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Title Dr. First Soumendra. M Last Patnaik Photograph Name Name Designation Associate Professor Address Department of Anthropology Faculty of Science University of Delhi, Delhi -110007

Phone No Office +91-11-27667329 Warden House, Ganga Hostel, JNU Residence Mobile +91-9891333637 Email [email protected], [email protected] Web-Page

Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year Ph.D. (Anthropology) University of Delhi 1994 M.Phil. (social University of Delhi 1986 Anthropology) PG (Anthropology) University of Delhi 1983 Any other qualification Career Profile Teaching Social Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi since 1997 Visiting Faculty: 1. School of Interdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi 2. Institute of Archaeology, Government of India, New Delhi. 3. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi, Delhi. 4. Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Delhi, Delhi. 5. Institute of Rural Development and Management, Lucknow University 6. Department of Anthropology, Calcutta University, Kolkatta. 7. Department of Sociology, North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal. 8. French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry. 9. Department of Sociology, Lucknow University

Administrative Assignments President, Indian Anthropological Association

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Globalization and Development Studies, Tribal Studies, Kinship, Anthropological Theory and Ethnographic Method www.du.ac.in Page 1

Subjects Taught Contemporary theories in Social Anthropology, Transformation of Tribal Societies in India, Research Methodology and Techniques, Kinship, Family and Marriage, Anthropology of Development, Ecology and Sustainable Development, Social Perspective on Environment (Department of Enviromental Studies, University of Delhi) Research Guidance List of Doctoral Thesis supervised

1. Sonali Chatterjee (2003) : Economic Development and Women: A Study among Bison Horn Maria of Bastar

2. Rozy Veronica (2005): Gender and Identity among Anal Women of North East of India

3. Mokshika Gaur (2006): Health, Environment and Culture: A Study among the Korwa of Chhattisgarh

4. Kumkum Srivastava (2007): Antinomian Sufi Cult and Shrines: A Study in the Anthropology of Religion

5. Archana Shukla (2009): Women in Local Governance: The Case of the Padhar of Gujarat

List of PhD students currently enrolled

1. Vikono Peseyie: Women and Kinship: A Study among the Angami Naga of Nagaland

2. Avitoli G Zhimo: Customary Law and the State: The Case among the Sumi of Nagaland

3. Rachel Thomas: Identity and Gender among the Paniyan of Kerala

4. Indrani Sen : Corporate Social Responsibility and HIV/AIDS

5. Chubainla : Old Age and Family among the Ao of Nagaland

6. Chitra : International Development : Issues of Sustainability with special reference to South Asia.

*No. of Mphil dissertation supervised : 23

Publications Profile

BOOKS

1. 1996: Displacement, Rehabilitation and Social Change: The Case of the Paraja Highlanders . New Delhi, Inter-India Publications.

2. 2007: Indian Tribes and the Mainstream. (ed.) Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

3. Chilika: The Lake and its Cosmology. Occasional Papers, Indian Anthropological Association. 2005.

4. Culture, Identity and Development: An account of Team among the Bhil of Jhabua. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. (Forthcoming) www.du.ac.in Page 2

In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals

1. 2008 : Culture versus Coercion: Other Side of Nirmal Gram Yojana , Economic & Political Weekly, Octob er 25, 2008 : 25-27.

2. 2007: Anthropology of Tourism: Insights from Nagaland, The Eastern Anthropologist,60(3&4):455- 470.

3. 2007: Reconstructing Cultural Identity: the case of the Idu of Arunachal Pradesh, In R.K. Bhadra and Mita Bhadra (eds.) Ethnicity, Movement and Social Structure: Contested Cultural Identity. New Delhi, Rawat

4. 2006: Doing Team Ethnography, The Eastern Anthropologist,59(3&4):295-319.

