Faculty Details Proforma for DU Web-Site

Faculty Details proforma for DU Web-site

Title Prof. First Name P.C. Last Name Joshi Photograph Designation Professor in Social Anthropology Address Room No. 22 Department of Anthropology University of Delhi Delhi – 110007 INDIA Phone No Office +91-11-27667329 Residence Mobile +919871222692 Email [email protected] Web-Page Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Delhi University 1985 M.Phil. . Delhi University 1979 PG Delhi University 1977 UG (B.Sc.(Hons) Delhi University 1975 Any other qualification 1. Certificate course in ‘Counselling Techniques’, 1998 ISHA, Banglore. 2. Advanced course on ‘Anthropology and Epidemiology: integrating concepts and 2000 methods’, Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health (ATHOG), University of Heidelberg, Germany. 3. Advance Course on “Health of Unstable 2003 Populations – Health Care in Unstable Situations and Complex Emergencies” Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public health (ATHOG), University of Heidelberg, Germany. 2007 4. Certificat d’ universite, Assessing Public Health in Emergency Situations, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium.

Career Profile 1. Lecturer and Head, Department of Anthropology, H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, U.P., 1985-1989. 2. Reader and Head, Department of Anthropology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, U.P., 1989- 1997. 3. Associate Professor and Head, Department of Medical Anthropology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, 1997-2003. 4. Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, 2003-Cont.

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Administrative Assignments

Head of the Department and Member Academic Council, University of Gahrwal 1985-1997 Chief Election Officer, Student Union, University of Garhwal 1990 Head of the Department, IHBAS, New Delhi 1997-2003

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Medical Anthropology; Qualitative Research; Public Health; Disaster Impact Assessment Tools; Anthropology and Mountain Communities

Subjects Taught

Research Methodology; Qualitative Analysis; Medical Anthropology; Ecological Anthropology; Society and Culture; Anthropology of Material Culture; Visual Anthropology, Anthropology and Disasters.

Research Guidance

List against each head (If applicable) 1. Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis -25 2. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress -8 3. Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations - 12 4. Supervision of M.Phil dissertations, under progress -4

Publications Profile Research papers (last Three years):

Bandooni, S.K., A.M. Hasija, M. L. Devi and P. C. Joshi. 2017. The Participation of Local Communities and NGOs: A Step Towards Sustainable Development in Garhwal Himalaya. World Focus. No 450: 111-117 Minakshi, Rahul Kumar and P. C. Joshi. 2017. Sustainable Development and Environment: Challenges and Responsibilities. World Focus. No. 450: 106-110. Sharma, K. and P. C. Joshi. 2017. Reinterpreting ‘Sustainable Development’ in Environmental Management. World Focus. No. 450: 58-61. Joshi, P. C. 2017. Emerging Challenges in Sustainable Development and Indian Experiments. World Focus. No. 450: 12-15 Joshi, P. C. 2017. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Environment and Sustainable Development: Emerging Challenges. World Focus. No. 450 www.du.ac.in Page 2

Bansal, A. and P. C. Joshi. 2017. Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Sunni Muslims of Delhi, India. Eurasian Journal of Anthropology. 7, 2: 37-50. (DOI: 10.12973/eja.2017.0055a) Joshi, P.C. 2017. Human Rights, Wild Life and Environmental Protection. Social Change. 47,1: 1-10. (DOI: 10.1177/0049085716681900)

Joshi, P. C. 2016. Negotiating Rapport and Shades of Participant Observation: Notes from Fieldwork in Jaunsar-Bawar. Journal of Indian Anthropological Society. 51,3:117-127. Joshi, P. C. Book Review. 2016. S. K. Gupta and V. K. Srivastava (eds.), Exploring Indian Society: Essays in Honour of Yogesh Atal. The Eastern Anthropologist. 69, 3&4: 521-522. Joshi, P. C. Book Review. 2016. A. N. Nayak, Burden of Lymphatic Filariasis in Rural Odisha: A Study in Medical Anthropology. The Eastern Anthropologist. 69, 3&4: 522-524. Joshi, P.C., Prashant Khattri and Kalindi Sharma. 2016. Social Response to Extreme Weather Events: some Empirical Evidences from India. The Eastern Anthropologist. 69, 3&4:489-508. Bansal, Ashtha and P. C. Joshi. 2016. Association of Cardiovascular Disease risk variables with Depression in Urban population of Delhi, India. Delhi Psychiatry Journal. 19,2:45-53. Joshi, P. C. Guest Editor. Special Issue, World Focus, 442, October, 2016. Joshi, P. C. 2016. Antiquity and Novelty of Climate Change. World Focus. 442: 5-8. Kotwani, Anita, Chand Wattal, P. C. Joshi and Kathleen Holloway. 2016. Knowledge and Perception on antibiotic use and resistence among high school students and teachers in New Delhi, India: A qualitative study. Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 48: 365-371. (DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.186208) Joshi, P. C. 2016. Emergence of Medical Anthropology in India. The Eastern Anthropologist. 69,1:1-11. Akerkar, Supriya., P.C. Joshi and Maureen Fordham. 2016. Culture of Entitlement and Social protection: Evidence fro Flood Prone Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India. World Development. 86:46-58. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.06.004) Lamkang, S.A., P. C. Joshi, M.M. Singh. 2016. A Study on Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour and Practice (KABP) towards HIV/AIDS in Manipur, India. International Journal of AIDS Research. 3(4):59-67. Joshi, P. C. 2016. Forwarding Note. B.M. Mukherjee and Farhad Mollick (eds.) Tribal Unrest in Central India: cusses, Challenges and Possibilities, New Delhi: K.K. Publications. Pp.: i-iv. Joshi, P. C. 2016. Extreme Weather Events and the Himalayas: Learning from the Recent Flood Disasters. World Focus, 437:12-16. Sharma, Kalindi and P. C. Joshi. 2016. Locating Gender within the Realm of Natural Disasters. World Focus, 437:83-87. Minakshi and P. C. Joshi. 2016. Vulnerability of Women in Disasters: A Glance at Kosi Floods. World Focus, 437:92-95 Joshi, P. C. Guest Editor. Special Issue, World Focus, 437, May, 2016. 2015( 10 ) Joshi, P.C. 2015. Symposium on People of India. The Eastern Anthropologist. 68,2&3: 410-474. Joshi P.C. and Prashant Khattri 2015. Climate Change: Locating Diplomacy in History and Culture. World Focus. Vol. 430: 14-22. 1. Joshi P. C. 2015. Advent of Anthropology and Birth of Social Anthropology in Delhi University. The 2. Eastern Anthropologist. 68,1: 35-41 3. Joshi P. C. 2015. Book Review: Sunita Reddy, Clash of Waves: Post-Tsunami Relief and

