C V of Dr Monali Goswami, Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta

Personal Information

Name : DR MONALI GOSWAMI

Date of birth and age : 02-01-1976 (43Years)

Nationality : Indian

Whether belongs to reserved category: No

Address for Correspondence: Flat No 1H3, Regent Sonarpur, Kusumba, Sonarpur Station

Road, Sonarpur, Kolkata 103

E-mail : goswami_monali@rediffmail.com, mganthro@caluniv.ac.in

Mobile No : 8697948609, 8910949200

Academic Information

Educational Qualifications: In reverse chronological order.

Degree University/Institution Major Subjects Year %

marks/CGPA Division/Classs

Ph D Fakir Mohan

University

Population Studies

(Anthropology) 2010 Awarded Awarded

M Phil Utkal University Anthropology

(Human Genetics)

1999-2000

68.5% Ist Class

(Topper in the University)

M Sc Utkal University Spl-Biological Anthropology

1998 67.3% Ist Class

(3rd Rank in Univ)

B Sc (Hons)

Utkal University

Zoology (Hons), Botany,

Chemistry

1996 68.0% Ist Class with

Distinction

AISSCE CBSE PCMBE 1993 68.0% Ist Division

CISCE ICSE Sci, So Sci, Eng,

Math, Ori 1991 67.8% Ist Division

Broad Branch of dissertation: Biological Anthropology

Year of obtaining Ph D Degree: 31 March 2010.

Professional Experience :

Details of Post–Doctoral Experience.

Affiliation Designation Duration Nature of

Work/Project

Indian Council of Social Science

Research, New Delhi

Post Doctoral Fellow (02 years)

2011-2013

Nutritional Status and its impact on the women and children – A micro level study

among the Bhumij Tribe of Northern

Odisha

Details of employment experience in Academia:

Affiliation Designation Duration Subjects and

semester(s) taught

WB College Service Commission (SHD

College) Assistant Professor 2014-15 Anthropology (BSc)

Calcutta University Assistant Professor

in Biological Anthropology

2015- Till date M Sc Anthropology

(All semester)

Details of Research Projects undertaken:

Project Title Designation Status Cost of the

Project Funding Agency

Health and nutrition, disease

burden and ameliorative

challenges among the Particularly

Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of

West Bengal.

Principal Investigator

Applied (2018)

30 lakhs ICSSR, Govt of

India, New Delhi

Reproductive Health, Nutritional Status and

Demographic Profile of Project Fellow

Completed (2012)

20 Lakhs UGC Major Research

Project at FM

the Primitive Tribes of Odisha.

University

Ph D Supervision: Currently 06 Scholars are pursuing their PhD degrees on various topics

(details in Bio-data)

Awards and Honours: 1. UGC NET qualified in Anthropology in the Year 2000. 2. Biography featured in Who’s Who in the World 3. Topper in M Phil of Utkal University 4. 3rd Rank in M Sc of Utkal University 5. Associate Editor: Anthropology and Ethnology Open Assess Journal,

Medwin Publishers, USA 6. Managing Editor: Journal of the Department of Anthropology,

Calcutta University, India. 7. Member of Editorial Board: American Journal of Pediatrics 8. Associate Editor: Current Research Journal of Social Science and

Humanities., India 9. Reviewer: National/International Journal. 10. Invited talk and Session Chair: Various Conferences/Seminars.

5. Contact information: Office: Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35,

Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata- 700019, email: goswami_monali@rediffmail.com,

mgantho@caluniv.ac.in

Residence: Flat No 1H3, Regent Sonarpur, Kusumba, Sonarpur Station Road, Sonarpur, Kolkata 103.

8. Research interests:

1. Reproductive and Child Health – (a) Fertility and mortality (b) Obstetric morbidities (c)

Gynecological morbidities (d)Breast feeding practices (e) Postpartum amenorrhea (f)

Adolescent health (g) Menopausal health (h) Family Planning practices (i) Infant and Child

morbidity and mortality (j) Nutritional Health and Deficiency disease.

2. Nutritional Assessment – Anthropometry, Dietary Intake, Bio-electrical Impedance

3. Forensic Anthropology – (a) Dermatoglyphic Pattern (b) Fingerprint and Palm print (c)

Footprint analysis (d) flat footedness.

