Sudipta Ghosh
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Dr. Sudipta Ghosh

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Dr. Sudipta Ghosh

Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology

Date of joining:

01-02-2010

Qualifications:

Name of the Degree Name of the University Subject Year of Passing
Post Doc Syracuse University, NY, USA Physiological Anthropology 2017
Ph.D. Delhi University Physical Anthropology 2006
M.Sc. Delhi University Anthropology 2001
B.Sc. (Honors) Calcutta University Anthropology 1998

Present Affiliation:

  • I have been teaching Biological Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, India, as an Assistant Professor since February, 2010.
  • Regional Ambassador of India, The International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH) since 2025.
  • Member Secretary, NEHU Institutional Ethical Committee for Human Sample and Participants (IECHSP) since 2025.

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Palaeoanthropology, Human ecology and adaptation, Advance studies in Biological Anthropology, Human Osteology, Somatometry, Human Origin and Evolution.      

Ph. D.: Ph. D. awarded in Anthropology at the convocation held on February 2006, Delhi University, India. Supervisor’s Name: Prof. S.L. Malik

Title (Ph. D.): “Morpho- Physiological Variations, Familial Resemblance and Heritability Estimates among the Santhals of Bankura District, West Bengal”                                     

Research Interest:

  • Physiological Anthropology: Blood pressure, Lipid profile, Hemoglobin, Metabolic syndromes, Cardio-vascular and Cardio-respiratory measures.
  • Human adaptation to high altitude, Health and Nutritional status, Obesity, Dietary effects on growth and body physique.
  • Evolutionary Biology, Quantitative genetics, Heritability estimates.

Academic Awards/Honors:

  • Awarded ICMR-International Travel Grant Support for non-ICMR Scientists on June 25th, 2025, for podium presentations in the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH) annual meeting held in July 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Awarded International Travel Award from Human Biology Association (HBA), USA on January 1st, 2023 for podium presentation in HBA meeting held in April, 2023 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
  • Awarded International Travel grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India on March 17th, 2023 for podium presentations in AABA and HBA meeting held in April, 2023 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
  • Awarded 2020-2021 ASEM-DUO/Wallonia-Brussels Fellowship Programme, funded by the Belgium Govt. on 1st July, 2020.
  • Awarded UGC Raman Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research for Indian Scholars in United States of America 2015 in February 2016.
  • Awarded Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellowship) from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India in May 2008.
  • Junior Research fellowship awarded for doctoral course under the scheme “Award of Research Fellowship in various aspects of Tribal Development”, from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, during Ph.D in May 2002.

Ph.D. Awarded

  1. Name: Dr. Guangdikhuanliu Riamei; Title of Ph.D. Thesis: ‘An Anthropological Study on Health and Nutritional Status among the adult Rongmei Naga of Manipur’. Date: 24th August, 2022.  
  2. Name: Dr. Zenia Thangjam; Title of Ph.D. Thesis: “A study on growth and nutritional status of orphan and non-orphan children of Imphal valley, Manipur”. Date of Award: 29th December, 2022.
  3. Name: Dr. Viserano Peseyie; Title of Ph.D. Thesis: “A Study on Body Physique, Nutritional and Physiological status among the adult Angami Nagas of Kohima district, Nagaland”. Date of Award: 16th March, 2023.
  4. Name: Dr. Nutsolu Lohe; Title of Ph.D. Thesis: “Occupational Health Hazards of Stone Quarry Workers: An Anthropological Study among the Lotha of Nagaland”. Date of Award: 3rd July, 2025.

Research Projects

Ongoing

  • ICMR, India funded research project titled “Lethal Aortopathy syndrome associated with novel FBLN4D203A Mutation among Mappila Children of Malabar, Kerala - seeking novel clinical, molecular genetic and anthropological insights”, 2023-2026. Co-PI: Dr. Sudipta Ghosh. Cost of the project: Rs. 1,49,51,960.