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4. Rehabilitation in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Eastern Anthropologist, 68,1: 163-164. 5. Joshi P. C. 2015. Editorial, Special Issue on Climate Change and the Himalayas. Nam Today: An International Journal of New Age Mind. Vol. 48, 6. Bansal, A. and P. C. Joshi. 2015. Predictor of Metabolic Syndrome: A Community Study from Urban Delhi, India. International Journal of Human Sciences. 12, 1: 1451-1462. (doi:10.14687/ijhs.v12i1.3289) Aribam, B.S., P.C. Joshi and S. Sharma. 2015. Management of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in a Slum Cluster of Delhi. International Journal of Scientific Research, 4,6: 642-644 (doi: 10.15373/22778179) Joshi, P. C. 2015. Book Review: Manish Thakur, Indian Village: A Conceptual History. Social Change. 45(1): 172-173. (doi:10.1177/0049085714561849) Khattri, P. and P. C. Joshi. 2015. Bio-medicalization and Gandhi’s vision of Health: Observations from Sevagram. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 50, No. 10: 53-58. Joshi, P. C. 2015. Gandhi, Gita and the Idea of Sustainable Development. World Focus. Vol. 422:9-13.

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years) 1. Convener, ICSSR Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Sciences, February 3-14, 2014. Delhi University, Delhi – 110007.

International Projects: 1. Co-Principal Investigator in WHO funded project titled “Awareness of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescription for treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infection and diarrhoea in children: a qualitative study among primary care doctors and community pharmacists in NCT, Delhi” with Department of Pharmacology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi and Department of paediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 2015.

Awards and Distinctions Advisory Positions (last three years)

1. University Grant Commission’s SAP-CAS-1 Advisory Committee Member, Department of Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, w.e.f. 01-04-2013 to 31-03-2018. 2. Member, Task force on Human Genetics & Genome Analysis, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. 2014- 2017. 3. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Anthropology, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwaidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra. (2014-2016) 4 Prof. P. C. Joshi participated in consultation meeting organized by Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Kashmir at Leh, Ladakh on 22-23, September, 2016. This meeting was held to discuss the impact of cessation of Ladakh trade relation with Gilgit-Baltistan and Tibet. Besides IUST, Ambedkar University, New Delhi and JNU, New Delhi also participated in the meeting.

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5. Prof. P. C. Joshi was the mentor for the Innovative Project run by the Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, New Delhi – 110017. This project was titled”The Use of GPS and GIS in Identifying and Assessing the Changing Land Use Pattern mainly due to Outmigration in Lachi Gad Watershed in Garhwal” (2016) 6. Prof. P. C. Joshi was identified as expert on child malnutrition for giving speech to parliamentarians coming from various countries in the Parliamentarians’ International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals for Children organized at New Delhi on December 10-11, 2016. 7. Prof. P. C. Joshi was appointed as representative of Delhi University on the Governing Body of Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy for 2017-2018.

Association With Professional Bodies

1. Editing 1. Editor, SIMA Bulletin 2. Memberships 1. Life Member and Executive Committee Member (1990-91,2006-2007) – Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, India. 2. Life Member and Vice President (past), Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi. Life Member and President (1985-1989; 2006-onwards) Society for Indian Medical Anthropology, Mysore, India. 3. Editor, Society for Medical Anthropology Bulletin, 1986-1988 and 1999 onwards. Life Fellow, Indian Association of Social Psychiatry. 4. Life Member, Indian Academy of Anthropologists 3. Office Bearer 1. President, Society for Indian Medical Anthropology, Mysore. 2. Executive Committee Member, Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow. 3. Vice President, Indian Anthropological Association, New Delhi.

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