4. Disease Burden – Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.

5. Health-care practices - Ethno medicine, Modern medicine, Traditional medicine.

6. Demographic profile – Socio-Economic Status, Marriage distance

7. Public Health, Population Policies, Programmes & Evaluation

8. Tribal Studies – Vulnerable and Non-Vulnerable tribes of Eastern India.

9. Research guidance: 06 Scholars continuing for PhD Degrees

1. Joyeeta Thakur (Supervisor) - Reproductive Health

2. Priyanka Kannar (Supervisor) – Determinants of Health

3. Titas Ghosh (Supervisor) – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

4. Arpita Santra (Joint Supervisor) –Health, Cognition and Threshold

5. Laboni Basu (Associate Supervisor) – Human Trafficking

6. Nairrita Bhattacharjee (Supervisor)- Foot Anthropometry

10. Projects:

1. Completed: ICSSR New Delhi Post Doctoral Fellowship (for 2 years): Nutritional

status and its impact on the women and children: A micro level study on the Bhumij

tribal community of Northern Odisha.

2. Completed: UGC Major Research Project (Project Fellow for 02 years- FM University):

Reproductive Health, Nutritional Status and Demographic Profile of the Primitive Tribes of

Odisha.

11. Publications

(a) Books

S.No

. Author(s)

Year of

Publication Title of Book

Complete

Reference of the

Book

01. Monali

Goswami 2012

Reproductive Profile

and Child Health

Care Practices of the

Tribals.

Inter India

Publications, New

Delhi, ISBN No: 81-

210-0450-0

02. Monali

Goswami 2018

Women and

Children: Nutritional

Status of the Bhumij

Tribe of Northern

Odisha

The Woman Press,

Delhi, India, ISBN

No: 9788189110505

(b) Journal Publications

Published

S.No

. Author(s)

Year of

Publication Title of Paper

Complete

Reference of

Journal

01

Aditi

Samanta,

Joyeeta

Thakur,

Monali

Goswami

2019

Menstrual

Characteristics and

its association with

Socio-Demographic

Factors and

Nutritional Status: A

Study among the

Urban Slum

Adolescent Girls of

West Bengal, India.

Anthropological

Review, ISSN:2083-

4594

02 Monali

Goswami 2019

Nutritional

Vulnerability and

Health Status of the

Tribes of Odisha – A

Review

Journal of the

Department of

Anthropology,

University of

Calcutta, Vol 18,

ISSN: 2249-6181

03

Chhandita

Basu, Srijan

Chakrabarti

&Monali

Goswami

2019 (In

press)

Overall Under-

nutrition measured

by Composite Index

of Anthropometric

Failure (CIAF): An

empirical study

among the School

Children of North 24

Parganas, West

Bengal, India

Anthropologie, ISSN:

0323-1119

(Print). ISSN 2570-

9127 (Online)

04

Aditi

Samanta,

Joyeeta

Thakur

&Monali

Goswami

2019

Menstrual

characteristics,

knowledge and

hygiene practices

among the slum

adolescent girls of

North 24 Parganas,

West Bengal, India

South Asian

Anthropologist,

ISSN: 0257-7348

05

Soumita Das,

Joyeeta

Thakur

&Monali

Goswami

2019

Menstrual

Characteristics and

Hygiene Practices

among the Rural and

Urban Adolescents of

West Bengal, India.

Anthropology &

Ethnology Open

Access Journal,

ISSN: 2639-2119

06

Piyusona

Nath &Monali

Goswami

2019

A Study to Assess the

Nutritional Status of

the Government and

Private School

Children of South 24

Parganas, West

Bengal, India

Anthropology &

Ethnology Open

Access Journal,

ISSN: 2639-2119

07

Monali

Goswami

&Srijan

Chakraborty

2018

Neck Circumference

as a useful marker of

Obesity: A Study

among the Marwari

Population of

Kolkata, West

Bengal, India

Collegium

Antropologicum,

Vol 42 (1), ISSN:

1848-9486

08

Joyeeta

Thakur,

Monali

Goswami&

Subha Roy

2017

A Comparative Study

on Family Planning

Practices between

the Rural and Urban

Women of West

Bengal, India.

The Asian Man, Vol

11(2), pg 140-149,

ISSN: 0974-6366

09

Nairrita

Bhattacharje

e& Monali

Goswami

2017

Footprint Analysis

and Prevalence of

Flatfoot: A Study

among the Children

of South 24

Parganas, West

Bengal, India.

Anthropological

Review, 80 No4, pg

369-380, ISSN:2083-

4594

10 Monali

Goswami 2016

The Health Status of

the Tribes of Odisha-

A Review

Indian Journal of

Physical

Anthropology and

Human Genetics,

Vol 35 No 2, pg 237-

244, ISSN: 0378-8156

11 Monali

Goswami 2016

Prevalence of

Overall Under-

nutrition measured

by Composite Index

of Anthropometric

Failure (CIAF) among

the Bhumij Children

(Aged 1-6 years) of

Northern Odisha,

India

Journal of Nepal

Pediatric Society,

Vol 36 No1, pg 61-

67, ISSN:1990-7974

(Print), 1990-7982

(Online).

