I am an anthropologist and PhD scholar at the Department of Anthropology & Tribal Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi. My training in anthropology runs from a BA (Hons.) through an MA, in which I was awarded a Gold Medal, and an MPhil, to my ongoing doctoral research. I am also UGC NET qualified.
My research concerns Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural cognition, approached through kinship and marriage, economic anthropology, material culture and Indigenous rights. I work through qualitative ethnographic research — participant observation, interviews and sustained fieldwork — to understand culture and social practices as they are lived.
My doctoral fieldwork is carried out among the Birjia community in Latehar district, Jharkhand, particularly in the villages of Dauna and Purandih.
Education
- BA Anthropology — Gossner College, Ranchi (2011–2014)
- MA Anthropology — Ranchi University, Ranchi (2014–2016) — Gold Medalist
- MPhil Anthropology — Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha (2018–2020)
- PhD in Anthropology — Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi (2021–present)
- UGC NET qualified
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Affiliation
Department of Anthropology & Tribal Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Research Methodology
Qualitative ethnographic research, participant observation, interviews and fieldwork.
Languages
- English — Professional language · site language
- Hindi (हिन्दी) — Spoken, read and written
- Bangla (বাংলা) — Spoken