
qualifications: PhD
position: UGC- Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow
 India
 India
I am a bio-cultural Anthropologist working in the Central and Eastern Parts of India. My research generally explores the bio- social & bio-cultural aspect of health and nutritional status among the scheduled tribes in India. My specific research interest investigates the inter-relationship between forest conservation, rehabilitation/displacement issues and its impact on food security among the Indian tribes living in different protected areas in India. My Current research projects include household food security and nutritional status among the Rabha Tribe living in Northern Part (Jaldapara and Buxa Wildlife Sanctuary in Dooars) of West Bengal, India. In course of doing work on food security, I am also trying to explore the impact of climate change on food security and the use of traditional knowledge for mitigating these problems by the Indigenous groups in India. I have published several articles on the themes of chronic energy deficiency and its correlates among the scheduled tribes in Central and Eastern India. Specifically, I have published few articles on the current livelihood condition (Socio-economic aspect of health and nutritional status) of Indian tribes living inside protected areas and their rehabilitated counterparts.
				The Australian Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway					
					
						
					
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				Pleasure and suffering in the rural nurse’s work process					
					
						
					
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				Clinical courage in rural Asia: a Philippine perspective					
					
						
					
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				Rural Mental Health Conference 2025 (RMHC25), 5–7 November 2025, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia		
					
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				OECD Latin American Rural Development Conference, 25–28 November 2025, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		
					
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				SARGA 2026, Rural Generalist Anaesthetist Conference, 12–14 February 2026, Barossa Valley, South Australia		
					
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				Preventive Mental Health Conference 2026, Parramatta, Dharug Country, Australia, 24 & 25 March 2026		
					
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				21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 10–13 April 2026, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand		
					
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				33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Quebec City, Canada		
					
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				4th EURACT Medical Education Conference, 23–25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania		
					
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				11th Health Promotion Conference, 10–12 June 2026, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad, Norway		
					
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				9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana		
					
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18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–17 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
				World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand		
					
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				5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Darwin, NT, Australia 		
					
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