Dr. Meena Kumari
Department of Contemporary & Tribal Customary Law
School : School for the Study of Culture
Institution : Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi (India)
Birth Date : 30 August 1984
Blood Group : O+ve
E-mail : meena.kumari@cuj.ac.in
Preceding Degree : M.Phil. - Anthropology (1st class)
Qualified UGC-NET (with JRF) : Subject - Anthropology, Roll. - 52070011, June -2012.
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National Academic Depository (NAD) ID : N 100 1329 8651
Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) ID : 259-352-080-342
Information Concerning Doctoral Research
University Registration No. - CUJ/P/2013/PHDTCL/001 - [office order @ Sl. No - 18]
Topic of Research : Witchcraft and Women : A Socio-Legal Study of the Tribal Communities of Ranchi, India.
Supervisor : Dr. Shamsher Alam
Co-Supervisor : Dr. Debendra Kumar Biswal
Research Advisory Committee : Constituted (office order) | Re-Constituted (office order)
Course Work Status : Completed Successfully - 16 Credits (8.50 SGPA) - [marksheet]
Enrolment Status : Confirmed (office order)
Date of Registration-cum-Admission : 30th September 2013
Fellowship Source :
UGC-NET (JRF) - [Tenure : 30/09/2013 to 30/09/2015]
UGC-NET (SRF) - [Tenure : 01/10/2015 to 30/09/2018]
Thesis Defended and Ph.D. Degree Awarded [Provisional Degree]
Seminars / Conferences / Lecture Delivered / Resource Person
Delivered Lecture on ‘Rights of Children’ in the Workshop Organized by the Centre for PRIs, Women and Child Development Studies organized at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. (22 - 24 April 2014)
Presented paper titled ‘Food Linked Prohibitions and Prescriptions for the Traditional Religious Head of the Oraons in Jharkhand’ at the National Seminar on Livelihood and Food Culture of Tribes of India organized by the Department of Anthropology, Ranchi University, Ranchi, India. (27-28 February 2016)
Presented paper titled ‘A Critical Analysis of Implementation of PESA Act in the Scheduled Areas of Jharkhand’ at the National Seminar on Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development organized by Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ranchi, India. (14 May 2016)
Presented paper titled ‘Megaliths of Jharkhand : An Exemplary Form of Shilp of the Indigenous Communities’ at the International Seminar on Diversity of Shilpa : Theory and its Applications organized by the Department of Sanskrit, Ranchi University, Ranchi, India. (14 - 16 May 2016)
Presented paper titled ‘The Pragmatic Analysis and Applicability of Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act in Jharkhand’ at the International Seminar on Globalization and Society organized by the Institute of Social Development and Research, Ranchi, India. (08 - 10 April 2017)
Presented paper titled ‘The Vanguard Role of Education in Annihilation of Witchcraft Persecution in Indigenous Spheres’ at the 3rd International Conference on Research Development in Environment, Social Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi, India. (10 September 2017)
Presented paper titled ‘Witchcraft Persecution : An Instrument for Ostracising Females in the Indigenous World’ at the International Seminar on Development and Tribals organized by Institute of Social Development and Research, Ranchi, India. (07 - 09 October 2017)
Workshop / Training Courses Attended
Participated in ICSSR sponsored 10 days Research Methodology Workshop in Social Sciences organized by the Centre for Indigenous Culture Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. (18-27 August 2015)
Attended Post-Conference Workshop on Cruising your Way to Academic Success’ organized by Centre for Business Administration, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. (8th February 2014)
Attended 7 days Yoga Workshop organized jointly by CUJ, Ranchi and Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. (01-07 September 2017).
Field Work / Data Collection - Photographs
