ଇସ୍ପାତ ସ୍ୱୟଂଶାସିତ ମହାବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ

Vision:

The vision of the department is to impart teaching, research and training on human bio-cultural experiences through a scientific and multi-disciplinary approach.

Mission:

The mission of the department is

• To create a learning environment through which students can come to understand and appreciate human diversity.
• To develop a critical perspective among the students on their own society.
• To enhance their role as citizens in a global community.
• To achieve innovation in teaching, learning and research to realize goals of higher education.
• To inculcate ethical values and academic rigor amongst the students enabling them to contribute to the holistic development of the society.

Activities of the department

1. Fieldwork: Anthropology relies on fieldwork as the primary way of conducting research. Fieldwork remains at the heart of anthropological research and continues to be the rite of passage of aspiring anthropologists. Keeping the legacy of fieldwork tradition in anthropology, each year the +3 Final Year (Honours) students of our department go for fieldwork as a part of their curriculum. In the academic session 2021-2022, we have conducted fieldwork among the Oraons of Luakera Village of Sundergarh district of Odisha. The students have submitted  fieldwork reports based on the data obtained from the fieldwork.

2. Museum Visit: A museum collects, preserves, carries out researches and provide education about humanities. Museums inspire and engage the visitors to create and understanding about how the world works and lives. Museum visit by the students is a part of the Anthropology (Honours)course curriculum. Each year the department conducts visit to different museums of Odisha. In the academic session 2021-2022 the students of our department have visited the Odisha State Tribal Museum in Bhubaneswar where they learnt about the life of tribal peoples of Odisha. They also visited the Cultural Museum, Prehistoric Archeology Laboratory and Biological Laboratory, P.G. Department of Anthropology, Utkal University where they gained knowledge on various implements, ornaments, hunting instruments, clothings, utensils of various tribal groups of India, stone tools used by prehistoric man of different cultural phases and obtained some practical skills in Biological Anthropology. The students have submitted project reports based on the museum visit.

3. Departmental Seminar: Our department conducts departmental seminars where the students are given chance to present on a topic of their own and convey their ideas. It is followed by discussion with the students and teachers which can make others what the topic is all about.

4. Department Laboratory: Students understand a topic better when they do practical. Our department has a good laboratory where students do practical on different topics like anthropometry, somatometry, craniometry, dermatoglyphics, serology and prehistoric archaeology. The teachers are well experienced in practical skills and impart practical training and knowledge on various aspects of anthropology to the students according the syllabus.