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  • Prof Prasanna K Samal

  • Professor
  • Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
Publications 1986 - 2021

Publications

  • 90
    Journal Articles
  • 29
    Book Chapter
  • 8
    Book
  • 16
    Conference
    Proceedings
  • 6
    Data paper
  • 5
    Review
  • 20
    Projects
  • 1
  • 8

Citations / H-Index

267 Citations
8 h-index
90 Citations

Altmetrics

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Co-author Network


Expertise

Anthropology

Tribal Studies, Resource Management, Indigenous Knowledge System

Personal Information

Prof Prasanna K Samal

Male
Department of Tribal Studies, Art, Culture & Folk Literature IGNTU Amarkantak
Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India - 484886


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Tribal Studies, Art, Culture and Folk Literature

    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  • Library In-Charge

    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  • Head

    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  • Head

    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  • Dean

    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  • Head

    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  • Scientist F

    G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development

  • Regional Head

    G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development

  • Scientist E

    G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development

  • Scientist D

    G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development

  • Scientist C

    G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development

  • Scientist

    G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development


Qualification

  • B.Sc. (Hons), MA, Ph.D.

    Andhra University


Honours and Awards

2010

SCHOLL Research Challenge Award, 2010 for high caliber action research in development and governance on ‘Technology for Development’

National Foundation for India and North East Development Foundation

2010

Second Prize for the presentation Avaifauna diversity of Namdapha National Park

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu

2010

SCHOLL Research Challenge Award, 2010 for for high calibre action research in development and governance on ‘Sustainable Development and Preservation of the Ecosystem’

National Foundation for India and North East Development Foundation

2010

SCHOLL Research Challenge Award, 2010 for high caliber action research in development and governance on ‘Technology for Development’

National Foundation for India and North East Development Foundation

2010

Second Prize for the presentation Avaifauna diversity of Namdapha National Park

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu

2010

SCHOLL Research Challenge Award, 2010 for for high calibre action research in development and governance on ‘Sustainable Development and Preservation of the Ecosystem’

National Foundation for India and North East Development Foundation

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2020

Impact of communication technology on de-notified tribes: an ethnographic study in Nagaur district of Rajasthan

Basanti Shahu, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

2016

Major Conservation issues in proposed Tsangyang Gyatso Biosphere Reserve, Eastern Himalaya, India with special reference to Human-wildlife Conflict

Kripal Majumdar, Assam University, Silcher, Assam

2002

A comparative study of status and fertility behaviour of rural and urban women Himalayan Kumaon: A geographical perspective

Anubha Shah, Kumaon University

2020

Impact of communication technology on de-notified tribes: an ethnographic study in Nagaur district of Rajasthan

Basanti Shahu, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

2016

Major Conservation issues in proposed Tsangyang Gyatso Biosphere Reserve, Eastern Himalaya, India with special reference to Human-wildlife Conflict

Kripal Majumdar, Assam University, Silcher, Assam

2002

A comparative study of status and fertility behaviour of rural and urban women Himalayan Kumaon: A geographical perspective

Anubha Shah, Kumaon University

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Membership In Professional Bodies

Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research

Member, Editorial Board

Journal - Studies of Tribes and Tribals

Member, Editorial Board

Himalayan Studies Journal : An International Research Journal

Member, Editorial Board

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Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research

Member, Editorial Board

Journal - Studies of Tribes and Tribals

Member, Editorial Board

Himalayan Studies Journal : An International Research Journal

Member, Editorial Board

Hima Paryavaran

Member, Editorial Board

ENVIS Newsletter on Himalayan Ecology

Member, Editorial Board

International Journal – The Anthropologist

Member, Editorial Board,

Indian Science Congress Association

Life Member

Indian Academy of Social Sciences

Life Member

Indian Anthropological Association

Life Member

Indian Sociological Society

Life Member

Indian Society for Human Ecology

Life Member

Indian Society of Ecological Economics

Life Member

Central Himalayan Environment Association

Life Member

Mountain Forum - Asia Pacific Mountain Network

Life Member

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Membership In Committees

2022

Dept. of AIHC and Archaeology, IGNTU

Member, Board of Studies

2022

Executive Council, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

Member

2021

Dept. of Yoga, IGNTU, Amarkantak

Member, Board of Studies

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2022

Dept. of AIHC and Archaeology, IGNTU

Member, Board of Studies

2022

Executive Council, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

Member

2021

Dept. of Yoga, IGNTU, Amarkantak

Member, Board of Studies

2021

Dept. of Hindi, IGNTU

Member, Board of Studies

2021

Dept. of Museology, IGNTU

Chairman, Board of Studies

2021

Dept. of Linguistics & CSTLs

Chairman, Board of Studies

2020

Dept. of Philosophy, IGNTU

Member, Board of Studies

2019

Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies

Member, Board of Studies

2019

Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, IGNTU

Member, Board of Studies

2019

Dept. of Anthropology, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh

Member, Board of Studies

2018

Dept. of Education, IGNTU, Amarkantak

Member, Board of Studies

2017

Joint Coordination Committee, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi

Co-Charperson

2016

Academic Council, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

Member

2016

Dept. of Tribal Studies, Art, Culture and folk Literature

Chairman, Board of Studies

2015

State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Arunachal Pradesh (Notified by MoEF&CC, Govt. of India)

Member

2015

Research Advisory Group (RAB), Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat

Member

2012

Research Advisory Committee, State Forest Research Institute (SFRI), Dept. of Environment & Forests, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh

Member

2010

State Project Steering Committee, Arunachal Pradesh State Medicinal Plant Board

Member

2010

Working Group for Environment and Forests Sector (Preparation of State Action Plan on Climate Change), Dept. of Environment & Forests, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh

Member

2009

State Level Steering Committee on CBNRM, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh

Member Secretary

2007

State level Taskforce under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh

Member

2003

SHARP Selection Committee (Min. of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India)

Member

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Research Projects

Centre of Excellence

Funding Agency : Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Landscape initiative for far eastern Himalaya (Hi-LIFE) Preparatory phase Consultation workshops on (i) understanding ecosystem services perspectives for effective resource management and (2) developing livelihood interventions for Hi-LIFE

Funding Agency : ICIMOD

Brahmaputra Salween Landscape Conservation and Development (Preparatory phase – conduct of National & Regional Consultations)

Funding Agency : ICIMOD, Kathmandu

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Centre of Excellence

Funding Agency : Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Landscape initiative for far eastern Himalaya (Hi-LIFE) Preparatory phase Consultation workshops on (i) understanding ecosystem services perspectives for effective resource management and (2) developing livelihood interventions for Hi-LIFE

Funding Agency : ICIMOD

Brahmaputra Salween Landscape Conservation and Development (Preparatory phase – conduct of National & Regional Consultations)

Funding Agency : ICIMOD, Kathmandu

Development of baseline information and identification of potential corridors for Namdapha national park (Tiger Reserve) and Mouling national park

Funding Agency : ICIMOD

Biodiversity conservation through Community based natural resource Management in Arunachal Pradesh

Funding Agency : GOI-UNDP

Preparation of wildlife management plan/biodiversity conservation plan for Trans Arunachal Highways.

Funding Agency : Govt of Arunachal Pradesh

Cultural landscape: the basis for linking biodiversity conservation with sustainable development of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Funding Agency : UNESCO-McArthur

Institutionalizing technology backstopping and capacity enhancement for sustainable New Delhi agricultural development and encouraging entrepreneurship development based on simple technologies within the tribal areas of the NE India.

Funding Agency : DST, Govt. of India

UDWDP: environmental and social guidelines (ESG) Environmental and social implementation and monitoring Dehradun manual (ESIMM)

Funding Agency : WMD, Govt. of Uttranchal, Dehradun

Summer Programme for Canada from Canadian Universities

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI, Canada

People, gender and indigenous know- ledge in the use & conservation of resources in the central Himalayan region of India.

Funding Agency : ICSSR, New Delhi

Summer Programme for student from Canadian Universitiess

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI, Canada

Access to social infrastructure & human resource development: a situational analysis of states of Indian Himalaya

Funding Agency : ICIMOD, Kathmandu

Agriculture & interventions for its development in the C. Himalayan region: an impact study from the perspectives of environment & policy planning

Funding Agency : IGIDR/WB Mumbai

Summer Programme for students from Canadian Universities

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI

Bio-National Mega Project on “An empirical study of development of tribal communities from eco-cultural perspectives: a study in the Central Himalayan region of India”

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI Canada

Summer Programme for students from Canadian Universities

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI, Canada

Summer Programme for students from Canadian Universities

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI, Canada

For extension of the project entitled “An empirical study of development of tribal communities from eco-cultural perspectives: a study in the Central Himalayan region of India”

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI, Canada

Seed money for developing a project

Funding Agency : CIDA-SICI, Canada

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