5. 2006: Niybu Agom :The Sacred Lore Of the Adi of Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Anthropologist,36(1&2)

6. Cultural Dynamics of Social Change among Tribes of India. In Professor R.K. Jain felicitation volume titled Cultural Dynamics of Social Change at Home and Abroad . Delhi: Orient Longman (forthcoming)

7. 2006 :The Politics of Water: Lake, People and the State In the book titled Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Development, Golden Jubilee vol. no. 2. EFCS Lucknow,

8. 2005 : HIV/AIDS and Indian Tribes: Implications of Community norms of Sexual Behaviour, Indian Anthropologist. Vol.35.no.1&2.

9. 2004: Tribes, State Policies and NGOs. Indian Anthropologist. Vol.34.no.1

10. 2004: Anthropology of Tourism in Nagaland In Sustainable Tourism Development in Nagaland, Occasional Papers of World Tourism Organisation, Madrid

11. 2003: Politics of Scheduling: Rigid Constitutional Categories and Changing Identities among the Nolia of Coastal Orissa, In D.K. Bhattacharya et.al (eds.). Understanding People of India : Anthropological Insights . University of Delhi.

12. 2001: Culture and Displacement: Continuity, Protest and Change in V. Bhasin and V.K. Srivastava (ed.) Human Ecology in the New Millennium . Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.

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13. 2000: Understanding Involuntary Resettlement: An Anthropological Perspective, The Eastern Anthropologist . Vol. 53: 1- 2. pp. 141 –160.

14. 2000: Tribe and Displacement : Social Implications of Rehabilitation In M.K. Bhasin(ed.) Studies on Man: Issues and Challenges. Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.

15. 1998: Proposed Projects and Emerging Protests in D.K. Behera and J. Pfeffer (eds) Contemporary Society: Tribal studies. Vol.III, Social Concerns. New Delhi: Concept

16. 1995: Material Culture and Archaeology. Indian Anthropologist . Vol. 25: 2

17. 1994: Family, Women and Development among the Paraja of Highland Orissa. In K.K. Chakravarthy (ed.) The Family . Bhopal. Museum of Man.

18. 1993: Patriarchy among the Paraja: Innocuous Tradition or Invisible Violence? Indian Anthropologist . Vol. 23:1

19. 1991 b: Kinship and Affinity among the Paraja of Koraput, Orissa. Indian Anthropologist . Vol. 21: 2. pp 7-26

20. 1991 a: Ecological System and Economic Life among the Parajas of Orissa. Journal of Human Ecology . Vol.

21. 1990: Relevance of Case Study Method in Anthropology of Development. Indian Anthropologist . Vol. 20: 1-2. pp 31-38

22. 1989 a: The Parajas: Historical and Contemporary Scene. In S.C. Tiwari (ed.) Changing Perspective of Anthropology in India. New Delhi: Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers. pp 71-100

23. 1989 b: The Role of Action Sociology in Planned Development in India. Third Concept . Vol. 3: 32. pp 22-25

24. 1989 c: River, Dam Projects, Rehabilitation Policies and Social Change: A Case of Upper Kolab River Project of Orissa. The Eastern Anthropologist . Vol. 42: 4. pp 399-410

25. 1989 d: Contemporary Trends in : Case of Dehradun Village. Man in Life . Vol. 15: 3-4. pp. 183-195

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26. 1989 e: Development and Displacement: Analysis of the Rehabilitation Policies and Programme of Upper Kolab River Project, Orissa. Indian Anthropologist . Vol. 19: 1-2.

Book Chapters

1. 2005. Types of Research. In Research Methodologies and Methods . Edited by Shobhita Jain, School of Social Sciences: Indira Gandhi National Open University (For M.A. Sociology students).

2. 2005. Methods of Research. In Research Methodologies and Methods . Edited by Shobhita Jain, School of Social Sciences: Indira Gandhi National Open University (For M.A. Sociology students).

3. 2005. Elements of Research Design. In Research Methodologies and Methods . Edited by Shobhita Jain, School of Social Sciences: Indira Gandhi National Open University (For M.A. Sociology students).