Completed

  • ANRF/DST (SERB POWER), India funded research project titled “G6PD deficiency and its association with arterial hypertension among the Angami Naga of North-East India”, 2022-2025. PI: Dr. Sudipta Ghosh. Cost of the project: Rs. 52,15,520.
  • ASEM-DUO, Belgium funded research projected titled “Exercise Capacity And Cardio-Pulmonary Responses Among Sherpa: Highlander Vs Migrant”. ASEM-DUO/Wallonia-Brussels Fellowship Programme, funded by the Belgium Govt. on 1st July, 2020, PI: Dr. Sudipta Ghosh. Cost of the project: 5,000 € (~Rs. 4,41,918.99).
  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA funded research project titled “Natural Selection and Genes Determining Higher Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Tibetan Monpa residing in Arunachal Pradesh, India”, 2015. PI: Prof. Tom D. Brutsaert; CO-PI: Dr. Sudipta Ghosh. Cost of the project: US$ 8,400 (~Rs.6,00,000).
  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA funded research project titled “Natural Selection and Genes Determining Higher Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Tibetan Monpa”, 2015. PI: Prof. Tom D. Brutsaert; CO-PI: Dr. Sudipta Ghosh. Cost of the project: Rs. 5,00,000.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Ghosh, S. Rising cases of hypertension among indigenous populations of Northeast India: an overview. Journal of Human Hypertension, 1-7. (2026).
  2. Ghosh, S. Prevalence of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency among Indian Populations: A Systematic Review. Human Biology 95(4), 145-154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hub.2023.a973714. (2025)
  3. Ghosh, S. Angiotensin-ConvertingEnzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and arterial blood pressure among the Tawang Monpa of Eastern Himalayan Mountains: Is there a signature of natural selection? PLoS ONE 18(9): e0291810. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291810. (2023).
  4. Sudipta Ghosh: Human adaptation to cold and warm climatic conditions: A comparison between two geographically diverse Indigenous populations. American Journal of Human Biology, e23932. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.2393. (2023).
  5. Tsukru, V. and Sudipta Ghosh: Bio-social Correlates of Blood Pressure in Tribal population: A Case Study of the Mising Adults of North-East India. South Asian Anthropologist. 23(1): 1-11 (2023).
  6. Sudipta Ghosh: Biological Determinants of Blood Pressure among Marginalized Elderly Population. Antrocom Online Journal of Anthropology vol. 18. n. 2b, 545-557 – ISSN 1973 – 2880 (2022).
  7. Ghosh, S. & Peseyie, V.: Prevalence of hypertension among the indigenous population in North-East India: Is this a consequence of “nutritional transition”? American Journal of Human Biology, e23789. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23789. (2022).
  8. Peseyie, V. & Sudipta Ghosh: Association of socioeconomic status with obesity and hypertension among the adult Angami Naga of Nagaland, Northeast India. Human Biology and Public Health; 1. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph2022.1.27. (2022).
  9. Lohe N. and Sudipta Ghosh: Occupational health hazards of stone quarry workers of Nagaland, India. Human Biology and Public Health; 1. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph2022.1.25. (2022).
  10. Sudipta Ghosh: A comparative analysis of dietary intake and body composition among two ethnically distinct tribal populations from India. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01121-6. (2022). 
  11. Sudipta Ghosh, Kasher, M., Malkina, I., & Livshits, G. Is craniofacial morphology and body composition related by common genes: Comparative analysis of two ethnically diverse populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa. 24373. (2021).
  12. Tom D Brutsaert, Melisa Kiyamu , Gianpietro Elias Revollendo , Jenna L Isherwood , Frank S. Lee , Maria Rivera-Ch. , Fabiola Leon-Velarde , Sudipta Ghosh , Abigail W. Bigham: REPLY TO LIU ET AL.: The Andean EGLN1 adaptive allele could be a loss of function variant that increases HIF1-α in skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 117 (47): 29286-29287. (2020).
