Department of Anthropology

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The department is one of the young P.G. Anthropology departments of India having well equipped laboratory, collection of materials and field work facilities for P.G. Anthropology course. The department has been exploring quality of education by appointing eminent guest faculties from different University and Institutions in and around Kolkata. It is unique in the sense that it is one of the very few Anthropology departments in India having faculties from three major branches of Anthropology as well as offer specialization courses for all three major branches (Biological, Archaeological and Social-Cultural Anthropology). The department emphasised more on its fieldwork as a part of its curriculum. All the students supposed to conduct long camp-based intensive fieldwork for 2^nd Semester (for 3 major branches) and a dissertation for 4th semester under the direct supervision of the teachers.

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COURSES OFFERED

M. Sc (Specialization in all major three branches of Anthropology)
M.Phil & Ph.D. in Anthropology

Students Intake: M.Sc. 20 students per year
M. Phil & Ph.D. as per University guidelines

FACULTY MEMBERS

	Faculty Name	Designation	Area of Specialization
	Dr Subir Biswas	Reader	Biological Anthropology
	Dr Abhijit Das	Asst Professor	Social-Cultural Anthropology
	Mr Debasis Kumar Mandal	Asst Professor	Archaeological Anthropology

Seminar Workshop Organized

(1) 3 days National Seminar on “Human Health: A Bio-cultural Synthesis” , In collaboration with Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India (4th       -6th March 2010)
(2) 1 day National Seminar on “ Human Health: A Bio-cultural Synthesis”, In collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family        Welfare, Govt of India (31st March 2010)