4. 2006. Law and Political Organization. In E-book on Social and . National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. CSIR, New Delhi

5. 2006. Disasters and Displacements, Ecology and Environment. In E- book on Applications of Anthropology. National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. CSIR, New Delhi

6. 2006. Role of Voluntary Sector: Contemporary Issues. In E- book on Anthropology of Culture Region . National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. CSIR, New Delhi

7. 2006. Fundamentals of Social-Cultural Anthropology: Culture, Society, Community, Group, Institutions, Associations, Development and Change. In E- book on Foundations of Anthropology . National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. CSIR, New Delhi

Reviews and Comments

1. Review of Underdevelopment and Destitution: Essays on Orissan Society by Jagannath Pathy. 1988. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications. The Eastern Anthropologist . 42(3):307-309.

2. Review of Life among Indian Tribes: The Autobiography of an Anthropologist by Christoph Von-Furer Haimendorf. New Delhi. . 1988. New Delhi. Concept. Indian Anthropologist. 19(1-2):111-113.

3. Review of Social Change in Village India by Sachchidanada. 1988. New Delhi. Concept. Journal of Human Ecology . 1(3):326-327.

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4. Review of Ecology and Social Formation in Ancient History by D.K. Bhattacharya. 1990. Calcutta. K.P. Bagchi and Company. Indian Anthropologist 20(1-2):130-132.

5. Comment on Debate on Approaches to the Tribes with the Case of the Lepchas of . India by Veena Vhasin and Vinay Kumar Srivastava. Journal of Human Ecology . 2(2):194-195.

6. Review of Tribal Development in - A Planning Perspective by Ajit Raizada. 1984. New Delhi. Inter-India Publications. Indian Anthropologist . 21(2):88-89.

7. Review of Aboriginal Tribes of India by Stephen Fuchs 1992, New Delhi. Inter-India Publications. Indian Anthropologist . 24(2):94-97.

8. Review of Shifting Circles of Support – Contextualising Kinship and Gender in South Asia and Sub- Saharan Africa by R. Parliwala 1996, New Delhi, Sage Publications. Indian Anthropologist . 24(7):99- 100.

9. Review of Man and Society edited by Makhan Jha and Binod Kumar Choudhury, 1997, New Delhi, Inter-India Publications, The Eastern Anthropologist , 31(1), 2001.

10. Review of Contemporary Studies in Human Ecology . Edited by M.K. Bhasin and S.L. Malik. 1998. Delhi, Kamla-Raj Enterprises. Indian Anthropologist , 31(1), 2001.

11. Review of Managing Projects that Involve Resettlement: Case Studies from Rajasthan, India by Hari Mohan Mathur 1997 EDI Working Papers, Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington. The Eastern Anthropologist , 2003.

Conference Organization/ Presentations

Conference Presentations

(a) Managing Disaster in Nepal: Perspectives from Anthropology. 2007. Presented paper in International Conference on Disaster Management in South Asia at Kathmandu. Sponsored by European Commission and organized by Action Aid International, Nepal. July 2007.

(b) Social Capital and Disaster Management in Sri Lanka. 2008. Present Paper in International Conference on Civil Society Initiatives and Social Reconstruction and Downward Accountability at Colombo. Sponsored and Organized by Action Aid International, Sri Lanka. 20-22 May 2008.

(c) Presented Paper entitled “Emerging Identities among the Tribes of Nagaland” in the National Seminar on Gender, Identity, and Culture in Darjeeling. Organized by North Bengal University, Darjeeling. 4 th - 6th January 2008.

