Curriculum Vitae in Favour of Professor Vijoy S. Sahay

CURRICULUM VITAE IN FAVOUR OF

PROFESSOR VIJOY S. SAHAY

1. Name: VIJOY S. SAHAY (VIJOY SHANKAR SAHAY)

2. Date of Birth: February 12, 1950

3. Father‟s Name: Late Dr. Jagdanand Sahay

4. Present Designation: Professor & Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad- 211 002, (India).

5. Mailing Address: Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad- 211 002, (India). 6. E-mail ID and Telephone Numbers: [email protected] Tel: 0532-2507460 and Mobile: 91- 9415340356

7. Educational Qualification:

Examinations Year of Board/University Subjects Division & % Passed Passing

Bihar Sec. School Ex. El. Maths., E.P.H., Second Div. With Matriculation 1964 Board, Patna Geog, English, Hindi, 51% marks Civics, Sanskrit

B.A.(Honors in Ranchi College, Honors in First Position in Anthropology) 1969 Ranchi (under Ranchi Anthropology; First Class with University) Philosophy as Pass 60.1% Course

M.A. in Ranchi University, Ranchi Anthropology with First Position in Anthropology 1971 Dissertation as Special First Class with Paper on “Snake cult in 60.1% India”.

Ph.D. Ranchi University, Ranchi Topic: “The 1979 Nicobarese: A Study in Nature-Man-Spirit Complex”.

8. Teaching Experience and Service Details:

Date of Post Department & Type of Appointment Appointment University

23.9.1973 Junior Research Fellow Department of Temporary (U.G.C.) Anthropology, Ranchi University, Ranchi

21.9.1979 Research Associate Department of Temporary (U.G.C.), Centre of Anthropology, Special Assistance Ranchi University, Ranchi

19.11.1981 Lecturer Giridih College, Giridih Permanent (Ranchi University)

26.5.1983 Lecturer (Transferred to) K.O.College, Gumla Permanent (Ranchi University) 18.11.1989 Reader (merit promotion K.O.College, Gumla, Permanent in 8 years) (Ranchi University)

27.8.1993 Reader (Joined the Department of Permanent Department of Anthropology, Anthropology, University University of Allahabad, of Allahabad) Allahabad 12.12.2003 Professor Department of Permanent Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad

9. Research Guidance:

Sl. Name of the Topic of Ph. D. Awarded/Su Year of No. Candidate bmitted Award/Sub mission 1 Prabhat K Nature –Man-Spirit Complex of the Awarded 1986 Singh Kurmis: A Study in Search of Identity. Ranchi University 2 Sangita Sinha Political Awareness and Participation of Awarded 2001 Rural Women of Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad University 3 Ram Pujan Wild Life vis-à-vis Tribal Life: A Study in Awarded 2001 Srivastava Ecological Anthropology. Allahabad University 4 Priya Anthropology of Organizational Behavior Awarded 2006 Srivastava and Personnel Management: With Allahabad Reference to Two Industrial Units of Tribal University Region. 5 Siddharth Untouchability Among the Untouchables in Awarded 2006 Singh India. Allahabad (I.A.S.) University

6 Suruchi Gender Differences in Child Health and Awarded 2007 Tewari Health Care in Allahabad. Allahabad University 7 Anupama Sacred Complex of Hindu Prayag: A Study Awarded 2007 Sharma in Changing Dimension of Indian Allahabad Civilization. University

8 Malini Human Materialism Reconsidered: With Awarded 2008 Srivastava Reference to Two Multicaste Villages in Allahabad India. University 9 Alka Correlation Between Fertility and Health Awarded 2008 Srivastava Status: A Comparative Study of Rural and Allahabad Urban Population in India. University

10 Neeraj Munda and Their Killies: A Study in Social Awarded 2008 Kumar Organization vis-à-vis Territorial Allahabad Thakur Organization. University