  13. Thangjam Z. and Sudipta Ghosh: Effect of nutritional status on psychosocial health: A comparative study between Meitei orphan and non-orphan girls. South Asian Anthropologist. 20(2): 147-156. (2020).
  14. Sudipta Ghosh, Kiyamu, M., Contreras, P., León-Velarde, F., Bigham, A., Brutsaert, T.D.: Exhaled nitric oxide in ethnically diverse high-altitude native populations: A comparative study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23915. 1-8. (2019).
  15. Tom D Brutsaert, Melisa Kiyamu , Gianpietro Elias Revollendo , Jenna L Isherwood , Frank S. Lee , Maria Rivera-Ch. , Fabiola Leon-Velarde , Sudipta Ghosh , Abigail W. Bigham: Association of EGLN1 gene with high aerobic capacity of Peruvian Quechua at high altitude. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 1-12. (2019)
  16. Guangdikhuanliu Riamei and Sudipta Ghosh: Nutritional status in relation with age and place of residence among the adult Rongmei Naga of Manipur. The NEHU Journal. XVII: 1&2. (2019).
  17. Sudipta Ghosh: Understanding Chronic Energy Deficiency among Population Living Under Limited Nutritional Resources. Collegium Antropologicum. 41 (4): 327-334. (2017).
  18. Sudipta Ghosh, S.; Dosaev, T.; Prakash J.; Livshits, G.: Quantitative Genetic Analysis of the Body Composition and Blood Pressure association in Two Ethnically Diverse Populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162(4):701-714. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23161. 1-14. (2017).
  19. Sudipta Ghosh: Nutritional Status and Its Correlates among the Adult Santhals of Bankura district of West Bengal, India. Human Biology Review. 4 (1): 84-93. (2015).
  20. Sudipta Ghosh: Deficiency and Sources of Nutrition among an Indian Tribal Population. Collegium Antropologicum. 38 (3): 847–853. (2014).
  21. Sudipta Ghosh: High Altitude Himalayan Populations: A Note on Human Adaptation to Stressful Environment. Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. 49(1): 91-98. (2014).
  22. Sudipta Ghosh: Association between physique and blood pressure in an adult tribal population. Anthropologiai Közlemények, 52: 119–130 (2011).
  23. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Variations of Body Physique in Santhals: An Indian Tribe. Collegium Antropologicum. 34: (2), 467–472 (2010).
  24. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Understanding Morphological Changes From Parental To Filial Generations: A Case Study of Santhals. Indian Anthropologist. 39: (1&2), 129-146 (2009).
  25. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Assessment and Administration of Health in a Tribal Community of India. The Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology. 3(2): (2009)
  26. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Auditing Gender Equality Among Santhals. Indian Journal of Millennium Development Studies. 3(1): 117-128 (2008).
  27. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Parent-Offspring correlations in body measurements, physique and physiological variables among Santhals of West Bengal. Journal of Exercise Science and Physiotherapy. 3: 14-31 (2007).
  28. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Sex differences in Body Size and Shape among Santhals of West Bengal. The Anthropologist. 9: 143-149 (2007).
  29. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: Assessing Intergenerational Differences in Anthropo-Physiological Variables: Case Study of a Tribal Population. The Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology. 1(1): (2006) http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xml FilePath=journals/ijba/editors.xml
  30. Sudipta Ghosh and Malik, S.L.: A comparative study of age changes in Somatotypes of Brahmin and Rajput Boys of Sundarnagar, Himachal Pradesh. The Anthropologist. 6 (1): 19-23 (2004).

