NCS CODE: 2632.0900 | SS022
An Anthropologist is interested in studying the origins, cultures, customs, and connections humans have with one another. They study these areas by researching, collecting, and evaluating information about humankind. They may focus on a specific field, such as cultural anthropology or archaeology. They use scientific methods like observing social interactions, interviewing participants, and analyzing artifacts found at excavation sites.
Dr Madhumala Chattopadhyay is an Indian Anthropologist who specialises in the Indigenous people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 1991, Chattopadhyay and her colleagues were the first outsiders to make peaceful contact with the Sentinelese people. After her studies, she joined the Anthropological Survey of India (ANSI) as a researcher and later as a senior fellow.
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