11 Suchita Folk-Urban-Continuum Reconsidered: A Awarded 2009 Tripathi Case Study of Allahabad District. Allahabad University 12 Anjuli Impact of Environmental Degradation on Awarded 2009 Chandra Socio-Cultural Settings: A Comparative Allahabad Study of Two Industrial Areas of University Allahabad. 13 Waseem An Anthropological Study of Inbreeding Awarded 2015 Fatima among a Muslim Community. Allahabad University 14 Mitashree How a Sacred Place Blossoms: Evolution of Awarded 2013 Srivastava Bodh Gaya as a Sacred Complex. Allahabad University 15 Karuna Sacred Complex of Hindu Gaya: A Awarded 2015 Shankar Restudy. Allahabad Pandey University 16 Ashok The Baiga: A Study in Nature-Man-Spirit Submitted 2014 Pandey Complex. Allahabad University 17 Rajkumar Chattisgarh Ke Satnami Samaj Ka Final draft 2014 Manavshastreeya Adhyayan. submitted Allahabad University 18 Sanjay Prem Chand ki Kritiyon Mein Final draft 2014 Kumar Manavshastriye Tatva: Sahitya submitted Allahabad Dwiwedi Manavshastra Par Ek Adhyayan. University 19 Neha Singh Religious Beliefs and Practices in a Multi- Final draft 2014 Caste Hindu Village of Central India. submitted Allahabad University 20 Lungaithui Cultural Areas of Manipur: A Study in Registered 2014 Kamei Anthropogeography.

21 Vineet Aapada Prabandhan: Allahabad Shahar Ke Registered 2014 Kumar Singh Paripeksh Me Ganga Janit Barh Vibhishika Ka Ek Manav Vaigyanik Adhyayan.

10. Field Experiences:

1. Three weeks of fieldwork among the Oraon tribesmen at Palkot Block in Gumla Sub- division, District Ranchi as an undergraduate student of Anthropology.

2. Six weeks of fieldwork as post graduate student of Anthropology in Bhojpuri Linguistic Cultural Zone at Buxar in Central Bihar.

3. Seven months of intensive fieldwork for PhD in the Nicobar Islands in 1974.

4. Six months of fieldwork again in the Nicobar Islands for verification of data in 1975.

5. Supervised the fieldwork of post graduate students of Ranchi University among the Birhors, a hunting and gathering tribesmen of the state of Jharkhand for six weeks in 1976.

6. Supervised the fieldwork of post graduate students of the same university among the Munda tribesmen of the state of Jharkhand in 1984.

7. Led the team of post graduate students of Anthropology of Allahabad University to study the Himalayan polyandry for six weeks in Dehradoon District of the state of Uttaranchal in the Himalayas in 1994.

8. Twice led the team of post graduate students of Anthropology of Allahabad University to Bastar in 1996 and 1999 to study the Dhurwa tribesmen and the Gharwas, a caste practicing the age-old Lost Wax Technique of bell metal craftsmanship.

9. Led the team of post graduate students of Anthropology, Allahabad University for fieldwork in 1997 to study a Lingayat village in Karnataka State in South India; a Bhil village in Udaipur District in Rajasthan in 2001; and to Sunderban (Delta region of the Gangetic Plains) in 2003.

10. Convener of the Allahabad University team during fieldwork jointly carried out by the Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad and the Department of Religious Studies, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada during the Kumbha Fair in Allahabad (Prayag) in 2001.

11. Individually carried out intensive fieldwork in the Nicobar Islands in the summer (May-June) of 2002 in order to refresh the data collected over two decades earlier. 12. Led the team of undergraduate students of anthropology of Allahabad University, to study the “Anthropologist of Sports in Jharkhand” at Ranchi in January 2004. 4

13. Led the team of postgraduate students of Allahabad University in April 2004 to study “The Lodhas: An Ex-criminal Tribe of West Bengal” in the district of Medinipur in West Bengal.

14. Led the team of undergraduate students for fieldwork among the Tharu tribe of Balrampur District of Uttar Pradesh in January 2005.

15. Led the team of postgraduate students for anthropological fieldwork in two Garhwali villages in the Uttarkashi District of Uttaranchal in April-May 2005.

16. Led the teams of postgraduate and undergraduate students of Anthropology of Allahabad University to study the Mundas and their Killies (Clans) in Khunti Sub-division of Ranchi District in Jharkhand during January and April 2006.

