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Dhananjay Kumar

Kalahandi Univeristy, Centre for Culture and Development, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, University of Delhi

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7799-4344
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Dhananjay Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Kalahandi University, Bhawanipatna, Odisha, India. Earlier he was engaged as Assistant Professor -Social Anthropology at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, Gujarat. He is a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, Odisha and holds a post-graduate degree in Anthropology from the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi. His academic research includes the relationships of culture and technology with a focus on agrarian change, traditional knowledge and social structure with an approach for field-based studies. He has more than seven years of experience in conducting fieldwork and report writing among the Dalits, OBCs and Tribal communities of India on various issues of culture and development. He has authored many articles in professional journals and in edited volumes. Presently he is working on manuscripts of two books. He can be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected].

Employment

  • Kalahandi Univeristy Assistant Professor
    2021 - Present
  • Centre for Culture and Development Assistant Professor
    2016 - 2021
  • National Institute of Technology Rourkela Research Scholar
    2011 - 2016

Education

  • National Institute of Technology Rourkela PhD
    2011 - 2018
  • University of Delhi MSc
    2002 - 2004
  • University of Delhi BSc
    1998 - 2001

Projects & Funding

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Publications (20)