Subho Roy
Journal of Indian Anthropological Society
Professor Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta
Professor Subho Roy received both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Calcutta. Later, he joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata as a UGC (JRF) to pursue his Doctoral research and was awarded Ph.D. Degree from the University of Calcutta. He has served Allahabad University and later joined the University of Calcutta and became a professor in the year 2015. Professor Roy also served as a professor (on deputation) in the Biological Anthropology, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata from April 1, 2024-March 31, 2026. He is the recipient of awards like UGC, JRF; Distinguished Anthropologist Award 2023 from the Department of Anthropology, Delhi University; Teaching and Research Career Achievement Award 2018 from the Department of Anthropology, Delhi University; Subject Expert for the best
programme in Life Science category in the 18th UGC-CEC Educational Video Competition 2005; and received Felicitation from the United India Anthropology Forum on the occasion of World Anthropology Congress, 2023. His research is mostly focused in understanding health of a population from its biocultural perspective; precisely how social and cultural factors shape the health status of a population. Research domains: Reproductive health, Ecology and Health, Anthropological Demography. Professor Roy has published more than 100 articles/book chapters in national and international journals/volumes like The Lancet, Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, American Journal of Human Biology, Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction and so on. He has been serving as an external member of the course advisory and research advisory committees for several Indian universities. He is presently the Member Secretary of the Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists. Professor Roy acted as the Coordinator for the paper Physical/Biological Anthropology for the national programme on ‘e PG Pathshala, A Gateway to All Post Graduate Courses under National Mission on Education through Information and Communication and Technology (NMEICT), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. He is presently the Chairman of the Institutional Human Ethics Committee of the Anthropological Survey of India and Nagaland University.