Pradip K Singh
NAME PRADIP KUMAR SINGH
DESIGNATION READER IN ANTHROPOLOGY
RANCHI COLLEGE, RANCHI-834008
JHARKHAND (INDIA)
ADDRESS PRAMOD BHAWAN
E-MAIL-- pks_ran@yahoo.com | pradip_k_singh@yahoo.com
Exam. Passed Year Position
Higher Secondary 1972 1ST Division
B. Sc. (Zoology Hons) 1975 2nd Class
M. Sc (Anthropology) 1977 1ST in 1ST Class (Gold Medallist)
Ph. D. (Anthropology) 1984 (Ranchi University)
1) U.G.C Sponsored Summer Institute in Anthropology on “Modern Trends in Anthropology” held at Gauhati University, June 16 –July 15, 1981.
2) U.G.C Sponsored Refresher Course in Social Anthropology conducted by Academic Staff College, Ranchi University, July 16- August 2,1989.
3) U.G.C Sponsored Refresher Course in Research Methods conducted by Academic Staff College, Ranchi University March 7-March 30, 1990.
4) U.G.C Sponsored Refresher Course in Expanding Horizons in Anthropology, conducted by Academic Staff College, Ranchi University April 4 – April 24, 2002.
§ U.G.C. Research Fellow in the Centre of Advanced Studies in Anthropology in Ranchi University, Ranchi.
§ Lecturer in Anthropology in Ranchi University.
§ Reader in Anthropology in Ranchi University.
§ Head of the Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, Ranchi College, Ranchi.
§ Honorary Director, Elite Study Centre, Ranchi.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Director of Major Research Project on THE NEGLECTED TRIBES OF BIHAR: THE BEDIA, A SOCIO-CULTURAL STUDY Sponsored by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
RESEARCH GUIDANCE
a) Ph.D. degree awarded to Sri Sunil Kumar Sinha on the topic Tribal Religion of Bihar: A Comparative Study by Ranchi University in Dec. 1993.
b) Three more candidates registered for Ph.D.
c) Supervision and guidance of field researches of students of Anthropology and Sociology in different areas of Eastern and Central India since1981.
EDITORSHIP
Associate Editor, THE ORIENTAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, an international peer reviewed journal
a) Member, Board of Studies in Anthropology, Allahabad University.
b) Life member, Bharatiya Vidya Shodh Sansthan, Patna.
c) Life member, Council of Social and Cultural Research, Bihar.
d) Member, Indian Science Congress Association.
e) Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Anthropology, Ranchi University.
f) National Register of Social Scientists no.3147, Indian Council of Social Science Research.
g) Member, Editorial Board, The Oriental Anthropologist.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
1. Indian Anthropology, 1998, K.K.Publications, Allahabad.(Co-Author)
2. Sanskritik Manavvijnana, 2000, K.K. Publications, Allahabad (Co-Author)
3. Dimensions of Researches In Anthropology In India 2003 (Co-Editor)
PAPERS
1. Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in a Hill Tribe: A Restudy, 1981, in “Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in Tribal India “ (ed. R. S. Mann); Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi
2. Nature-Man-Spirit Complex: A Constant? 1981, in “Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in Tribal India” (ed. R. S. Mann); Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.
3. In Search of A Science of Society, 1988, in Current Anthropological and Archaeological Perspectives, Vol. XI, (Selected Issues on Research Methods), (ed. K.L. Bhowmick), Inter India Publications, New Delhi.
4. Cultural Pattern of the Swiddeners, 1988, paper accepted at XIIth. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
5. Recent Trends in Anthropological Thought, 2002, The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol II No. 1, pp 1-19, Serials Publications, New Delhi.
6. A Pig for the Bride, 2002, Bulletin of Department of Anthropology, Vol 30, pp 1-8; Dibrugarh University, Assam.
7. N.G.O: A lost Cause or the Winning Game?, 2002, paper presented at National Seminar on Role of N. G. Os in Tribal and Rural Development, Department of Anthropology, Allahabad University
8. Evolutionary Study of Social Behaviour, 2003, The Oriental Anthropologist Vol. III, No 1, Serials Publications, New Delhi.
9. Nature-Man-Spirit Complex: A Methodology In Man-Nature Interaction; paper accepted in the session Forest Management, Climate Change And The Future Of Mankind Wild Life Vis-À-Vis Tribal/Human Life: A Fresh Approach To Ecological Anthropology at XV International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 2003, Florence, Italy.
10. Socio-Political Empowerment: A Reality or a Chimera? Paper accepted in the session Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development: Anthropology of Socio-Political Empowerment of Indigenous People at XV International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 2003, Florence, Italy.
11. Tribal Development In India: What Went Wrong? Paper accepted in the session Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development: Strategy for Tribal Development in India, at XV International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 2003, Florence, Italy.
PROJECT REPORTS
The Neglected Tribes of Bihar: the Bedia, a Socio-Cultural Study; Project Report submitted to Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.
THESES
a) The Bhojpuri World, Master’s Dissertation submitted to Ranchi University (unpublished)
b) Folk Religion of Bhojpur, Master’s Field Thesis submitted to Ranchi University (unpublished)
c) The Maler: A Restudy, Ph.D. Thesis submitted to Ranchi University (unpublished)
INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIA ATTENDED
a) Xth. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, New Delhi.
b) International Symposium on Tribal World and Its Transformations, Ranchi.
NATIONAL SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIA ATTENDED
1. National Workshop on Marginal and Pre-farming Tribes of East and Central India, 1976, Ranchi
2. XIIth Annual Conference of Indian Anthropological Association, 1977, Ranchi
3. National seminar on National Integration in India, 1978, Ranchi
4. Post-Plenary session of Xth ICAES on Tribal World and its Transformations, 1978, Ranchi
5. U. G. C. Symposium on Status of Research and Training of Anthropology in Bihar, 1979, Ranchi
6. UNESCO Regional Workshop on Anthropology, 1979, Ranchi
7. U.G.C. Symposium on Socio-Cultural Elements in Ancient Indian Texts, 1980, Ranchi
8. U.G.C. Symposium on Himalayan Studies, 1981, Ranchi
9. U.G.C. Symposium on Anthropology and Weaker Sections, 1983, Ranchi
10. U.G.C. Symposium on Crisis of Culture in India, 1985, Ranchi
11. Member of Curriculum Development Programme, 1987
12. U.G.C. sponsored National Seminar on Anthropology of Aging, 1990, Ranchi
13. U.G.C. sponsored National Seminar on Role of NGOs in Tribal and Rural Development, 2002, Allahabad
14. Seven Indian Science Congresses at various cities in India.