12 Monali

Goswami 2015

Anthropometric

Characteristics and

Chronic Energy

Deficiency of the

Mankidias – A PTG of

Northern Orissa, India

Studies of the Tribes

and Tribals, No13(1),

pg 88-93, ISSN: 0972-

0639

13 Monali

Goswami 2014

Body Mass Index and

Chronic Energy

Deficiency among

Adult Male Lodhas

and Kharias of

Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

Comparison with

other tribal

populations of

Eastern India

Antrocom, Vol 10,

No 2, pg 359-364,

ISSN: 1973-2880

14 Monali

Goswami 2013

Prevalence of Under-

nutrition among the

Juangs: A study on a

particularly

vulnerable tribal

group of Odisha,

India

Antrocom, Vol 9, No

1, pg 61-66, ISSN:

1973-2880

15 Monali

Goswami 2012

Body Mass Index and

Chronic Energy

Deficiency of Adult

Bhuyans: A

Vulnerable Tribal

Group of Keonjhar

and Anugul District of

Odisha, India

Indian Journal of

Physical

Anthropology and

Human Genetics,

Vol 31 No1, pg 39-

47, ISSN: 0378-8156

16

Monali

Goswami,

Bijayalaxmi

Dash & N C

Dash

2012

Maternal Care and

Childrearing

Practices – A Micro

Level Study among

the Bhumija Tribe of

Northern Orissa,

India.

South Asian

Anthropologist, Vol

12, No 1, pg 51-60,

March 2012, ISSN:

0257-7348

17 Monali

Goswami 2011

Socio-Cultural

variables and

Biological

Determinants of

Human Fertility in a

primitive tribal

community – An

empirical study

among the

Mankirdias of Orissa,

India.

Man in India, Vol

91(3-4), 2011, pg

567-576, ISSN: 0025-

1569

18 Monali

Goswami 2011

Maternal Health

Care Practices

among the Bhumij

Tribal women of

Northern Orissa,

India.

Journal of

Community

Medicine, 2011, Vol

7(1) pg:5-9, ISSN:

0973-2454

19

Monali

Goswami,

Bijayalaxmi

Dash & N C

Dash

2011

Traditional

Reproductive Health

Practices and Fertility

Control among the

Bhumija Tribe of

Baleswar, Orissa

Studies on Ethno-

medicine, Vol 5(1)

2011: pg 51-55,

2011, ISSN: 0973-

5070

20

N C Dash

&Monali

Goswami

2010

Socio-Economic

Variables and Bio-

Cultural

Determinants of

Fertility of a Semi-

Nomadic Tribe of

Odisha

ANVESA: An

Interdisciplinary

Journal, Vol 5 (1&2),

2010, pg: 8-15. ISSN:

0974-715X

21

Monali

Goswami,

Bijayalaxmi

Dash & N C

Dash

2010

Nutritional Status of

the Bhumija of

Baleswar, Orissa

Indian

Anthropologist, Vol

40, No 1, 2010, pg

55-70. ISSN: 0970-

0927

22

Monali

Goswami,

Bijayalaxmi

Dash & N C

Dash

2010

Reproductive Health

Care Practices of a

Bhumija Village of

Nilagiri, Baleswar,

Orissa

Man in India, Vol 89

No 4, 2010 pg: 583-

589, ISSN: 0025-1569

23

Monali

Goswami,

Bijayalaxmi

Dash & N C

Dash

2009

Reproductive

Performance of the

Bhumija Women: An

Empirical Study of a

Tribal Village,

Baleswar, Orissa

Studies of the Tribes

and Tribals, 7(2):

(2009), pg: 91-96.

ISSN : 0972-639X

24

Monali

Goswami,

Bijayalaxmi

Dash & N C

Dash

2009

Dietary Intake &

Calorific Value

among the Bhumijas

of Nilagiri, Baleswar,

Orissa.

Man and Life, Vol-

35 No 1-2, Jan-June

2009, pg 55-70. ISSN:

0972-4109

25

Monali

Banerjee, Y S

Kusuma & P K

Das

2003

Prevalence of

Hypertension among

an Urban Population

of Bhubaneswar City,

Orissa, India

Journal of Human

Ecology 14(5) 2003:

377-381, 2003, ISSN:

0970-9274

Communicated

S.No

. Author(s)

Year of

Publication Title of Paper

Complete

Reference of

Journal

26

Titas Ghosh &

Monali

Goswami

2018

A study on

dermatoglyphic

patterns among the

healthy and

hypertensive Bengali

population of

Kolkata, West

Bengal, India

Antrocom, ISSN:

1973-2880

27.

