anthropological Survey of India (Since September, 2021)(in Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair)
Research Associate (Cul.), Anthropological Survey of India (From April, 1996 to August, 2021)(in Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair; North-West Regional Centre, Dehradun; Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata)
Senior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India (From April, 1995 to March, 1996)
Junior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India (From January, 1991 to December, 1994)
Academic trainings
Academic trainings
Advance research training on social impact assessment (SIA) study from TISS, Mumbai
Research Training on village development from TISS, Mumbai
Projects completed
Projects completed
Boat Typology and Fishing Practices in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Collaborative Project with National Institute of Science, Technology and Development-NISTAD) Carried out Research Study among the Nicobarese of Great Nicobar and the Karen of North Andaman
Jarawa and their Neighbours: Contact & Conflict (Regional Project) Carried out Research Study among the Jarawa and Settlers in Jarawa Reserve Area
Crafts & Craftsmanship (9th National Planner Project) Carried out Research Study among the Nicobarese of Central Nicobar (Katchal and Nancowry Islands)
Syncretism in India: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach (10th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study in Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah, Delhi and Religious Syncretism among the Kinnaurese of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
Man in Biosphere: Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (10th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study among the Lepchas of West and North Sikkim
People of India: Cultural Diversity, (A Study of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage) (11th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study among the Sahariyas of Baran district of Rajasthan
People of India: Subsistence Agricultural Practice in Sikkim Himalayas (11th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study among the Lepcha, Bhutia and Nepalese of South, East and West district of Sikkim
Vedanta Alumina Plant: A Study on Social Impact Assessment (Time-bound SIA Project) Carried out Research Study among the Kutia and Dongria Kondha of Lanjigarh and Raigarah district of Odisha
Anthropological Study of Rajarhat, Newtown (Regional Project) Carried out Research Study among the Land-looser village people of Rajarhat
Bio-Cultural Diversity, Environmental and Sustainable Development (Village Study) (12th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study in Madhurbhasa village of Coochbehar district of West Bengal and Lingthem village of Dzongu, North Sikkim district
Man in Biosphere: Panna Biosphere Reserve, Madhya Pradesh (12th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study in six villages of core, buffer and transition zone of Panna Tiger Reserve Area, Panna and Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh
Development and Sustainability (13th National Planned Project) Carried out Research Study in rubber production and sustainability among the tribal people of Tripura.
Anthropological Study of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic communities of India (Bediya of WB, Ghasi of Odisha, Bharwad of Dadra and Nagar Haveli)
Ethnographic Study of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic communities of India under NITI Aayog (Sapera of Bihar and UP, Golar and Bhantu of MP).
Anthropological Study of De-notified communities of India (Banjara of Bihar)
Research publications
Research publications
Books
The Lepcha of Sikkim, a book of North East India Land and People Series – 2 published by Sanskriti, Guwahati, November, 2011.
LEPCHA LIFE AND CULTURE: God, Beliefs and Myths, 2021, Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, ISBN: 9789388789677
Edited Books
Tribal Economy in The Himalayas: Persistence and Change published in Dimensions of Human Society and Culture (Ed.) Manis Kumar Raha; New Delhi; Gyan Publishing House; 1996.
The Jarawas and Their Neighbours: The Post-Independence Scenerio published in JARAWA CONTACT: Ours with Them Theirs with Us (Ed.) K. Mukhopadhyay, R.K. Bhattacharya, B.N. Sarkar; Kolkata; Anthropological Survey of India; 2002.
THE BOAT MAKING: A Fascinating Craft of the Karen of North Andaman Island (A Reflection on Traditional Wisdom) published in Portrait of Anthropological Research (Edited by) Debabrata Mandal, Dr. Tilak Kr. Bagchi and A. Mukhopadhyay; by Sarup Book publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi; September, 2008.
Forest, Canoe and Fishing: The Axle of Shompen Economy published in Portrait of Anthropological Research (Edited by) Debabrata Mandal, Dr. Tilak Kr. Bagchi and A. Mukhopadhyay by Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi; September, 2008 jointly with Sri Amitava Dinda.
Calendar, Time Reckoning and Sea-faring Activities: The Traditional Wisdom of the Karen of North Andaman Islands sent the full length article and accepted in the 16th International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, which was held on July, 2008 at Kunming, China.
Health Care and the Utilization of Medicinal Plant among the Rajis: An Overview published in A.K. Haldar, Prabhat K. Singh, Palash C. Coomar (Eds.) Tribal Ethnomedicine – Problems and Prospect (vol. VII), The Institute of Social Research & Applied Anthropology (ISRAA), Medinipur, 2008.
