Past Events
Anthropology in Digital Era | Prof. Anjali D. Khurane | AIF | Distinguished Guest Lecture | January 29, 2026
Prof. Dr. Anjali Kurane is a Senior Professor of Anthropology and former Head of the Department at Savitribai Phule Pune University, where she has also served as Director of the School of Human Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, and held several key interdisciplinary and administrative leadership roles. A
Designing for the Warrior: Anthropology Behind India’s Defence Technologies | Dr. Shweta Rawat | AIF | Distinguished Guest Lecture | 30th December
Dr Shweta Rawat is working as Scientist ‘F’ in Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) Delhi. She is an Alumni of University of Delhi , having done her MSc and PhD from Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi. Her area of interest is anthropometry-based sizing and designing of
ETHNOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION OF MATERIAL CULTURE | AIF | Winter Workshop | 24th-28th December
About the Workshop
A specialised workshop and training programme designed for young scholars-PhD
researchers and early-career faculty-focusing on Ethnography and Documentation
of Material Culture.
Participants will gain hands-on orientation in:
. Proposal Writing
. Ethnographic methods & fieldwork techniques
. Documentation of material culture
. Public policy perspectives
. PRA (Participatory
Child Protection & Child Rights Sensitisation With Special Sessions On Career Guidance for Young Learners and Creative Expression Activities: Painting, Story Writing, Poetry | AIF | 5th December 2025
Dr Shweta Rawat is working as Scientist ‘F’ in Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) Delhi. She is an Alumni of University of Delhi , having done her MSc and PhD from Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi. Her area of interest is anthropometry-based sizing and designing of
Two-days Experts Consultative Workshop on Reimagining Anthropolgy Mapping Education, Employability and Future Directions in India| AIF | 3- 4 December, 2025
Consultative Workshop on “Reimagining Anthropology: Mapping Education, Employability and Future Directions in India” was successfully organised on 3–4 December 2025 at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal, in collaboration with Anthropos India Foundation, New Delhi.
The workshop brought together leading anthropologists, academicians, and policy thinkers from across India, who
New Religions, New Research: A South Asia Initiative | Distinguished Guest Lecture| Dr. Stephen Christopher | 25 November 2025
Dr. Stephen Christopher is an anthropologist of religion whose research spans India, Japan, and Vietnam, examining the intersections of religion, politics, and economics. He co-leads the John Templeton Foundation project “New Religiosity and the Digital Study of Eudaimonia” (2025–27), a global study on religiosity and wellbeing across five regions. He