Rajat K Das
Cell phone number: 9433432383
Specialisation: Social-Cultural Anthropology
Prof. Rajat Kanti Das has long experience of teaching and research in the field of Social-Cultural Anthropology. His career started as a Primary Investigator in the Social Studies Section of the Assam Census, Shillong. On recommendation of the U.P.S.C. in 1964, he joined D.M. College of Science, Imphal as Lecturer in Anthropology, where he served for over two decades and became Head of the Department.
Subsequently, he joined the Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal as Reader and later became Professor. After retirement, he re-joined the department under the U.G.C. Emeritus Fellowship.
He has been associated with Ph.D. supervision, peer-review of national and international journals, edited volumes, research organizations, and university committees. He was a Member of the National Advisory Council of the Anthropological Survey of India.
Prof. Das served as Editor-in-Chief of the Vidyasagar University Journal of Biological Sciences for two terms. Currently, he is Editor of the Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society (JIAS). He also held the office of President of the Indian Anthropological Society for two terms.
He has successfully completed three major research projects — two sponsored by ICSSR and one by U.G.C.
- 1984. Manipur Tribal Scene. Inter-India, New Delhi.
- 1987. Tribal Social Structure: A Study of the Maring Society of Manipur. Inter-India, New Delhi.
- 2004. Tribalism and Beyond. Punthi Pustak, Kolkata.
- 2005. Development from Tribal Perspective. Classique Books, Kolkata.
- 2023. A Profile of Social-Cultural Anthropology. Kalpaz Publishers, New Delhi.
- 2005. (with Debashis Basu). North East India in Perspective. Akansha, New Delhi.
- 2006. (with Arabinda Basu & Abhijit Guha). Perspectives of Rural Development: Problems and Prospects. Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata.
- 2007. (with Ajit K. Danda). Anthropology of Management. INCAA, Jhargram.
- 2012. (with Dipak K. Midya). Many Faces of Development. INCAA, Jhargram.
- 2012. (with Ajit K. Danda). Alternative Voices of Anthropology. Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata.
- 2017. (with Bidhan Kanti Das). Rethinking Tribe in the Indian Context. Rawat, Jaipur.
- 2022. (with Subir K. Biswas & Barun Mukhopadhya). Writings on Indian Anthropology and Anthropologists. Concept, New Delhi.