User talk:Karuna S Pandey

Karuna Shanker Pandey (Born on 16 July 1987) is a Research Associate (C) at Anthropological Survey of India, Dehradun since December, 2010. He completed his post-graduate from University of Allahabad in Anthropology in the year 2007. He was a student of chemistry in his undergraduate course but his keen interest in studying societies attracted him towards the Anthropology. A field work in Bodhgaya changed his mind and he decided to sacrifice his life in the study of societies to understand their life closely. Within a short span of time he did several field works with special emphasis on pilgrimage center study. Village study and applied aspect are also other aspects of his interest. He did a very valuable work on SIA (Social Impact Assessment). It was a national project of Anthropological Survey of India. He had also engaged with Village Studies under National Projects "Biodiversity, Environment and Sustainable development" and " Development and sustainability". Under these projects he studied Mhasa Tibba in Himachal Pradesh, Madhopur in Uttar pradesh and Roghi in Himachal Pradesh. He had also conducted study at Heritage cities, Amritsar and Varanasi for Ministry of culture to submit report on their renovation. He was also a member of the team who recommended the communities, "Sheer Gojries and Labana" of Jammu and Kashmir in the central list of OBC.

He has presented several research papers in national seminars.

His ten articles have also been published in National Journals.

The articles are: 1. '''“URBANISATION: RESULT OF TIME BUT BUNCH OF PROBLEMS.” 2. '''Manav Prakrit Antersambandh, Vartman ke Sanderbh Me”. 3. “Pitri-paksa and Gayawal”''' '''