Pradip Kumar Singh

Pradip Kumar Singh is Reader in Anthropology at Ranchi College, Ranchi University, Ranchi, in the Jharkhand State in India. Dr. Singh completed his Docoral research under Professor L. P. Vidyarthi.

Jharkhand is one of the most important areas in the world, anthropologically. It is the abode of 32 tribes which range from hunters-gatherers to settled agriculturists.Dr. Singh has worked on the tribes of Jharkhand. He did his doctoral research on the Sauria Paharia, which is a swidden farming tribe. In this research he re-examined the concept of Nature-Man-Spirit Complex (1984) propounded by Prof. Vidyarthi (1963), and proposed a mathematical computation of the concept. He proposed that Nature-Man Spirit Complex does not change. It is a constant! (1988).He has also completed a Major Research Project on the Bedia tribe of Jharkhand.

Dr. Singh is much interested in the field of anthropological theory. He has written a paper on Recent Trends in Anthropological Thought (2002), and the still emerging field of Evolutionary Study of Social Behaviour (2003).

His contribution to anthropology is as follows.

"BOOKS"

1. Indian Anthropology, 1998, K. K. Publications, Allahabad.(Co-Author).

2. Sanskritik Manavvijnana, 2000, K.K. Publications, Allahabad (Co-Author).

3. Dimensions of Researches In Anthropology In India, 2003, Serials Publications, New Delhi (Co-Editor).

4. Dimensions of Researches In Anthropology In India, 2005, Serials Publications, New Delhi (Co-Editor).

"PAPERS"

1. Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in a Hill Tribe: A Restudy, 1981, in Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in Tribal India (ed. R. S. Mann); Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.

2. Nature-Man-Spirit Complex: A Constant? 1981, in Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in Tribal India (ed. R. S. Mann); Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.

3. In Search of A Science of Society, 1988, in Current Anthropological and Archaeological Perspectives, Vol. XI, (Selected Issues on Research Methods), (ed. K.L. Bhowmick), Inter India Publications, New Delhi. 4. Recent Trends in Anthropological Thought, 2002, The Oriental Anthropologist, Vol II No. 1, pp 1-19, Serials Publications, New Delhi.

5. A Pig for the Bride, 2002, Bulletin of Department of Anthropology, Vol 30, pp 1-8; Dibrugarh University, Assam.

6. Evolutionary Study of Social Behaviour, 2003, The Oriental Anthropologist Vol. III, No 1, Serials Publications, New Delhi.

7. Tribal Development In India: What Went Wrong?, 2004, Journal of Social Research, Vol 26 I & II, Department of Anthropology, Ranchi.

8. The Neglected Tribes of Jharkhand, 2005, Dimensions of Researches in Indian Anthropology, Vol II, Serials Publications, New Delhi.

External links

* http://www.pksingh.in