17. Led the team of undergraduate students to study the Oraons of Gumla District in Jharkhand in January 2007.

18. Led the team of postgraduate students for fieldwork on the “Sacred Complex of Bodh Gaya” in April- May, 2007.

19. Led the team of research investigators in data collection for Bara and Karchana Power Projects sponsored by the UP Power Corporation in December-January 2007-2008.

20. Supervised the fieldwork of the team of undergraduate students of Anthropology in January 2009 in the study of a multi-caste village in Chattisgarh.

21. Supervised the fieldwork of postgraduate students in April 2009 in the study of Gond and Bhuiyan communities of Jharkhand.

22. Supervised the fieldwork of undergraduate students in February 2010 in a Village Study in Kanke Block of Ranchi District in Jharkhand.

23. Led the team of postgraduate and research scholars of the Department of Anthropology in June 2010 to study the Khasi tribe of the State of Meghalaya.

24. Supervised the fieldwork of undergraduate students in January 2011 in a Village Study in Ranchi District in Jharkhand.

25. Supervised the fieldwork of postgraduate students in April 2011 in a Village Study in Dehradun District in Uttarakhand.

26. Supervised the fieldwork of postgraduate students in March 2013 at Barpeta, Assam.

27. Supervised the fieldwork of undergraduate students near Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand for three weeks during May-June 2014.

11. Areas of Specializations:

(a) Theoretical: Anthropological Thought, Methodology, and Foundation Course in Social Cultural Anthropology.

(b) Empirical: The Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, the Himalayas, and the tribes of Central India living in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Rajasthan.

12. Publications (Books):

1981: Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in Tribal India (Eds.). L. P. Vidyathi, R. S. Mann and V.S. Sahay; Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.

1995: Manav Shastra ke Siddhant Avam Uplabhdiyan (in Hindi). A. R. N. Srivastava, and Vijoy S. Sahay; K. K. Publications, Allahabad.

1997: Sparks from Bidisa: Land and Forest, Twin Tribal Problems. Vijoy S. Sahay and Pradip K. Bhowmick ISRAA, Kolkata.

1998: Indian Anthropology. Vijoy S. Sahay and Pradip K. Singh, K. K. Publications, Allahabad.

2003: Dimensions of Researches in Indian Anthropology, Volume I. Vijoy S Sahay and Pradip K Singh; Serials Publications, New Delhi

2005: Dimensions of Researches in Indian Anthropology, Volume II. Vijoy S Sahay, Pradip K Singh and Gautam K Bera; Serials Publications, New Delhi

2009: In the Lagoons of the Gangetic Delta (Ed.). Gautam K Bera & Vijoy S Sahay. Mittal Publications, New Delhi.

13. Publications (Articles):

1971 ‘Some of the Chief Manifestation of Snake Cult in India‟. The New Republic, Ranchi.

1976 „Traditional System of Inter-Island Trade in the Nicobar Archipelago‟. Journal of Social Research, Vol. XIX, No.2, Ranchi.

1979 ‘A Note on the System of Exchange in the Nicobar Archipelago‟. The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol. XXXII, No. II, Lucknow.

1981 ‘The Nicobarese: A study In Nature-Man-Spirit Complex‟. In Nature-Man-Spirit Complex of Tribal India, (Eds.) L. P. Vidyarthi, R. S. Mann, and V.S. Sahay; Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.

1981 ‘In Search of Ranchi School of Anthropology‟. In Development of Anthropological Researches in India (Eds.) L. P. Vidyarthi, and V.S. Upadhyay,

1986 ‘In Search of a Cultural Crisi‟. Journal of Social Research, Vol.28, No.2, Ranchi.

1988 ‘My Guru As I Saw Him‟. South Asian Anthropologist, Vol.IX, No.1, Ranchi.

1995 ‘Dynamics of Himalayan Polyandry‟. The Times of India: Sunday, October 10, Lucknow.

1995 ‘Kapal Kundala: Facts and Fictions‟? The Times of India: Sunday, September 24, Lucknow.

1996 ‘Fading Tribal Institutions of Chotanagpur‟. Vijoy S. Sahay and Naba Kumar Duari, Vanyajati Vol. XLVI, No. 4.

1997 ‘Family Planning Practice: A message from indigenous world‟. Vijoy S. Sahay and Naba Kumar Duari, Social Change, Vol.27 No. 1&2, New Delhi.

