A. K. Sinha

A. K. Sinha (Anil Kishore Sinha) is a professor of social anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His research interests include social anthropology, tribal studies, Gender Studies, anthropology of food, medical anthropology and impact assessment studies. He has over 35 years of experience in academics and research with over 140 research articles (published in national and international journals, including chapters in edited books), 14 books (co-authored...See more

A. K. Sinha (Anil Kishore Sinha) is a professor of social anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His research interests include social anthropology, tribal studies, Gender Studies, anthropology of food, medical anthropology and impact assessment studies. He has over 35 years of experience in academics and research with over 140 research articles (published in national and international journals, including chapters in edited books), 14 books (co-authored and edited) and has contributed in different areas of research with two major research projects funded by organizations like UGC and alike. Intrigued by the influx of anthropology in development, he took special interest in SIA studies in the north Indian region and conducted four SIA studies as a PI and was appointed as a team member for two more projects. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in states/union territories of undivided Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. He has supervised over 25 PhDs and has been a mentor of 4 post-doctoral fellows. See less