University of Delhi

Faculty Member, Anthropology

President, Indian Anthropological Association

Thesis Title: Displacement Rehabilitation and Social change. University of Delhi, 1994.

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Evaluated following Research Projects

1. An Evaluation of Building Community Resistance to Disaster in Nepal: A joint project by European Commission (DIPECHO) and Action Aid International in Maoist affected areas  of Nepal (June-July,2007).

2. An Assesment of  Microplanning Processes in Tribal Development in Bastar, district, Chattisgarh, India, UNDP, New Delhi & Samarthan Centre for Development Support Raipur, November, 2006. One of the components of  this examined the linkages between development  process and the people’s resistence in terms of Naxalite and Salwa Judum movements.

3. An Evaluation of Disaster Management Initiatives in Post Tsunami situations in the areas affected by the LTTE militancy  in Sri Lanka, Action Aid International, Colombo, July, 2006.


4. Sustainable Tourism Development in Nagaland, sponsored by UNDP, New Delhi and World Tourism Organisation(WTO), Madrid, Spain in collaboration with Government of India and Government of Nagaland. 2003-2004.This exercise involved indepth field work in the exrtremist affected areas of Zhuneboto, Mon and Tuensang  to understand  the mechanisms by  which the fruits of Tourism development can reach all sections of the people especially the poor and excluded.

5. Community Norms of Sexual Behaviour : A Preliminary Study of the Tribes of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Uttaranchal. Sponsored by DFID and Sexual Health Resource Centre, New Delhi, 2002.


6. Cultural Continuity and Change among the Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Sponsored by Department of Culture, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi 2000.

7. Chilika: The Lake  and its Cosmology .Sponsored by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, 1997.

8. Role of NGOs in Tribal Development of Orissa. Sponsored by Ministry of Welfare, Govt. of India, 1995.

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