Book Published

  1. Ghosh, S. and Limbu D.K. (Eds.): Readings in Biological Anthropology. B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, India. (2017).
  2. Ghosh, S.: Inheritance of biological traits from parental to filial generations: Heritability of biological features among the Santhals. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing House. (2012).

Invited Book Chapters

  1. Peseyie V. and Sudipta Ghosh: Reproductive Health of Angami Naga: Challenges and Issues, In Maternal Health and Child Mortality, Nitish Mondal and Kh. Narendra Singh (Eds), Chapter 11, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd (2021).
  2. Lohe N. and Sudipta Ghosh: Variation and Association of Body Physique with Nutritional Status in Adult Mising Population of Assam, In  Nutrition And Health Among Indian Tribes With Special Reference To Eastern India, Jyoti Ratan Ghosh and Jaydip Sen (Eds), Chapter 19, pp.295-310, New Delhi: Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd (2021).
  3. Thangjam Z. and Sudipta Ghosh: Menstrual Cycle among the Meiteis of Manipur: Myths and Taboos, In Spectrum of Anthropological Perspectives of Northeast India, Sarthak Sengupta and Juri Borah (Eds), pp. 189-199, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House (2019).
  4. Sudipta Ghosh and Dawhuo, T.: Somatotype Components and Body Mass Index: A Case Study of the Adult Bhoi Males, In People of North East India: Bio-Cultural Dimensions, R. Khongsdier and Sarthak Sengupta (Eds), pp. 135-148, New Delhi: Kalpaz Publications (2016)
  5. Sudipta Ghosh: Heritability and inheritance pattern of human physique, In Human Growth: the mirror of the society, Sikdar, M. (Ed), pp. 225-242, New Delhi:  B.R. Publishing Corporation (2015).

Conferences/Workshops/Lectures Organized

  • Organized NEHU Extension Lecture on 16th November, 2017. Lecture delivered by Dr. Kamala Ramadoss, from Syracuse University, New York, USA on the topic ‘Situation of Immigrants from the Indian Sub-continent: An exploratory study’.
  • Organized national seminar on ‘New Arenas of Biological Anthropology in India’ in the Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong from 19th till 21st November, 2014.  