Nairrita

Bhattacharje

e& Monali

Goswami

2018

Foot Morphology

and weight status: A

study among the

pre-school children

of south 24 Parganas,

West Bengal, India

Indian Journal of

Physical

Anthropology and

Human Genetics,

ISSN: 0378-8156

28.

N Kalam, P

Kanrar

&Monali

Goswami

2018

Prevalence of

Hypertension among

the Muslim Slum

Women of Kolkata,

West Bengal, India

South Asian

Anthropologist,

ISSN: 0257-7348

29.

Aditi

Bardhan,

Monali

Goswami&

Baidyanath

Pal

2019

A Study to Assess the

Cardiovascular

Disease Related Risk

Factors among the

Rural and Urban

Populations of West

Bengal, India

Collegium

Antropologicum,

ISSN: 1848-9486

30.

Priyanka

Kanrar

&Monali

Goswami

2019

Socio-Demographic

Profile, Reproductive

Health and

Nutritional Status

among the Juangs: A

Particularly

Vulnerable Tribal

Group of Odisha,

India

Oriental

Anthropologist,

ISSN:0972558X,

eISSN: 9763430

(b) Papers in Conferences

S.No. Author(s) Year of

Publication Title of Paper

Name and Place of

Conference

01.

Monali

Goswami&

Bijayalaxmi

Dash

2008

Reproductive Health

Facilities vis-à-vis The

Reproductive Health

Performance of the Tribal

Women: Case Study of a

Bhumija Village of

Balasore.

Proceedings of the

National Seminar on

Social Sector Policy and

Population Quality,

March 2008, FM

University, Balasore,

Orissa

02. Monali

Goswami 2009

Impact of Education on

the Reproductive Health

Indicators among the

Bhumija Women Of

Balasore, Orissa – An

overview.

36th National Seminar

on Education and Tribal

Development,

December 05-09, 2009,

ISRAA, BIDISA, WB,

721437.

03.

Joyeeta Thakur

&Monali

Goswami

2017

Socioeconomic

determinants and family

planning practices among

the rural and urban

women of West Bengal

104th Indian Science

Congress, Sri

Venkateswara

University, TirupatiJan

3-7, 2017

04.

Joyeeta Thakur

&Monali

Goswami

2017

A Comparative Study on

Family Planning Practices

between the Rural and

Urban Women of West

Bengal

International

conference on Women

Studies & Social

Sciences- 2017,

Chandigarh, India.

05.

Joyeeta Thakur

&Monali

Goswami

2017

Family Planning

Knowledge, Attitude and

Practice among

The Rural And Urban

Slum Women of West

Bengal

National Seminar On

Human Diversity And

Development: Local To

Global Perspectives,

27th -28th March , 2017,

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta

06.

Pramathes Das

Mahapatra,

Puja Sikder,

Monali

Goswami&

Amlan Kanti Ray

2018

Coming of Age in

‘periods’: Its predictable

link with disease

International

Conference on

Indigenous People,

Human Security and

Sustainable

Development:

Emerging Challenges in

the Present Global

Context

Organized by

Commission on Human

Rights, International

Union of

Anthropological &

Ethnological Sciences

And

Dept of Anthropology,

West Bengal State

University, Barasat,

Kolkata 700126

07.

Nairrita

Bhattacharjee

&Monali

Goswami

2018

A study on foot

anthropometry among

the pre-school children

of South 24 Parganas,

West Bengal, India

National Seminar on

Pre-Centenary

Celebrations of

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta,

4th -6th Oct 18

08.

Piyusona Nath

& Monali

Goswami

2018

Nutritional status of

children of upper and

lower socio-economic

groups living in south 24

Parganas District of West

Bengal, India

National Seminar on

Pre-Centenary

Celebrations of

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta,

4th -6th Oct 18

09.

Aditi Bardhan,

Monali

Goswami&

Baidyanath Pal

2018

A study to assess the

cardiovascular risk

factors among the rural

and urban population of

West Bengal

National Seminar on

Pre-Centenary

Celebrations of

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta,

4th -6th Oct 18

10.

Priyanka Kanrar,

Nadira Kalam

&Monali

Goswami

2018

Socio-demographic

characteristics and

prevalence of

hypertension: A study

among a group of mulsim

women living in slum

areas of Kolkata.