2000 ‘Dynamics of Himalayan Polyandry’. Man in Asia, Vol. IX, No.1, Ranchi.

2000 ‘Impact of Gharwa Art in the Tribal Life of Bastar‟. In Contemporary Societies: Tribal World. Volume VI (Eds.) George Pfeffer and Deepak K Behera. Concept Publishing Company, Delhi

2001 ‘My Guru As I Saw Him: L.P.Vidyarthi (Revised)’. The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol. I, No. I, Allahabad

2001 (Book Review) Journal of Political Ecology, Vol. 7, No. 1, Seattle, USA; Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty First Century, by Vaclav Smil, The MIT Press.

2003 ‘Messiah of the Lodhas: P.K.Bhowmick’. The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol.3, No.2, New Delhi.

2004 ‘An Anthropologist Looks at History‟. In Dimensions of Researches in Indian Anthropology, Volume II (Eds.) Vijoy S Sahay, Pradip K Singh and Gautam K. Bera: Serials Publications, New Delhi.

2005 ‘Child Health Seeking Behavior among the Slum Dwellers of Allahabad City: A Comparative Gender Analysis‟. Suruchi Tewari and Vijoy S Sahay; In Journal of Social Anthropology, Vol.2 No.2.

2006 „Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Indigenous Resource Management in Sunderban‟. Priya Srivastava and Vijoy Sahay; in The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol.6, No.1.

2006 ‘Introduction to Rural and Urban Problems and Related Issues‟. Explorations in Anthropology. (eds.) Swapan Kumar Pramanick and Samita Manna. The Institute of Social Research and Applied.Anthropology, Bidisa.

2007 ‘A Memoir: Down the Memory Lane In Durban: A Visit to the Gandhi Ashram at Phoenix‟. The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol.7, No.1, New Delhi.

2007 ‘Loss of Traditional Knowledge in the Nicobar Archipelago‟. In Traditional Knowledge in Contemporary Societies (Eds.) K. K. Misra & K. K. Basa, Pratibha Prakashan, Delhi. 7

2007 ‘Experiencing Anthropology in the Nicobar Archipelago‟. The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol. 60, No.3 & 4, New Delhi.

2008 „Anthropology in India: In Retrospect, Prospect, and in the Light of Globalizations and Postmodernism‟. The Oriental Anthropologist, Volume 8, No. 1 & 2, 2008.

2008 Jati-Janjati Ki Pehchan Ke Sankat Ke Beech Gharwa Kala Ke Badalte Ayaam (in Hindi), with co- author Priya Srivastava; In Radha Kamal Mukherjee: Chintan Parampara: Volume 10 Number 2, July-December, 2008.

2009 ‘Anthropological Researches in Jharkhand‟. In Social Anthropology in Eastern India (Eds.), Sachidanand and Vinay Sumar Srivastata, Serials Publications, New Delhi.

2009 ‘Chowra: The Land of Wizards in the Nicobar Archipelago‟. The Oriental Anthropologist, Volume 9 Number 2, 2009.

2009 ‘Anthropology of the Buddha‟. In Nidan- An International Journal for the Study of Hinduism, Volume 21, 2009; Durban, South Africa.

2010 „Traditional Ecological Knowledge vis-a-vis Sustainable Developments in Sunderbans‟. In the Lagoons of the Gangetic Delta (ed) Gautam K Bera & V. S. Sahay. Mittal Publications, New Delhi.

2010 ‘Experiencing Anthropology in the Nicobar Archipelago‟. In Anthropology in India (ed) Vinay K Srivastava and H. K. Saxene; Serials Publications, New Delhi.

2010 „Peace Initiatives in the North East‟. (Valedictory Address). In Gautam K Bera et al. eds. Social Unrest and Peace Initiatives in North East India. Abhijit Publications, New Delhi.

2011 „Mahatma Gandhi‟s Journalism‟. In The Journalist: A Media Research Journal, Volume 3, No.3, Allahabad.

2011 „Writing Ethnography: A Concern of Mind or Heart and Soul‟? The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol. 11, No. 2, New Delhi.

2012 „Dialogues with the Gods: A Search for Identity‟? The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol. 12, No. 1, New Delhi.

