The department was initially established as a joint Department of Anthropology and Sociology in the year 1976. The joint department got bifurcated into two separate departments in the year 1991. Besides, the teaching programme in M.A/M.Sc. in Anthropology, the Department of Anthropology has also M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes. Anthropology is a scientific study of man and his work. It studies various aspects of human society and culture from a bio-social perspective. It has three branches, namely, social/cultural anthropology, physical/biological anthropology and prehistory archaeology. The department offers specialization in social/cultural anthropology and physical/biological anthropology. The thrust area of the Department is tribal studies, social exclusion/inclusion and children and childhood. The department is known for its teaching, research and extension work. Students are given a field exposure through an intensive camp-based fieldwork. The faculty members of the Department are holding important academic positions at national and international levels. Any graduate securing a minimum of 45% is eligible to take admission in anthropology through an entrance test followed by personal interview. The Background l The “Department of Anthropology and Sociology” came into being in the year 1976 and got bifurcated into separate Departments of “Anthropology” and “Sociology” in the year 1991 l The Self-Financing Course “Master of Social Work” was launched by the Department in the year 2007
| Sl.No | Facilities | Major Equipments availablet |
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| 1 | Library | Good Library Facility with 857 Books |
| 2 | Total no of Classrooms | 04 |
| 3 | Classrooms with ICT Facility | 04(02 with Interactive Smart Board) |
| 4 | Internet facility to staffs and students | 14 Computers with E-Governance, Broadband connection with Wi-Fi |
| 5 | Laboratory | Equipments pertaining to Physical and arrcheological Practical |
| 6 | Conference Hall | well-equipped with mount interactive Projector |
Placement Record of the Students,if any
Indian Civil Service Sri Pawan Kumar Dalmia, UGC JRF has qualified ICS 2007 Govt. Organizations Anthropological Survey of India Dept. of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi Department of Forensic, Govt. of Orissa Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Dheradun Central University, Pondicheery Census of India, New Delhi Orissa State AIDS Control Society Lecture in Government Colleges ICRRS Regional Centre, BBSR Overseas Institute Institute of Micro Nutrient Research, Nigeria NGOs Care India
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION :
It is the official headquarters of the IUAES International Commission on Children, Youth and Childhood.
Faculty in National and International Committees and Editorial Boards
International Committees
l Member of Advisory Committee, Contemporary India Study Centre Aarhus, Aarhus University, Denmark (since 2009, Centre funded by the European Union)
l Member of Selection Committee and Coordination Committee of Erasmus Mundus Action Plan-2
l Chair, IUAES Commission on Anthropology of Children, Youth and Childhood
l Coordinator IBIES (Interdisciplinary Bridge course for Indo European Studies), Sambalpur University
National Committees
UGC-NET, Planning Commission Steering Group on PVTG
Editorial Boards
l Black on White Publications, UK
l Boyhood Studies, USA
l International Editorial Board, Sociological Analysis, USA
l International Advisory Board, Practicing Anthropology, USA
l Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide, Greenwood Publishing House, USA
l Journal Acta Academica, South Africa
l Wheelock International Journal of Children
l Families, and Social Change
l Man and Life
l Oriental Anthropology
l Journal of Social Science.
l Sociology Study
Irish Journal of Anthropology
Memorendum of Understanding:
Overseas Linkages
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Activities |
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Tubengin University, Germany |
Student’s Exchange Programme 1. 3 PG students from Tubengin visited the Dept for 3 months 2. 2 students from the Dept visited Tubengin for 3 months 3. Two Ph.D scholars visited the Department |
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Interdisciplinary Bridge Course for Indo-European Studies (IBIES) 1. Aarhus University,Denmark 2. Warsaw University,Poland |
Scholarship Programme 1. 3 Students from the Dept. visited Aarhus University to complete 3rd &4th Sem 2. One student from the Dept went to Polland to complete 3rd &4th Sem |
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Contemporary India Study Centre Aarhus(CISCA) lectures |
Lecture Series Prof Uwe Skoda (Denmark), Prof Ronald Hedenberg (Germany), Prof Andrea Hardenberg (Germany) Prof .Christine Finnan from USA, Dr.Lidia Guzy from Ireland, Prof.Jennifer Clark from Mexico and Prof. Peter Berger from Netherland |
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1.International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 2.Universidad autonoma de nuevo leon monterry, MEXICO 3. Aarhus University, Denmark |
Seminar in collaboration IUAES INTER- CONGRESS: 26-30 November, 2012 “Social Sustainability: Migration, Gender and Trafficking” on July 19-20, 2010. “Revisiting Research Methods in Social Sciences” on 25-27 Nov 2010 |
