DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

About the Department

The Department of Anthropology, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra, started its journey towards academic excellence from 1959. Highly efficient faculty members have enriched this department and their work is internationally recognized. A total of 11 faculty members (2 Associate Professors, 5 Assistant Professors and 4- SACT II teachers) including 1 GLI and 2 skilled laboratory staff are working tirelessly for the smooth running of the department and for the best service to the students. The department offers both Undergraduate Program (B.Sc. Honours) since 1979-80 and Postgraduate Programs (M.Sc.) since 2007-08. Infrastructural and laboratory facilities for teaching and research are available in various sub-fields of anthropology, such as osteology, serology, forensic anthropology, palaeoanthropology, prehistoric archaeology, dermatology, comparative technology, etc. In addition to these, there is a small library with a good collection of books and a computer laboratory for the use of the students of the department. The regular fields of socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and research are organized. The department organizes seminars and conferences at the state, national, and international levels at different times. Our students have qualified NET/SET exam and are working as a Research Fellow at various universities. Many of them have been working as faculty members of different colleges as well as of different universities. Some of our alumni have worked in Anthropological Survey of India, CRI, and various reputed NGOs.