1. 1
Name
: Dr. Vijay Prakash Sharma
Father's Name
: Shri Banke Bihari Sharma
Mother's Name
: Late Smt. Savitri Devi
Date of Birth
: 20th November, 1954.
Place of Birth
: Khaira, District - Aurangabad, State - Bihar.
Marital Status
: Married.
Date of Marriage
29th June, 1980.
Spouse's Name
: Smt. Manju Sharma
No. of Children
: Two
Education
Qualifications
Profession
: M.Sc. ; Ph. D (Anthropology)
Educated at Ranchi University, Bihar (now Jharkhand).
Senior Advisor & Social Worker, Anthropologist, ,
Professor. Agriculturist
Permanent Address
Village - Khaira, PO - Hariharganj, District - Aurangabad,
Bihar
Present Address
: 1-D, Laxman, Sitakunj Apartment, Professor’s Colony,
Karamtoli , Ranchi-834008, Jharkhand, India.
Email: drvijayprakash@yahoo.co.uk;
drvijayprakash.sharma@gmail.com
CELL- 8886881218
2. Positions Held:
1969-73
: President, Akhil Bhartya Tarun Manch, New Delhi( Bihar State Unit).
1969-73
: Senior Under Officer, 19th Bihar Battalion N.C.C.
1969-73
: Secretary, Music and Arts Society (Ranchi College Student’s Union), Ranchi.
1973-74
: Secretary, Ranchi University Music and Fine Arts Society, Ranchi.
1974-75
: President and Unit Organizer , Intellectual Forum, Ranchi.:
1974-77
: Member: Nav Nirmaan Samittee ( Activist in J.P.Movement), Ranchi.
1975-76
1976-77
: President, Ranchi University Rotaract Club . District 326 Rotary International.
: President, Rotaract Club of Ranchi and District Secretary, District 326 RI.
1978-2014
: Member, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
1980-81
: District Rotaract Representative, District 326 Rotary International.
1981-84
: Chairman, Rotaract District committees. District 326 Rotary International.
1986-94
: Executive Member, Ranchi University Post Graduate Teachers Association.
1987-Continued : Life member, Ethnographic and Folk Cultural Society, Lucknow, India
1987- Continued : Life Member, S.C. Roy, Institute of Anthropological Studies, Ranchi
1987-89
: Regional Secretary (East) Indian Anthropological Association, New Delhi
1987- 89
: Fellow, Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad.
1992- Continued: President- PKVM Society for Development, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
1993- Continued : President-Tribal and Rural Development Institute, Jashpur, CG, India
2002- Continued : Regional, Secretary Jharkhand AIDS Control Consortium .
2002- Continued : Member, Partnership of Social Scientists for Malaria Control, Atlanta.
2008- Continued :Professional Member, American Anthropological Association, USA.
2008- Continued :Professional member, Society for East Asian Anthropology,USA.
2010-Continued : Member, Royal Anthropological Institute of Ireland and England, London.
2010-Continued : Member, Partnership for Social Sciences in Infectious Diseases of Poverty (PSSIDP)
2008: Member of GB- Institute for social research and Applied Anthropology W.B, India.
2013- Continued: Vice President- Institute for Social Research and Applied Anthropology, W.B, India.
2013- Continued : Vice President-Ranchi School of Anthropology Alumni Association, Ranchi
University.
3. Countries Visited
1. Zagreb(Yugoslavia), 1988, Delegate,12th IUAES Congress.
2. London (UK). 1988, Member , IUAES.
3. Kunming (China), 2009, Delegate and Chair16th IUAES Congress.
4. London (UK), 2012, Delegate, Anthropology in the World Congress.
Other Information’s:
40+yrs experience in administrative leadership skills, including the ability to motivate teams to achieve
shared objectives and communicate clearly and convincingly. Able to quickly assimilate and apply new
information, manage dead- lines and pressure, and work well with a wide variety of people and
Postgraduate teaching and research guidance in Anthropology in Indian Universities. Contributed to
knowledge with 10 books and 100+ research articles in National and International journals, Encyclopedia
and news daily.
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