(d) Presented paper entitled “State, development and Civil Society Institutions: The Case of Himachal Pradesh” www.du.ac.in Page 6

in National Seminar on “Anthropological Perspectives and Methodology for the study of Mountain Bio-Social Systems and Cultural Ecology with special emphasis on Himachal Pradesh” under UGC-Special Assistance Programme, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi. 5 th and 6 th March, 2008

(e) Presented a paper entitled “Gender and Tourism in North East India: Insights from Anthropology” in National Conference on ‘Towards gender Equality in India: Reflections on Tribal and Women’, organized by the Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, 27 th Feb-1st March 2009-11-27

(f) Presented a paper entitled “Implications of Tourism for Women in Nagaland” in the National Seminar on ‘Traditional Institutions and Worldviews’ with special reference to North-East India. Organized by North East India Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, JNU New Delhi, at Manipur University, 13-15 March 2009

(g) Presented paper entitled “Locating on the Margins of Development” in Specialist Consultation on ‘Assessing Marginalization of in Economy and Private Sector’ from 10-11 August 2009 at India International Centre, organized by NACDOR, Delhi.

(h) Chaired the session ‘Displacement and Conflict’ at an International Seminar on ‘/ST Communities in India: Development and Change’, organized by Institute of Human Development New Delhi, at India Islamic Cultural Centre New Delhi, 27-29 August 2009.

(i) Presented a paper entitled “Preparing Communities for Disaster Management: Myths and Challenges” at the fourth Himalayan Policy Research Conference, on 22 nd October 2009, organized by Nepal Study Centre, University of New Mexico at Madison, USA.

(j) Presented a paper entitled “ Revisiting ‘Tribe’, ‘State’ and ‘Development’: Reflections from Chattisgarh in India “ at 38 th Annual Conference on South Asia, hosted by the Centre for South Asia, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. October 23-25, 2009.

k) Chaired a session on ‘Sociology of Leisure’ in World Congress of Sociology at Gothenburg, Sweden, in July 2010.

l) Participated in the biennial conference of European Association of Social Anthropologist at Maynooth, Ireland in August 2010.

m) Presented a talk on ‘IAA- the journey so far’ in the biennial conference of World Council of Anthropological Association 2010 at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland in August 2010

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Role of NGOs in Tribal Development of Orissa. Sponsored by Ministry of Welfare, Govt. of India, 1995

Chilika: The Lake and its Cosmology . Sponsored by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, 1997.

Cultural Continuity and Change among the Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh . Sponsored by Department of Culture, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi 2000.

Community Norms of Sexual Behaviour : A Preliminary Study of the Tribes of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Uttaranchal. Sponsored by DFID and Sexual Health Resource Centre, New Delhi, 2002. www.du.ac.in Page 7

Awards and Distinctions

Association With Professional Bodies • President, Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi 2009-2012. • Advisor to Government of Nagaland on Tourism Development Policy, 2003-2004. • Advisor, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts on North East Policy,2005. • Advisor, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi on curriculum development 2009. • Director, Publications, Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, 1998-2000. • Secretary- cum Treasurer, Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi, 1993-99 • Member, Editorial Board, Indian Anthropologist 2006-2010. • Member, Executive Committee, Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow 1994 -98 and 2001- 2005, 2006-2010. • Life member, Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi, Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow and Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata and Indian Anthropological Association Delhi. Other Activities • Sustainable Tourism Development in Nagaland, sponsored by UNDP, New Delhi and World Tourism Organisation(WTO), Madrid, Spain 2003-2004

• An Evaluation of Disaster Management Initiatives in Post Tsunami situations with special reference to Family dynamics in Srilanka, Action Aid International, Colombo, July, 2006.

• An Assessment of Microplanning Processes in Tribal Development in Bastar, district, Chattisgarh, India, UNDP, New Delhi & Samarthan Centre for Development Support Raipur, November, 2006.

• An Evaluation of Building Community Resistance to Disaster in Nepal: A joint project by DIPECHO and Action Aid International in Nepal June-July, 2007.

• An Evaluation of Downward Accountability in Rural Sri Lanka. A project by Action Aid International Sri Lanka in June –July 2008

• An Assessment of “Local Governance in Scheduled Areas in Orissa” sponsored by Concern World Wide and CYSD in Feb, 2009

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