UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
The Department of Anthropology offers M. Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in different fields of Anthropology. It was established under the faculty of Science in the year 2001. The academic programmes are so designed as to enable the students and scholars to acquire a good understanding of people, society and culture at the micro level. The special focus of the department is to examine and analyze the regional and local issues of greater anthropological significance. The department has an innovative plan to develop interdisciplinary interaction for strengthening its teaching and research programmes. Participatory approach and Lab to Land method has been adopted to develop the teaching and research activities of the department. The thrust areas of the department are human nutrition, forensic anthropology, ethnomedicine, medical anthropology, developmental anthropology and tribal development.
The learners get research foundation for doctoral degree
This two year programme lays emphasis on undestanding human origin, evolution, adaptability and its reasons for variability. The leaners will be able to analyse population genetics and determine role of society & culture behind variability.
The students get exposed to research ethics, ways to avoid plagiarism and all aspects of research methodology in concerned discipline.
Open to ALL students
Restricted to NBU students
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a state-of-the-art learning environment
an exhaustive source of knowledge resources
Support Staffs
Professor Social-Cultural Anthropology (Environment, Culture & Society, Tribal Studies, Dalits, Women, Rural Society, Health, Ethnic Issues and Culture of Peace Studies)
(HoD)
Professor Medical Anthropology, Tribal Studies, Human Rights, Prehistoric Archaeology
Assistant Professor
Head of the Department
Professor
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