Antu Saha

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	India
Title	Dr.
Affiliation	University of Delhi
Email	sahaantu@gmail.com
Mailing Address	c/o Prof. Subhadra Channa Department of Anthropology University of Delhi Delhi 110007, INDIA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	00919968364438
Countries of Specialization	India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar.
Education	• Pursued Post-Doctoral Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Topic: “Caste and Partition: A Cultural Historical Account”: Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. • PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Topic: “Border Identities and Intercultural Dialogue with reference to India-Bangladesh border” (2007): Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. • MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology (2001): Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. • BSc (Hons) Anthropology (1999): Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Research Interests	Dr. Antu Saha did his undergraduate and post graduation from University of Delhi and was awarded the doctorate degree by the Department of Anthropology in 2007. He received the prestigious Nehru Fellowship (awarded by the Indian state) in 2002 for his doctoral research and was also selected for ICSSR (Indian Council for Social Science Research) doctoral fellowship in the year 2003. Dr. Saha has been participating in numerous seminars, both national and international, on border issues and syncretic identities and his papers have been highly acclaimed. Presently he is associated with the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi as a researcher.
Teaching Interests	Anthropological and Sociological Theories, Political Anthropology and Sociology, Border Anthropology, Social Stratification, Research Methodology, Philosophical Anthropology, Sociology of Law, Conflict Studies, Identity Politics, Anthropological and Sociological Demography, Religion, Ethno-History.
Publications	Published Book Saha, A. 2007. Ethnic Identities and the Role of Religion on the India-Bangladesh Borderland. New York: Edwin Mellen Press. Forthcoming Book Caste and Partition of Indian Subcontinent: A Cultural-Historical Account. Lampeter, UK: Edwin Mellen Press. Chapter in Book Saha, A. 2006. An Anthropologist in FOCUS. In Focus on Children Under Six: Abridged Report. December, 2006. Delhi: Mensa. Saha, A. 2009. “Border Economy and Ongoing Cultural Continuity”. In Essays on Cultural Anthropology, edited by Ajit K. Danda, R. K. Mutatkar, and Dipak K. Midya. Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. Forthcoming Book Chapters “Partition of Bengal and Settlement pattern of refugees according to their Caste Identities” in Seminar Proceedings by Anthropological Survey of India and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. Book Review: Saha, A. 2009. "Review of Many tongues, one people: the making of Tharu identity in Nepal by Arjun Guneratne" In Contributions to Indian Sociology 43 (2): 329-331. Published Articles: Saha, A. 2007. Closed Border and Fluid Exchange. Himal Southasia. Vol 20. No. 10/11. (Katmandu). Saha, A. 2007. Silk Route and the formation of Identities on the Sino-Indian Border with reference to the last Indian Border Village. Nepal Journal of Contemporary Studies, Vol. VIII Number 1. Pp:20-33, (Lalitpur, Nepal).
Keywords	syncretism ; identity ; nationalism ; governance ; ...