Papers presented in International/National Conferences/Seminars

  1. Paper titled “Prevalence of Hypertension and its Association with G6PD Enzyme Activity Level among the Angami Naga of North-east India” was presented in online mode at the 95th Annual AABA Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) held from March 18 to March 21, 2026, in Denver, Colorado, USA.
  2. Paper titled “Thermoregulation through Human Adaptation to Cold and Warm Climatic Conditions” was presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (JASAS) held on September 27-28, 2025, at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
  3. Paper titled “Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and its Association with Hypertension among the Angami Naga of North-east India: An Evolutionary Overview” was presented at the 10th annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH), organized by ISEMPH, during July 8-10, 2025, in Nashville, TN, USA.
  4. Paper titled “Hypoxic Ventilatory Response in relation to hypobaric hypoxia among the Tawang Monpa from Eastern Himalayan Mountain” was presented in the Indian Anthropology Congress under the aegis of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) organized by the Anthropological Survey of India, during February 21-23, 2025.
  5. Paper titled “Comparative analysis of dietary intake and body composition among two ethnically distinct tribal populations from India” was presented at the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) Annual meeting organized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) during 19th-22nd April, 2023 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
  6. Paper titled “Rising cases of hypertension among the indigenous population in north-east India: Genetic adaptation vs. nutritional transition” was presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association (HBA) held in Reno, Nevada, USA during 19th-22nd April, 2023.
  7. Paper titled “Heterozygous advantage of angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism among the Tawang Monpa of eastern Himalayan Mountains of India” was presented in the 6th International Leh Symposium 2022 held at Leh, Ladakh organized by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi during 23rd-27th May, 2022.
  8. Paper titled “Craniofacial Traits and Body Composition in Two Genetically Varied Populations: Heritability and Associations” was presented in the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) 2021 in the Virtual Annual Meeting on 15th April 2021 organized by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) during 7 - 28 April 2021 in USA.
  9. Paper titled “High-Altitude Studies in Indian Anthropology: Trends and Emerging Areas in last fifty years” was presented in the National Webinar on the theme “100 years of Indian Anthropology: History and Challenges” organized by the Indian Anthropological Society during 26th -30th December, 2020.
  10. Paper titled “Body composition and blood pressure association in genetically and ethnically distinct tribal populations” was presented in the International Conference on the theme “Anthropology of Food and Health” organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi during 27th -29th February, 2020.
  11. Paper titled “Heritability of the Body Composition and Blood Pressure association in ethnically distinct indigenous populations” was presented in the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) Annual meeting organized by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) during 27th-30th March, 2019 in Cleveland Convention Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  12. Paper titled “Exhaled Nitric Oxide in relation to high altitude hypoxia: Comparisons of two diverse populations from Peru and Northeast India” was presented in the National Seminar on the theme “Anthropology, Health and Development: Trends and Future Perspectives” organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi during 20th -21st February, 2018.
  13. Paper titled “Angiotensin Converting Enzyme genotypes in relation to high altitude hypoxia among the Tawang Monpa from Himalayan Mountains” was presented in the Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and Himalaya organized by the Association for Nepal and the Himalayan Studies, Britain-Nepal Academic Council, Centre for Himalayan Studies-CNRS and Nepal Academic Network (Japan) during 25th -27th July, 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  14. Paper titled “Exhaled Nitric Oxide in ethnically distinct high altitude native populations” was presented in the 5th International Leh Symposium 2018 held at Gangtok, Sikkim organized by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi during 15th -19th November, 2018.
  15. Paper titled “Hypoxic ventilatory response in relation to hypobaric hypoxia among the Tawang Monpa from Eastern Himalayan Mountain” was presented in the XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine organized by the International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM) and EURAC Research, Europe during 21st -24th November, 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  16. Delivered an invited lecture titled “Association between Body Composition and Blood Pressure in relation to Diverse Environmental Conditions" in a one-day National Seminar on "Anthropology and Environment in Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, on 26, February, 2016.
  17. Paper titled “Biological correlates of blood pressure among Santhal elders of west Bengal” was presented in 45th Annual Conference of The Indian Anthropological Society on the theme “Anthropology and Human Welfare” held at the Calcutta University, Kolkata during 23rd -25th May, 2015.
  18. Paper titled “Chronic energy deficiency and morbidity among Santhals of WB, India” was presented in National conference on “Recent trends in research on Biological Anthropology in the Eastern and North-Eastern India” held at the Biological Anthropology unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata during 21st -23rd November, 2013.
  19. Paper titled “ Deficiency and sources of nutrition: A case study of Santhals from West Bengal” was presented in International seminar on Resources, Tribes and State held in Arunachal Institute of tribal studies, Arunachal, India, 13th-15th February, 2012.
  20. Paper titled “Heritability of physique in a tribal population” was presented in inter congress in Anthropology (INCAA) held in Lucknow, India, 21st-23rd February, 2012.
  21. Paper titled “Allocation of Nutritional Resources in a Tribal Population” was presented in International seminar on Natural Resources and Rural Livelihoods among Tribes in Hilly Areas in North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, 22nd-24th March, 2012.
  22. Paper titled “Auditing Gender Equality Among Santhals” was presented in National Seminar on ‘Gender Issues and Empowerment of Women’, Platinum Jubilee of Indian Statistical Institute, India, 1-2 February 2007.
  23. Paper titled “Assessment and Administration of Health among Santhals of Bankura, West Bengal” was presented in National Seminar on Tribal Development in The Department of Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India, 26th-27th February 2007.
  24. Paper titled “Understanding Morphological Changes From Parental To Filial Generations: A Case Study of Santhals” was presented in National Seminar on “Biological Diversity among Indian Tribes Issues and Management of Health and Environment” in the Department of Anthropology, Delhi University, India, 18-20 December 2006.
  25. Paper titled “A comparative study of age changes in Somatotypes of Brahmin and Rajput Boys of Sundarnagar, Himachal Pradesh” was presented in National Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Biological Anthropology’ in Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, March 10-12-2004.

