Past Events
Building a framework for health research with learnings from Anthropological methodologies: Empirical research from program to policy and intervention as continuum | Prof. Nita Mawar | AIF Distinguished Lecture | 26 June 2025
Dr. Nita Mawar is a distinguished anthropologist with a PhD in Anthropology and Bioethics from the University of Delhi and a PG Diploma in Bioethics from IGNOU. She served as Director In-Charge and was a founding member and Head of the Social and Behavioural Research Division at ICMR-NARI, Pune, from
DISASTER PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: Experts Experiences and Insights Book Launch & Discussion
The book launch event, “Disaster Planning and Governance in India: Expert’s Experiences and Insights” was held on Tuesday, May 27th 2025, at India International Centre (IIC) at 5:30pm. The book is co-edited by Dr. Sunita Reddy and Shri Anil Kumar Sinha, bringing together knowledge and firsthand experiences from India’s evolving
Do we have a Feminist Anthropology in India? | Prof. Subhadra Channa | AIF Guest Lecture Series | 22 May 2025
Prof. Subhadra Channa delivered a distinguished lecture titled “Do We Have a Feminist Anthropology in India?” under the AIF Distinguished Guest Lecture Series. Introduced by Prof. Sunita Reddy and Dhuri Saxena, Prof. Channa explained that during the period starting from the Second World War, feminism as a movement started
Weaving Indigenous Knowledge into the SDG Narrative: Whispers from the Field by – Prof. K. K Misra (24 April 2025)
Prof. Kamal K. Misra, Ph.D., is an eminent Indian anthropologist with over four decades of distinguished academic, research, and administrative experience. He currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at KISS Deemed to be University (KISS-DU), Bhubaneswar. He formerly served as Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University of Culture and
ANTHROPOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT : REACHING OUT IN LETTER AND SPIRIT – Professor Geetika Ranjan
Anthropos India Foundation organized a very interactive and thought-stimulating lecture by Prof. Geetika Ranjan, a well-known anthropologist with a wide range of research in political anthropology, childhood studies, and tribal society. The lecture delved into the role of anthropology in development using the framework of meticulous ethnographic studies, critical thought,
PALAEOPATHOLOGY AT THE BEGINNING OFAGRICULTURE: ISSUES OF ADAPTATION, CULTURALPROGRESS: INDIAN SCENARIO -By PROF. SUBHASH R. WALIMBE
Professor Subhash Walimbe, a retired faculty member of Deccan College Post-Graduate
and Research Institute, Pune, is a leading expert in human skeletal biology and
bioarchaeology. With over four decades of research, he has played a key role in shifting
Indian skeletal studies from racial typology to a bio-cultural approach. His