I obtained PG and Ph.D in Anthropology from Andhra University and was awarded the Research Associate(PDF) Fellowship from the Council of Industrial and Scientific Research(CSIR). Joined Pondicherry University as guest faculty in 2000 and have been serving Pondicherry University as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor and Professor till date. I am instrumental in building the Department of Anthropology, the first 6 years when there was not even a single sanctioned post to the department. The department has witnessed a steady and stable growth starting with one student in the year of establishment and presently reached a strength of 33 enrollment, and I have the honour of teaching all these students. I had the privilege of preparing the proposal for the Center for Social Exclusion and Inclusion Policy, which was accepted by UGC. I organized seven national seminars and am a committee member in conducting nine national level workshops and seminars. I have published 53 research papers in reputed journals including scopus indexed and book chapters published by reputed publishers. I have sucessfully guided 16 M.Phil and 5 PhD’s, and 1 research project funded by ICSSR.

Cultural Anthropology, Ecological Anthropology