Invited Talks in International/National Conferences/Seminars:

  1. Delivered Invited Talk titled “Human adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia with reference to exhaled nitric oxide” in the International Conference in 8th India Biodiversity Meet Organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata during March 24 - 26, 2025.
  2. Delivered Invited Talk titled “Indigenous Knowledge and Health: A Case Study of Monpa of the Eastern Himalayan Mountains” in the International Conference On ‘Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Societies’ Organized by Department of Anthropology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar during March 8-9, 2025.
  3. Chaired a scientific session, Technical Session: IV-C in in the International Conference On ‘Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Societies’ Organized by Department of Anthropology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar during March 8-9, 2025.
  4. Delivered Invited Talk titled “Rising Cases of Hypertension among The Indigenous Populations In North-East India: An Overview” in the 53rd Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society & International Seminar on ‘Man and Environment in India: An Anthropological Approach to the Development and Welfare over Time and Space’ during December 15-17, 2023.
  5. Delivered Invited Talk in the Indian Anthropology Congress under the aegis of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) organized by the department of anthropology and tribal studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, during February 21-23, 2023.
  6. Delivered an invited talk titled “Human Diversity and Variation: Comparison of two ethnically diverse tribal populations from India” in an International Conference on Contemporary trends in socio-cultural and Biological Variation: Revisiting Ethnographic methods of Human Diversity during February 13-14, 2023 organized by Department of Anthropology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sager (M.P), India and Palaeoanthropology Research Centre, Moscow, Russia.
  7. Paper titled “Hypoxic Ventilatory Response in Relation to Hypobaric Hypoxia: Comparative Study between Peruvian Andean from America and Tawang Monpa from India” was presented in the technical section ‘Anthropology and Behavioral Sciences’ held from 3-7 January, 2023 during the 108th Indian Science Congress held in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
  8. Delivered an invited talk titled “Nutritional Status of Orphan and Non-Orphan Meitei Children and Adolescents of Manipur, North-East India” in Russian-Indian Workshop on “Children’s Growth and Health” on 17 October 2022.
  9. Deliver lecture as one of the panelists in Online Panel Discussion on “Current Trends in Physiological Anthropology” organized by Amity Institute of Anthropology (AUUP) on 25th March, 2021.
  10. Deliver lecture as one of the panelists in Online Symposium on “Biological Anthropology in the 21st Century” organized by United Indian Anthropology Forum (UIAF) on 13th December, 2020.
  11. Paper titled “High altitude adaptation in relation to exhaled nitric oxide” was presented in the Science Communicators’ Meet 2020 held from 5-6 January, 2020 during the 107th Indian Science Congress held in Bengaluru.
  12. Paper titled “Allen’s Rule and Human Adaptation to High Altitude: A comparison between Monpa and Santhal” was presented in the 10th National Leh Symposium 2019 held at New Delhi organized by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi on 15th November, 2019.
  13. Delivered an invited talk titled “Adaptation to high altitude: Comparing exhaled Nitric Oxide in populations from Peru and North-East India” on 11th April, 2017 at the Anthropology Department, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  14. Delivered a lecture titled “Living High: The science of adaptation to high altitude in populations from Peru and North-East India” on 21st February, 2017 at the South Asian Centre, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, New York, USA.
  15. Presented a paper titled “A comparative study on exhaled nitric oxide amongst high and low altitude indigenous populations” on 17th January, 2017 at Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.
  16. Chaired a scientific session in one-day National Seminar on "Anthropology and Environment" in Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, on 26th February, 2016.
  17. Invited by the Biological Anthropology Unit (BAU), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India to deliver a lecture titled “Association between Body Composition and Blood Pressure in Two Ethnically Diverse Populations” on 2nd February, 2016.
  18. Invited by the Department of Anthropology, Madhya Kamrup College, Barpeta, Assam, to deliver a key lecture as a resource person in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Recent trends in Anthropology’ held on 28th and 29th March, 2015.
  19. Invited by the Biological Anthropology Unit (BAU), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India from 5th -8th February, 2013 for academic interaction and talk on ‘Human Adaptations to Altitude: An Overview’.

