Prof SN Ratha || Invited Speaker || National Seminar || Anthropology || UoHyd || AICP-2025 || скачать в хорошем качестве

Prof SN Ratha || Invited Speaker || National Seminar || Anthropology || UoHyd || AICP-2025 ||

National Seminar on the theme Anthropology in Contemporary Practice: Pathways for a Sustainable Future is organized by the Department of Anthropology, 26-27th September 2025. Prof. S. N. Ratha, a renowned sociologist and social anthropologist of India. Prof. Ratha received his academic training at Utkal University under the guidance of eminent scholars such as Professor A. Aiyappan and Professor Cora Du Bois of Harvard University. With an academic career spanning nearly five decades, he began as a research scholar in the early 1960s and later served as a lecturer at Gauhati University. He went on to become the founding Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Sambalpur University, where he served with distinction for many years. Prof. Ratha has made remarkable contributions to the fields of sociology and anthropology through his research on tribal communities and social development. He has authored several books and published more than a hundred research papers in national and international journals. Even after retirement, he continues to remain actively involved in academic work and research. Currently, he serves as the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Director of the Alluri Sitarama Raju Centre for Tribal Studies at the Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action, contributing immensely to the study and development of tribal societies in India.