National Seminar on

Pre-Centenary

Celebrations of

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta,

4th -6th Oct 18

11.

Pritikana

Chakraborty,

Titas Ghosh

&Monali

Goswami

2018

Association of

Dermatoglyphic Pattern

and Breast Cancer: A

Case Control Study.

National Seminar on

Pre-Centenary

Celebrations of

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta,

4th -6th Oct 18

12.

Soumita Das,

Joyeeta Thakur

& Monali

Goswami

2018

A comparative study on

Menstrual

Characteristics,

Knowledge and Hygiene

practices among the rural

and urban adolescent

girls of West Bengal

National Seminar on

Pre-Centenary

Celebrations of

Department of

Anthropology,

University of Calcutta,

4th -6th Oct 18

13.

Aditi Bardhan,

Monali

Goswami &

Baidyanath Pal

2019

Cardiovascular Disease

related risk factors :A

Comparative Study

among the Rural and

Urban Populations of

West Bengal, India

106th Indian Science

Congress, Lovely

Professional University,

Phagwara, Jalandhar

3-7 January, 2019

14.

Soumita Das,

Joyeeta Thakur

& Monali

Goswami

2019

Menstruation : A

Comparative Study on

Menstrual Health and

Hygiene Practices among

the Rural and Urban

Adolescents of West

Bengal, India

106th Indian Science

Congress, Lovely

Professional University,

Phagwara, Jalandhar

3-7 January, 2019

15.

Piyusona Nath

& Monali

Goswami

2019

A Comparative Study of

Nutritional status

between Government

and Private School

Children of South 24

Parganas, West Bengal,

India

106th Indian Science

Congress, Lovely

Professional University,

Phagwara, Jalandhar

3-7 January, 2019

16.

Baidyanath Pal,

Piyusona Nath

& Monali

Goswami

2019

Neck Circumference as a

Screening tool to

estimate fat distribution

and Metabolic risk

factors among Obese

adolescents of South 24

Parganas District, West

Bengal, India

106th Indian Science

Congress, Lovely

Professional University,

Phagwara, Jalandhar

3-7 January, 2019

17.

Joyeeta Thakur

&Monali

Goswami

2019

Menstrual Characteristics

and its Association with

Nutritional Status among

the Urban Slum

Adolescent Girls of North

24 Parganas, West

Bengal

INCAA, 2019

18

Priyo Nath Parui

& Monali

Goswami

2019

Overall prevalence of

undernutrition measured

by composite index of

anthropometric failure

(CIAF): A study among

the urban and rural

preschool children of

West Bengal, India.

International Seminar

on Socio-economic

Development of the

People in India:

Prospects and

Challenges. 6-8 Sept 19,

Bidisha, Narayangarh,

India.

19

Nairrita

Bhattacharjee,

Samiparna

Deori, Priyanka

Kannar &

Monali

Goswami

2019

Association of nutritional

status with age at

menarche among the

adolescent girls of

Kolkata.

International Seminar

on Socio-economic

Development of the

People in India:

Prospects and

Challenges. 6-8 Sept 19,

Bidisha, Narayangarh,

India.

20

Bhanabi Das,

Priyanka Kannar

and Monali

Goswami

2019

Assessment of nutritional

status and its association

with sociodemographic

variables among the

adolescent girls of

Howrah, West Bengal.

International Seminar

on Socio-economic

Development of the

People in India:

Prospects and

Challenges. 6-8 Sept 19,

Bidisha, Narayangarh,

India.

12. Membership of learned societies:

1. Life member of Indian Anthropological Society (IAS) 2. Life member of Indian Science Congress, 3. Life member of Indian National Confederation of Anthropological Association, 4. Life member of Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society of India. 5. Annual member of American Association of Physical Anthropologist.

13. Patents: Nil 14. Invited lectures delivered: Topic: ‘Health and Nutrition of the Tribes of Odisha’, Departmental Seminar on: Anthropology: Recent trends and approaches, Department of Anthropology, New Alipore College, Kolkata, 4rth March, 2016. 15. Awards:

a. Biography featured in Who’s Who in the World. b. UGC NET qualified. c. Topper in M Phil of Utkal University. d. 3rd Rank in M Sc of Utkal University.

16. Editorial Board Member:

1. Associate Editor: Anthropology and Ethnology Open Assess Journal, Medwin Publishers, USA

2. Managing Editor: Journal of the Department of Anthropology, Calcutta University, India.

3. Associate Editor: Current Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities., India 4. Member of Editorial Board: American Journal of Pediatrics, Science PG, ISSN print 2472-

0887, ISSN Online 2472-0909. 5. Reviewer : National/International Journals