Invited Talks as Resource Person in Short-term/Refreshers courses:

  1. Delivered lecture on “Occupational hazards and operational designing” as a resource person for UGC sponsored Refresher Course on Earth Sciences and Allied Subjects (Multidisciplinary) on February 28, 2024 at 3.00 pm.
  2. Delivered lecture on “Human-machine relationship” as a resource person for UGC sponsored Short Term Course (STC) in Research Methodology in Social Science on January 15, 2024 at 12.00 noon.
  3. Delivered two lectures on “Human-machine relationship” and “Occupational hazards and operational designing” as a resource person for UGC-HRDC Short-term course in ‘Bio-medical Technology’ on 16th December, 2020. 

Academic Services

  • 2025-2026       Member of the program committee, American Association of Biological Anthropology (AABA) annual meeting
  • 2025-27           Regional Ambassador of India, The International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH)
  • 2025    Paper Setter, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
  • 2025    Paper Setter, Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal
  • 2024    External Examiner, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
  • 2024    Paper Setter, Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal.
  • 2023   External Examiner, Department of Anthropology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal
  • 2023    Paper Setter, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
  • 2022    Paper setter, Physical Anthropology, Meghalaya Public Service Commission
  • 2022    Evaluator, Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Open University
  • 2021    External Examiner, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
  • 2021    Paper Setter, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
  • 2020    Written Unit with Self Learning Material on “Genetics of Complex Diseases” under the course on ‘Human Population Genetics’, Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
  • 2018-19  Paper Examiner, Physical Anthropology, Sambalpur University, Burla, Odisha
  • 2018    Evaluator, Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Open University 
  • 2017    Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Anthropology, Women’s College
  • 2017    Evaluator, Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Open University 
  • 2014    Member, Board of Moderation Committee, Anthropology, Meghalaya Public Service Commission

General University and Departmental Services (Administrative and Academic)

  • 2025-2028       Member Secretary, Institutional Ethical Committee for Human Sample (IECHSP)
  • 2024-2027       Member, School Board of Human and Environmental Science
  • 2024-2027       Member, Board of Studies, Geology
  • 2024-2027       Member, Board of Studies, Horticulture
  • 2024-2027       Member, Board of Studies, Anthropology
  • 2023-               Co-Ordinator, IQAC Committee, NEHU
  • 2023-2024       Member, ANVESHAN Organizing Committee, NEHU
  • 2022-               Member, MoU Standing Committee, NEHU
  • 2022-               Member, NAAC Assessment Committee, NEHU
  • 2022-               Department SWAYAM Mentor (DSM) for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
  • 2022-               Member, NAAC Assessment Committee, NEHU
  • 2022-               Member, University Level Security Committee (ULSC), NEHU
  • 2021                Member, College Inspection Team for Christ College, Umroi
  • 2021-2024       Member, Board of Studies, Department of Zoology
  • 2021-2024       Member, Board of Studies, Department of Anthropology
  • 2020-2023       Member, Board of Studies, Department of Geography
  • 2019-2021       Member, School Board of Human and Environmental Science
  • 2019-               Member, School Board of Human and Environmental Science
  • 2019-               Member, Grievance Redressal Committee, NEHU
  • 2019                Examination-in-Charge in Department of Anthropology, NEHU
  • 2018-               Member, Editorial Board, NEHU Journal
  • 2018 -              Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, Department of Anthropology, NEHU
  • 2018                Teacher-in-Charge for Fieldwork 2017-18 for IIIrd Semester MA/MSc students of Department of Anthropology, NEHU for 21 days in the month of January, 2018.
  • 2017-               Member, Board of Studies, Anthropology
  • 2013-2015       Member, Convocation Committee, NEHU
  • 2012-2015       Member, Board Under Graduate Studies, Department of Anthropology
  • 2013-2016       Member, Board of Post-Graduate Studies, Anthropology
  • 2014-2017       Member, Board of Studies, Department of Environmental Studies
  • 2014-2017       Member, Board of Studies, Department of Zoology
  • 2014-2017       Member, Board of Studies, Department of Linguistics
  • 2012-2013       Program Coordinator, Fulbright Specialist Progarm, hosted Prof. Tom D. Brutsaert, Syracuse University, NY, USA
  • 2012-2013       Member, Committee on Basic Facilities for Women
  • 2011-2013       Member, School Board of Human and Environmental Science
  • 2010 -2018      Member, Departmental Library Committee, Department of Anthropology
  • 2010, 2011 & 2015: Member, Departmental Admission Committee, Department of Anthropology, NEHU
  • 2010-2019: Warden, Post Graduate Girls’ Hostel, NEHU

