FACULTY PROFILE Name Awdhesh Narayan Sharma Date of Birth:16Th

FACULTY PROFILE

Name Awdhesh Narayan Sharma Date of Birth:16th September, 1956 Designation Professor Date of holding Present Post 29-05-2006 Name of the Department and Department of Anthropology School of Applied Sciences School Contact Details Email :[email protected] Mobile:09425626176 Additional Responsibility in the Director, Academic Affairs university, if any Educational Qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D. (Anthropology) (UG onwards) Research Area/Specialization Tribal Studies, Medical Anthropology and Demography Awards/ Honors / Fellowship --- Conferred (With details thereof) Summary of Publications Research 126 Books 24 Chapter -- Seminars/ 08 Projects 06 (Number only) Papers in Books Conferences Proceedings

Research Projects (Completed and Ongoing): S. Title Funding Agency Duration Completed/ No. ongoing 1. Sponsored by UNICEF Completed “Knowledge, Attitude and Practices related to tetanus toxoid immunization through District Health 1987 programme in sagar district (M.P.) Department 2. “Epidemiology of Talipes equinovarus among tribal and non-tribal population of Sponsored by MAPCOST, Completed 1988-90 Sagar district” Bhopal 3. “An Assessment of Poverty, Exploitation, health hazard, nutrition and population Sponsored by MAPCOST, Completed 1991-92 explosion among Bidi workers of Sagar District, (M.P.) Bhopal 4. “Socio -cultural, Environmental determinants and Promotion of health care among Sponsored by DST, New Completed 1993-94 Bharias of Patalkot, (M.P.) Delhi 5. Influence of Tobacco dust, maternal smoking and tobacco chewing during Completed pregnancy on prenatal mortality, birth weitht, body size of the offspring of Bidi Sponsored by UGC 1998-2000 workers, 6. Assessment of Mainstreaming of „AYUSH‟ under NRHM, (Worked as Co-Principal Sponsored by AYUSH, Completed 2009 Investigator) Govt. of India, New Delhi

PUBLICATIONS : National Publications(Details of Research Papers): Year (Name of the author(s), title, name of the journal, vol. no. , page no.,Month/year, ISSN and impact factor, if any) (2013 onwards) 2013  Impact of education on health awareness among the Baiga tribe, International research journal of management and technology, 4[1]: 122-133, [Co-author: A. K. Jain] 2013.  Living standard and economic condition among Baiga of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, Voice of Intellectual Man, 3 (2), 95-104 [Co-authors: J.Jharia and R.K.Goutam], 2013. 2014  Antenatal and postnatal practices among the Baiga of Mandla Didtrict Madhya Pradesh Tribal Health Bulletin: Vol.21, No 2, [Co-authors: J.Jharia and R.K.Goutam], 2014.  Determinants of health among the Saurs of Central India, Tribal People of Central India: Problems and Prospects, K.K. Publication, New Delhi. 301-309 [Co-author: A.Gupta], 2014.  Child care and schooling among Baiga: A Primitive Tribe of Central India, Ethno-medical Practices in Tribal Areas, SSDN Publishers and Distributers, New Delhi,228 [Co-author: J.Jharia and R.K.Goutam] 2014. 2015  Bimanual and Bisexual variation of Distal Phalangeal Creases among Lodhis‟ of Sagar district (MP), India. Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary studies, Vol. No. 3, No. I, 2348-7186, [Co-author: A.Pandey], 2015.  Educational and occupational profile of Baiga- A Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Central India. Madhya Bbarati Journal of Science (ISSN: 0972-7434) 59 (2): 94-97 [Co-author: J.Jharia and R.K.Goutam] 2015.  Growth and development of Homozygous Sicklers: Case Study among Mehra a Scheduled caste of Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh. Asian journal of multidisciplinary Studies. Volume 3, Issue 8, [Co-author: J.Jharia and R.K.Goutam] 2015.  Population composition and structure of Baiga: A Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Central India. Madhya Bbarati Journal of Science (ISSN 0972-7434) 59: 119-125 [Co-author: J.Jharia and R.K.Goutam] 2015.  Study of Longitudinal palmar flexion Creases among Lodhis‟of Sagar district (MP), India. Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary studies, Vol. No. 3, No. 2, 2348-7186, [Co-author: A.Pandey], 2015  The study of Transverse palmar creases among Lodhis‟ of Sagar district, (Madhya Pradesh), India, International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, Vol. No. 14, No. 2, 224-227, [Co-author: A.Pandey], 2015  A study on Reproductive Health Problems of Jaunsari Tribe, District Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Ayan, An International Multidisciplinary Refereed Research Journal, Vol. No. 3, 43-49, [Co-author: P.S. Rana], 2015 2016  Formulation of Transverse Flexion Creases: Validation of Inheritance, Twin Diagnosis and Ethnic Variation., IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Vol. 21, Issue 5, (2) 41-49. [Co-author: A.Pandey] 2016.  Formulation of Longitudinal Flexion Creases: Validation of Inheritance, Twin, Diagnosis and Ethnic Variation. International Journal of Science and Research. 2016; 2296-2300. ISSN: 2319-7064. [Co-author: A.Pandey] 2016. International Publications (Details of Research Papers- 2013 onwards): 2013  Family Planning Practices among Baiga of Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh. The Oriental Anthropologist, 13 (2): 435 [Co- author: Jhariya, J. Gautam, R.K], 2013. 2014  Reproductive Health of Saur Trible women: Reality and Projectation, Anthropologist, 17(2) 569-576 [Co-author: A.Gupta], 2014. 2015  Medial phalangeal crease Specificity among the Lodhis of Sagar District, (Madhya Pradesh), India, Human Biology Review Vol. No. 4, No. 3, 206-220, [ Co-author: A.Pandey] 2015. National Seminar/Conference/Workshops (Attended- 2013 onwards) 2014 National Seminar on Globalization and its challenges in India, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.), Topic-„Globalization and Development in Rural Areas‟, Date: 28-29 March. National Seminar/Conference/Workshops (Organised- 2013 onwards) 2016  “Horizons of Tribal Development”, 29-30 March, 2016. The National Seminar was sponsored by Tribal Research & Development Institute, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, M.P.  “Anthropological perspectives: contemporary Issues and Challenges”, 15-16 July, 2016 at Sagar. The National Seminar was sponsored by Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar, M.P. (Under UGC Non Plan Budget) and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal.

2017 1. “Holistic Anthropological Approach for Tribal Health: Perception & Realizations" 02 - 03 February, 2017 at Sagar. The National Seminar was sponsored by Tribal Research & Development Institute, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, M.P.

No. of Ph.D. Awarded: 21 No. of Ph.D. Scholars working: 08 Memberships in Academic Bodies: Life member, Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologist –(INCAA) Other Academic Achievements : (i) Membership of Editorial Boards: National/ International (With details of the journal(s) and duration)  Editorial member’’Madhya Bbarati Journal of Science’’  Editor “Bhasa Bharti” (ii) Reviewer of the Journal(s) (With details of the journal(s) and duration) (iii) Membership of the Board of Studies/School Board / Academic Council/ Executive Council (Within/ outside the university)  Chairman, Board of Studies Deptt. of Anthropology, Dr. H.S. GourVishwavidyalaya(A Central University) Sagar (M.P.)  Member, Board of StudiesDeptt. of Anthropology, Dr. H.S. GourVishwavidyalaya(A Central University) Sagar (M.P.)