Dr  Dr. Kasi Eswarappa

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
ka***@igntu.ac.in
+91 986****289

Academic Qualification

1) BA-History, Economics & Political Science, APRDC, Nagarjuna University, AP.
2) MA- Anthropology-University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, AP.
3) M.Phil- Anthropology-University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, AP. Topic: Development and Change due to Sericulture: A Village Study in Chittoor District
4) Ph.D.: Anthropology- University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, AP.
Topic: An Anthropological Study of Livelihoods: The Case of Two Sugali Settlements from Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh

Position held

1) Project Faculty, Centre for PG Studies, NIRD&PR, Hyderabad.
2) Senior Teaching Associate, Centre for PG Studies, NIRD&PR, Hyderabad
3) Capacity Development Associate, Centre for Women & Gender Studies, NIRD&PR, Hyderabad

Publications

1) Joint paper (with Ananya, A) ‘State of Tribal Education in West Bengal: An Empirical Study on Santal Tribe of Eastern India’, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Pp: 1-19. First published online May 3, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X251335105
2) Joint paper (with Sreehari, KR) ‘Beyond the Veil of Death: Evolving Traditions in the
Ancestral Rituals of the Irula tribe of Attapadi, South India’, OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying, Pp: 1-18. First published online February 10, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251319828
3) ‘Precarious Livelihoods of a Nomadic Community: An Empirical Study from South India’, Indian Anthropologist, 54 (2): 51-67. http://indiananthro.in/IA2024-1.html
4) Joint paper (with M.Roja Lakshmi) ‘Quotidian Beliefs and Practices in Maternal and Child Health Care: An Empirical Study Among the Irula Tribe of Tamil Nadu’, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 16 (3): 280-294. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X211066193
5) Joint paper (with Sreehari, KR) ‘Continuity and Change of Folklore among Irulas of Kerala: Disourse Analysis of Tribal Folk Songs from the South Indian State of India’, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Pp:1-17. First Published online January 24, 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X231223050
6) ‘The Complexity of Tribal Question in India: The Case of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups’, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59 (3): 858-875. ISSN: 1745-2538
https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221123748
7) Joint paper (Ananya Acherjee & R. Hariharan) ‘Impact of Informal Online Learning on the Lives of Tribal Women: An Ethnographic Study from Central India’, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Pp:1-18. First Published online 01 December, 2023.ISSN: 2456-0502; https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X231207515
8) Joint paper (with Atrayee Saha) ‘Mapping Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as Alternatives to Capitalist Development: An Ethnographic Enquiry from India’, Sustainability Science, 17 (4): 1263-1271. ISSN: 1862-4057; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01171-6
9) Joint paper (with Gladis S Mathew) ‘Livelihoods of Vulnerable People: An Ethnographic Study among the Birhor of Chhattisgarh’, Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, 31 (1): 127-142. ISSN: 2074-0131; https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10185291211007924
10) Joint paper (with Atrayee Saha) ‘Pushed to the Margins: The Crisis Among Tribal Youth in India during COVID-19’, Critical Sociology, 47 (4-5): 641-655; ISSN: 1569-1632
https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920521994195
11) ‘Community-based Organizations (CBOs) and Their Role in the Development of Women: A Case from Andhra Pradesh’, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 13 (1): 34-49.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X20922437

Experience

Teaching and Research at the Department of Tribal Studies for the last 9 years at IGNTU, Amarkantak, MP.

Area of Specialization

Tribal Studies, Tribal Livelihoods, Tribal Development, Tribal Women, Tribal Education

Membership of other Professional Associations

a) Life Member of the following professional bodies:
1) Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society (EFCS), Lucknow,
2) Indian Anthropological Society (IAS), Kolkata,
3) Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata,
4) Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA), West Bengal and
5) Indian Sociological Society (ISS), New Delhi.

Kasi's research has been published in internationally reputed Journals such as Sustainability Science, Critical Sociology, South Asia Research, Journal of Developing Societies, SAGE Open, Journal of Asian and African Studies, South Asian Survey, and Contemporary Voice of Dalit. He has authored a book entitled "Anthropology and Development in a Globalised India: An Ethnography of Sericulture from the South'', Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, U.K. Kasi has edited 06 books and jointly edited three special issues in reputed journals such as the Journal of Developing Societies (Sage), Romanian Yearbook of Anthropology, and Man in India. Kasi is an Associate Editor at S.N. Social Sciences (Springer). He is also an Academic Editor (PLOS ONE Editorial Board) for PLOS ONE journal. He also serves as an Editorial Board Member for Sage journals: South Asia Research, SAGE Open (Humanities), and S.N. Social Sciences (Springer).