Academic Collaborations

International

  1. Prof. Vitalie Faoro, Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Laboratory, Faculty of Motorskill Sciences , Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, for project “Exercise Capacity And Cardio-Pulmonary Responses Among Sherpa: Highlander Vs Migrant”.
  2. Invited as a ‘UGC Raman Post Doctoral Fellow’, by the Chair Prof. Tom D. Brutsaert, in the Department of Exercise Science at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA from 1st August, 2016 till 30th May, 2017.
  3. Invited as a ‘Visiting Research Scholar’, by the Chair Prof. John Burdick, in the Department of Anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University from 20th September, 2016 till 30th May, 2017. 
  4. Invited as a visiting scientist by Prof. Gregory Livshits in the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, for writing collaborative research papers from 3rd January – 18th February, 2015.
  5. Invited by Prof. Tom D. Brutsaert of Syracuse University, USA and Prof. Fabiola Leon V. S. President of UPCH university of Lima, Peru, for participating in field research under the project titled “Natural selection and genes determining higher arterial saturation in Peruvian Quechua”, funded by NSF, USA, from 27th June – 3rd August, 2013.

National

  1. Dr. Manish Kapoor, Department of Cardiology, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya.
  2. Dr. Mahesh Kappanayil Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala.
  3. Dr. Prasenjit Guchhait, Professor, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, Faridabad

Academic Memberships:

  1. International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ID  75033289)
  2. The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (ID 20250410-00002)
  3. Life member of Indian Science Congress (Membership No. L17272)
  4. Life member of INCAA (Indian National Confederation and the Academy of Anthropologists)
  5. Life member of Indian Anthropological Society
  6. International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
  7. American Association of Physical Anthropologists
  8. Human Biology Association, USA
  9. American Anthropological Association (AAA), USA [ID 000339111I]
  10. Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen, UCLA San Diego, USA
  11. Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Nepal & USA (ID 38426932)
  12. AuxologicalSociety -Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auxologie

Present Affiliation

  • Currently teaching Biological Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, India, as an Assistant Professor since February, 2010.
  • Regional Ambassador of India, The International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH) since 2025.
  • Member Secretary, NEHU Institutional Ethical Committee for Human Sample and Participants (IECHSP) since 2025.

Journal Reviewer:

  1. Ecology of Food and Nutrition
  2. High Altitude Medicine & Biology
  3. International Journal of Obesity
  4. American Journal of Human Biology (AJHB)
  5. Journal of Physical Education and Sports Management
  6. Journal of Peace, Gender and Development Studies
  7. Educational Research
  8. Journal of Life Sciences (JLS)
  9. Human Ecology
  10. Human Biology Review
  11. Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society
  12. Man in India 

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