Dr. Suman Nath
Journal of Indian Anthropological Society
M. Sc. (C.U.), Ph. D. (IIM Calcutta with C.U)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Government General Degree College, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur, India.
E-mail: sumananthro1@gmail.com
Suman Nath did his PhD jointly under faculties from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and the University of Calcutta in Anthropology. He teaches anthropology at Government General Degree College, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Since 2007, he has been researching on issues of politics of resource allocation, communalism and political violence which includes a stint as Research Associate at Public Policy and Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India. His books include a couple of monographs, titled People-Party-Policy Interplay in India (2020, Routledge), Democracy and Social Cleavage in India (2023, Routledge) a co-authored volume on Sexuality, Identity and Health (2014, Aswin Anokha) and a collection of essays co-edited with Debraj Bhattacharya (2022, Routledge). He has published in international journals on issues of politics, corruption and governance. He is awarded by the UNDP, Planning Commission of India and SaciWATERs. Suman has been invited to deliver talks at different European Universities including Gottingen, Oslo, and Amsterdam. Apart from his academic publications, Suman runs a couple of internationally recognised blogs and writes popular articles in web platforms like Wire, Print, and Outlook Magazine, Indian Express and also in Little Magazines and Bengali dailies.