Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology was commenced in 2000, at the Allahabad Agricultural Institute Deemed University, and offers M.Sc. degree in Anthropology. The main focus of the Master's programme is, Anthropology in Development, Evolutionary Anthropology and Medical Anthropology. Agricultural Anthropology which has been Recently Introduced is a very different study on the Agricultural Development of tribal and backward farmers and also those farmers who are resourceless specially in relation to technological resources. A large Number of Indian farmers fall under this category. For the welfare of the Indian farmer and policy making strategy with harmonious path for the farmer, students would be able to contribute an excellent technologically sound expertise in the field of policy making, welfare of the country and states. Among the health issues, natural resource management and etc in the focus point of the subject.
Physical anthropology helps the students and researcher to understand the physiology, serology, cytogenetics, population dynamics and disease. Medical anthropology trains the students and researchers to advance the boundaries of medical anthropology by providing knowledge regarding co-relation of disease with culture and society, impact of stress and other cultural aspects responsible for emergence of disease in human beings. The Department of Anthropology is providing an strategy to work for the isolated part of the population by discovering new facts from uneroded rocks and soil. Field work training makes the students fit and dynamic to work in odd and heterogenous atmosphere and also learn to approach those people who are very different from us in many ways.
The Department has also established the centre for Tribal/Backward cast research and preservation of the cultural heritage. The Postgraduate students also play a role part in editing our Departmental Agricultural Anthropology Journal.
Efforts are made to enable Anthropologists to work among Agriculturists. Agriculturists in present times are reviving a vast area of Indian agricultural land. Under such conditions anthropologists are capable of tackling the situation. Anthropologist are expert at work amongst urban and rural people because they study man in a holistic way. Since a large part of the population of country is underdeveloped, Anthropology becomes a necessity for the welfare of human beings.

Research activities

The Department is well known for its research Excellence in various areas of Anthropology. Doctoral research is guided by the faculty in Medical Anthropology Economic Anthropology, Social and Applied Anthropology, Medical laboratory is available for the use of serological and blood testing. Our focus of research is also on gender and empowerment in various part of India, viz Northen region of India, (Humachal Pradesh, Haryana,) and Southern region of Indian (Tamilnadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh) and Bastar in the central region.
The library in holding numerous Anthropological books and publications many of which are rare, Students are encouraged to use the department library.Identification library (Human skeleton), is also available.
This library provides students a better understanding of biology of human being and it trains the students in forensic anthropology; it contains most of the equipment required for learning the histomorphometric analysis and osteology of the bone and make additional studies of skeletons.
 

Faculty

Visiting Faculty

Prof. (Dr.) A.R.N. Srivastava (Retd.), Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Allahabad
Dr. V.S. Sahay Social Anthropology Reader, University of Allahabad
Dr. Subha Ray, Physical Anthropology , University of Kolkata, Kolkata
Prof. (Dr.) A.P. Singh, Social Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Lucknow University, Lucknow
Prof. Nadeem Hasanain,Applied Anthropology,University of Lucknow
Dr. Gangadahar, Physical Anthropology,Reader,  University of Mysore
Prof. B.R.K. Shukla (Rtd.) ,Physical Anthropology, University of Lucknow
Prof. P.C. Joshi, Medical Anthropology
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Delhi University, Delhi