The Karen: Their Cultural Heritage and Traditional Knowledge as Identity Markers published in Homogenous Communities of Andaman Islands between 1921-1942 (Proceedings of two day National Level Seminar), Department of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkiya Mahavidyalaya, Port Blair, Andaman Islands, 2009.
Canoe Making and Traditional Wisdom among the Nicoberese of Katchal published in Loknath Soni, Francis Kulirani (Eds.) Crafts and Craftsmanship (vol.1). Kolkata: Anthropological Survey of India, 2009
Crafts & Craftsmanship Among the Nicoberese of Katchal Island published in Loknath Soni, Francis Kulirani (Eds.) Crafts and Craftsmanship: studied in Traditional Knowledge in India (vol. 2). Kolkata: Anthropological Survey of India, 2009 (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi)
Religious Pluralism among the Kinnaurese published in Concept of God and Religion – Traditional Thought and Contemporary Society (Ed) by K.Jose, Gautam K. Bera, Birinchi K. Medhi and R.P. Athparia by Abhijeet Publication, New Delhi, 2012.
God, Demons & Spirits: Wisdom of Lepcha Munism published in Concept of God and Religion – Traditional Thought and Contemporary Society (Ed) by K.Jose, Gautam K. Bera, Birinchi K. Medhi and R.P. Athparia by Abhijeet publishers, New Delhi, 2012.
Health, Illness and Role of Ethno-Medicine among the Lepchas Living in Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve of Sikkim Himalaya: A study on Traditional Knowledge published in Ramesh Chandra, D.B. Mandal, Arun Kumar Singh (Eds.) Man in Biosphere: Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve: A Case study of Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve. Kolkata: Anthropological Survey of India, 2013 (Gyan Publishing House – New Delhi).
Andaman Tribes: Past and Present published in Anthropology in India – Retrospect and Prospect (Ed.) by Gautam K. Bera, K.Jose by Abhijeet publishers, New Delhi, 2013.
Economic mobility of the Moghia of Central India: A Study of transformation and Change, published in Gautam Kumar Bera (Eds.) Unrest in the Central Corridor: Ethno-Social Movement in Middle India. New Delhi: Abhijeet Publication, 2013.
Boat Typology and Fishing Practices among the Nicobarese of Great Nicobar published in Boat Typology and Fishing Communities: A Contextual Study (Eds.) by A. Justin, Kolkata, Anthropological Survey of India, 2013, pp. 180 – 198.
Boat Typology and Fishing Practices among the Karens of Mayabunder published in Boat Typology and Fishing Communities: A Contextual Study (Eds.) by A. Justin, Kolkata, Anthropological Survey of India, 2013, pp.199 – 232.
Terrace Farming in Sikkim: Subsistence Agricultural Practices of the Lepchas published in Indigenous Resource Management in North East India (Eds.) by K. Jose and Gautam Kumar Bera, New Delhi, Omson Publication in collaboration with Sanskriti-NEICR, Guwahati, 2014, pp.24 - 57. ISBN No. 978-93-81981-08-5.
Ethnomedicine and Power Healing: Lepcha Indigenous Knowledge published in Indigenous Resource Management in North East India (Eds.) by K. Jose and Gautam Kumar Bera, New Delhi, Omson Publication in collaboration with Sanskriti-NEICR, Guwahati, 2014, pp.68 – 99. (Jointly with Smt. Aheri Das), ISBN No. 978-93-81981-08-5.
Traditional Calendar and time reckoning: an endangered culture of the Karen tribe of North Andaman Islands published in Endangered Cultures and Languages in India: Empirical Observations (Eds.) by Gautam Kumar Bera and K. Jose, Delhi, Spectrum Publications in association with Sanskriti – NEICR, Guwahati, 2015, pp. 165 – 193. ISBN No. 978-81-8344-069-1.
Land, People and Power: An Anthropological Study of Emerging Megacity of New Town, Rajarhat – a book published as a research member of a Team of researchers guided by Dr. Kakali Chakrabarty, published by Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi, 2015, ISBN No. 9788121212588.
The Tribes of Central India and Verrier Elwin: An Appraisal published in Romanticism Remembered; Verrier Elwin After Fifty Years (Eds.) by Gautam Kumar Bera and K. Jose, Delhi, Spectrum Publications in association with Sanskriti – NEICR, Guwahati, 2016, pp.127 – 139. ISBN No. 9789350502556.
