Dr  DEBENDRA KUMAR BISWAL

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UTKAL UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR
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Academic Qualification

B.Sc. Zoology, M.Sc Anthropology, M.Phil Social Medicine and Community Health (JNU) , Ph.D University of Delhi

Position held

Assistant Professor, Central University of Jharkhand
Assistant Professor, Central University of Odisha
Assistant Research Officer, International Clinical Epidemiology Network, New Delhi

Publications

Customary Laws and protection of traditional ecological knowledge: A paradigm for tribals in India. International Journal of Law, Policy and Social Review, ISSN: 2664-6838 (online), 2664-682X (print), Impact Factor: RJIF 5.42, Vol. 3, Issue-1, 2021. Pp. 35-39. http://www.lawjournals.net/article/view/63/3-1-16
Incompatibility of environmental laws, equity and sustainability: Experiences of forest laws and Adivasis in India. International Journal of Law, Policy and Social Review www.lawjournals.net Online ISSN: 2664-6838, Print ISSN: 2664-682X. Vo. 6, Issue-3, PP. 356-360

Experience

Ph.D Medical Anthropolgy, University of Delhi

Area of Specialization

Social Demography, Customary Law, Social Anthropology

Membership of other Professional Associations

1. Society for Indian Medical Anthropology (SIMA), Mysore, India.
2. International Union of Ethnological and Anthropological Sciences (IUAES)
3. Editorial Board Member of Humanities and Social Sciences(HSS) ISSN Print: 2330-8176; ISSN Online: 2330-8184 https://www.sciencepg.com/j/hss
4. Member, Society for Ethno-Pharmacology (SFE-India), SFE/22/1-2334. www.ethnopharmacology.com
5. Managing Editor, Editorial Board, Voice for Voiceless, https://thirdvoice.voiceforvoiceless.in/editorial-board/
6. Member, Expert Committee Millet Mission, Government of Odisha October 2024.

M.Sc. degree in Anthropology, M.Phil.in Social Medicine and Community Health from JNU and Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Delhi. earlier work experiences include (a) Senior Associate with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS, ICSSR Research Institute, New Delhi, (b) ARO in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, (c)Assistant Research Officer with International Clinical Epidemiology Network Trust (INCLEN Trust International, H.Q. Philadelphia), New Delhi, (d) Researcher with Indian Social Institute on Kandhamal Violence in Orissa in 2007-08 (ISI, New Delhi), (d) Assistant Professor, Centre for Anthropological Studies, Central University of Orissa (2009-2013) and Assistant Professor, Tribal and Customary Law, Central University of Jharkhand (2013-22). more than forty publications in International/National journals, book chapters and Editorial/popular write-ups and more than hundred research papers presentations in International/National seminars and conferences. His major areas of teaching and research are Tribal Development, Customary Law, Social Demography, Tribal Health, Ecology and Health, Tribal Unrest, Agrarian crisis and Anthropology of Naxalism/Maoism.