2012 „Anthropology of Religion‟. In Concept of God and Religion: Traditional thought and Contemporary Society edited by K. Jose, Gautam Kumar Bera, Birinchi Kumar Medhi and R. P. Athparia. New Delhi: Abhijeet Publications.

2013 „Human Rights Movement in India and Challenges before National Security‟. The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2013, New Delhi

2013 „Anthropology in India: In Retrospect and Prospect‟ (L.K. Ananthakrishan Iyer Sesquicentennial Lecture) in Gautam Kumar Bera & K. Jose SVD (edts.) Anthropology in India: Retrospect and Prospect, New Delhi, Abhijeet Publications

2013 „Enigma of Indigenous Population in India‟ in K. Jose SVD & Gautam Kumar Bera (edts.) Remembering the Rebellious Prophet ... Professor Stephen Fuchs SVD Memorial Volume, New Delhi, Abhijeet Publications

2013 ‘Golbalisation, Urbanisation and Migration: Anthropological Dimensions of Trends and Impacts‟. In The Oriental Anthropologist Vol. 13, No. 2, New Delhi.

2014 ‘Naming of Jim Corbett National Park: Is there any Rationale Behind it‟? In the Oriental Anthropologist, Vol. 14, No, 1, 2014, New Delhi.

2014 Memories of my Third Visit to the Nicobar Archipelago: in Fieldwork in South Asia, (Eds.) Choudhuri Sarit & S Choudhuri; SAGE Publications, New Delhi.

14. Special Reference:

Editor-in-Chief (Ever since the inception of the journal in 2001) The Oriental Anthropologist (A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man)

The Oriental Anthropologist (OA) is an IBSS listed, peer reviewed, and online international research journal of science of man that publishes original articles of theoretical, empirical, and applied nature, and book reviews, news items, reports of meetings and professional announcements, and debates on current issues in the field of social science in general and anthropology in particular. Twenty-eight (28) issues of the Oriental Anthropologist have already appeared under my editorship since January 2001. Internationally known scholars from all the continents, except South America, have so far contributed articles in it. July 2001 issue (Volume 1 No. 2) deserves special mention. It is a Special Number that contains selected papers presented in the “Children in Their Places 2001” conference held in Brunel University, West London; and Volume 4, No. 1 (January 2004) of the OA is also a Special Number on “Asian and African Perspectives on Human Rights‟ with Paul J Magnarella, Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, as its Guest Editor. The Third Special Number of the Journal is on “Indian Diaspora in South Africa”, guest edited by Professor Anand Singh of KwaZulu Natal University, Durban. The Fourth Special Number of the Oriental Anthropologist has been on “Anthropology of Sunderban” guest edited by Dr. Gautam Kumar Bera. The Fifth Special Number of the Oriental Anthropologist is on “Manipur”, edited by me. Volume 12, No. 2, 2012, issue of the OA is a Special Number of South Africa focusing upon Chatsworth. This issue has been guest edited by Dr. Goolam Vahed and Dr Aswin Desai. Volume 14, No. 1 is a Special Number on “Fieldwork in South Asia”, Guest Edited by Prof. Grabielle Alex from Germany. The next issue, i.e., Volume 14, No. 2 (in press) has been Guest Edited by Prof. Deepak Kumar Behera, the Vice Chancellor Berhampur University, Odisha. This issue contains selected articles from the “Commission on Children and Childhood” IUAES Inter-Congress held at Bhubaneshwar in 2012.

15. Membership of Learned Body:

(a) Member, Scientific Research Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, to examine into the “Forest and Allied Matters in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 2006.

(b) Member, Expert Committee on the Primitive Tribal Groups of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2007.

16. Academic Visits to Foreign Countries:

16 A: Visiting Professorship:

Invited as a Visiting Professor to KwaZulu Natal University, Durban, South Africa in October 2004.

16 B: Participation in International Conferences:

(a) XIVth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, U.S.A. in 1998

(b) Beijing Inter Congress (IUAES), held in People‟s Republic of China, 2000.

(d) Third International Convention of Asia Study, Singapore, 2003.

(e) International Conference on “Dialogues With Gods” organized jointly by Sambalpur University, India, Free University of Berlin, and Heidelberg University, Germany, 2004.