The Kutia Kondha of Odisha published in The Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in India:Priviledges and Predicaments (Eds.) by Suresh Patil and Others, 2016, New Delhi, Manohar, on behalf of Anthropological Survey of India, ISBN: 978-93-5098-106-1
Maize Cultivation in Sikkim: Food Security and Strategy published in The Cultural Heritage of Sikkim, (Eds.) Sarit Chaudhuri, 2018, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers and Distributors.
The Lepcha of the Khangchendzonga Reserve Forest in Sikkim: Changing Paradigm and Shifting meanings published in the edited book by Komal Singha, Tikendra K. Chettry, K. Jose, SVD, 2022.
An Account of Ranchi and Karen Community of Andaman Islands published in the coffee-table book People of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 2022, Kolkata: Anthropological Survey of India, ISBN: 9789382984139
Exhibition Gallery of Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata (1976) published in a coffee-table book Museums of Anthropological Survey of India, 2021, Kolkata: Anthropological Survey of India, ISBN: 9789382984610.
Man-Nature Relationship in the Lepcha Cognition published in Socio-Cultural Contours of Noth-East India (Eds.) Sarthak Sengupta and Juri Borah, 2022, New Delhi: Mittal Publications, ISBN: 9789394569072.
Health, Illness and Therapeutics – A Study on Power Healing among the Lepchas published in Spectrum of Anthropological Perspective of North-East India, (Eds.) Sarthak Sengupta, 2019, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, ISBN: 9788121219433
Journals
a) Family among the Sansiya and Bhantu: A Comparison published in Man And Life, vol. 20; Nos.3 & 4; July – Dec. 1994.
b) Crafts of an Outrigger Canoe: A Reflection on Traditional Wisdom of the Nicobarese of Great Nicobar published in Man And Life, vol. 30; Nos. 3 – 4; July – Dec. 2004.
c) The Oraon Families in Andaman Islands: Structure & Change published in Man And Life, vol. 32; Nos. 3 – 4; July – Dec. 2006.
d) Traditional Health Practices: A Study among the Lepchas of Sikkim published in Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, vol. 60, No. 1, January-June, 2011.
e) Syncretism in Kinnaurese Religion, Custom and Belief published in Journal of Northeast Indian Cultures, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2014, ISSN 2322-0988
f) Munism – A Traditional Face of Lepcha Religion: A Study on Preservation of Cultural Heritage published in Asian Mirror - International Journal of Research, Volume I, Issue I, February-2014 ISSN: 2348-6104
g) The Lepcha of the Khangchendzonga Reserve Forest published in Anthropos India – An International Jouornal of the Science of Man, Society, Economy, Culture and Religion, Volume 1, Number 1, January – June, 2015 ISSN: 2394-8396.
h) The Jarawa Habitation: Structural-Functional Excellence published in Anthropos India – An International Journal of the Science of Man, Society, Economy, Culture and Religion, Volume 1, Number 2, July - December, 2015 ISSN: 2394-8396.
i) The Jarawa Architecture of Dwelling: A Glimpse of Habitat Patterns and intra-spatial Significance published in Humankind – The Journal of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Vol.11, 2015.
j) Anthropomorphism and concept of God among the Kinnaurese of Himachal Pradesh published in Anthropos India – An International Journal of the Science of Man, Society, Economy, Culture and Religion, Volume 2, Number 2, July – December, 2016 ISSN: 2394-8396.
k) The Nature of Lepcha Traditional Festival: An Overview published in Anthropology Today – An International Peer Reviewed NEIRA Journal, Volume 2, No. 1, 2016, ISSN: 2454-2709.
l) Maize Cultivation among the Lepchas in Sikkim Himalayas: Issues of Food Security and Strategy published in Anthropos India – An International Journal of the Science of Man, Society, Economy, Culture and Religion, Volume 3, Number 1, January – June, 2017, ISSN: 2394-8396.
m) Body Painting of the Jarawas: A Mode of Cognitive Expression of Culture published in Anthropos India – An International Journal of the Science of Man, Society, Economy, Culture and Religion, Volume 3, Number 2, July - December, 2017, ISSN: 2394-8396.
n) Traditional Learning Process in the Foraging Society: A Case study on the Ang (Jarawa) of Andaman Islands published in MAN IN INDIA (Special Centenary Commemorative volume), Vol. 102, No. 3 & 4, 2022.
o) Hooka Banam: A Dying String Instrument of the Santals of Birbhum published in the Journal of Cultural Research Institute, 2022, Kolkata: CRI
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