(f) Delivered keynote address at the Free State University, Bloemfontein, South Africa on the occasion of African Anthropological Conference in November 2004.

(g) Presented paper in Aarhus University, Denmark on “Welfare and well Being of Tribes of India” in June 2011.

17. Forthcoming Publications:

(a) Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago: A Journey from Kalapani to Mini India (Edited by Vijoy S Sahay and S.S.Barik; to be published by Prints Publications, New Delhi.

(b) Experiencing Anthropology in the Nicobar Archipelago; By Vijoy S Sahay, to be published by Prints Publications, New Delhi.

(c) Munda and their Killies: A Study in Clan Organization vis-à-vis Territorial Organization; by Vijoy S Sahay; to be published by Prints Publications, New Delhi.

(hhh) From Island to Highland: A Comparative Study in Cultural Ecology; by Vijoy s Sahay; to be published by Prints Publications, New Delhi.

(e) An Anthropologist Looks at History: A Re-interpretation of Ancient Indian History and Culture; by Vijoy s Sahay; to be published by Prints Publications, New Delhi.

18. Important Citations:

(a) Shelley Porteous in her article “Experiencing Vidyarthi”, published in the book „L. P. Vidyarthi: Contribution to the Development of Anthropology’ (1986) edited by M.K.Gautam and Ajit K Singh has extensively quoted from my article on L.P.Vidyarthi.

(b) U. C. Chattopadhyay, in his article „Settlement Pattern and Spatial Organization of Subsistence and Mortuary Practices in the Mesolithic Ganges Valley, North-Central India‟ published in World Archaeology, Volume 27, No 3, (1996) from London has quoted me twice (page no. 474) from my verbal communication with him.

(c) In his book In the Sea of Influence: A World System Perspective of the Nicobar Islands (2003) published from Austria, Simron Jit Singh has extensively quoted from my article on Nicobar Archipelago published in the Journal of Social Research (1976), The Eastern Anthropologist (1979) and the book Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in Tribal India (1981) edited by L.P.Vidyarthi, R.S.Mann and Vijoy S Sahay, and published by Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.

(d) In their book Explorations in Anthropology, Swapan Kumar Pramanick and Samita Manna have extensively quoted from my earlier article “Messiah of the Lodhas”, published in The Oriental Anthropologist Vol. 3 No. 2, 2003.

(e) In his article Future of Anthropology in India, Vinay Srivastava has extensively quoted from my editorial published in Volume 3 No. 1 of the Oriental Anthropologist, 2003, on the UPSC Syllabus in Anthropology.

19: Awards Received:

Professor Stephen Fuchs SVD Memorial Award 2012, instituted by SANSKRITI, the North Eastern Institute of Culture and Religion, Guwahati

20: Felicitation:

On the occasion of IUAES Inter Congress 2012, jointly felicitated by the KIIT University (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) and KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) in November 2012.

21. Memorial Lectures:

(a) Delivered Professor P. K. Bhowmick Memorial Lecture at Bidisa in 2004. 11

(b) Delivered Professor D. N. Mazumdar Memorial Lecture in Lucknow University in 2008.

(d) Delivered Professor L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer Sesquicentennial Lecture in 2011 at Guwahati.

22: Teaching Experience:

(i) Undergraduate: 11 Years (ii) Postgraduate: 20 Years Total: 31 Years

23: Administrative Experience:

1. As Head of the Department of Anthropology in Giridih Collage, Girdih ( Ranchi University) from November 18, 1981 to June 26, 1983.

2. As Head of the Department of Anthropology in K O Collage, Gumla ( Ranchi University) from June 27, 1983 to June 26, 1993.

3. As Head of the Department of Anthropology in University of Allahabad, Allahbad from June 30, 2002 till date.

24: Project Director:

In September 2008, submitted the reports of two projects completed under my supervision, to the U. P. Power Generation Corporation, Lucknow, namely, first, “The Socio-economic Study of the Affected Villages under Karchana Thermal Power Project”; and secondly, “The Socio-economic Study of the Affected Villages under Bara Thermal Power Project.”

I, HEREBY, DECLARE THAT THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF.

(VIJOY S SAHAY)