Graduate Club

 

Neelabh Gupta
(Founder and President 2014-2015)

Interested in bio-cultural interactions specifically in the context of human social behaviour. Currently working to deduce the possible impact of variations in different facets of sociality under individualism-collectivism paradigm and its impact on mental health. A national level Archery player having represented the university team at national level events

The intent behind starting the club was to integrate biological and social Anthropology along with other disciplines in order to substantiate the bio-cultural nature of anthropological research. We seek discussions and presentations on contemporary issues in anthropology.

The club is open to anyone and everyone who is interested in academics. We wish to undertake diverse activities such as discussions, seminars, exhibition etc. to promote modern day science.

~Neelabh Gupta

A platform for the students to study, understand and explore the different areas of research. The search for the ability to connect with people from different backgrounds and share ideas to widen the scope by not limiting ourselves to one facet of the study.

Graduate club was a way of assessing our work through peer review and an escape from class room assignments

~Tanya Gill(Founder and co-ordinator 2014-2015)

The idea behind the initiative was to encourage academic exchange and dialogue at an interdisciplinary level, focusing on the graduate and undergraduate students.

The Graduate Club was conceived as a tool to involve students from across the different disciplines to experience and explore newer intersecting arenas of interest in academia, with the hope of also honouring the bio-cultural focus of anthropology.

~Kritika Pandey (Founder and Secretary 2014-2015)

Are you in a whirlwind of ideas and concepts and feeling like thinking out load? Okay so you feel like sitting down with a group of people and delve into the studies of human beings. You think you have thought the way nobody did before. But you don’t know where, when, how? The Graduate Club has no bars and you are the person we are looking to come and join us. So let’s learn and discover together the elixir of ‘being human’ as it has been and might be.
~Snata Chakraborty (President 2015-2016)

Founding members

Taniya Gill
Founding member and Co-ordinator
(2014-2015)
Neha Gupta
Founding member and Co-ordinaor
(2014-2015)
Kritika Pandey
Founding member and Secretary
(2014-2015)

A student of M.Sc. (F) Anthropology. An aspiring primatologist with an interest in the evolutionary aspect of human behavior. Currently studying the comparative behavior of Hanuman langurs of Mount Abu and Rhesus Macaques of Delhi. Tanya wishes to incorporate her passion for natural photography with peculiar behaviour of primates

A student of M.Sc.(F) Anthropology. An aspiring physical anthropologist with keen interest in Nutrition, health and population studies. Currently engaged in exploring various facets maternal health in a tribal population of southern Rajasthan.

A student of M.Sc. (F) Anthropology. An aspiring social anthropologist with an interest in religion, gender, sexuality and migration.


Snata Chakraborty
President (2015-2016)
Ria Nangia
Secretary (2015-2016)

I always had a huge area of interest that developed into specifically human evolution and genetics throughout later years in school and higher education. Palaeoanthropology and development of cognitive functions in humans define my research interest though I find political and psychological anthropology equally intoxicating. I also wish to work in the paradigm of evolutionary psychology to understand origin and diversity of group formation in humans and in the greater scale – primates. Almost four years of living and breathing anthropology has built up the interest and courage in me to study the biological, environmental including cultural factors shaping up the variations in human populations.

I have been actively participating in co-curricular activities like debates, quiz and painting since my school days. I have also represented my school at the International GeoFest organized by CMS Lucknow. I was also the General Secretary of Delhi University Anthropological Association (DUAA) 2013-2014. I have been trained in the State Forensic Laboratory, Assam, Guwahati in DNA Fingerprinting and Forensic Anthropology under Dr.Julie Sharma. I have also attended various workshops and Seminars on Forensic Sciences.

Activities so far...

The Graduate Club took care of logistics during IAA sponsored Photography competition 2015.The competition was organized by Visual Anthropology Lab. and Research Seminar Group during UGC-SAP national seminar, February 27-28, 2015.
L-R: Tanya Gill, Nupur Mahajan, Neha Gupta, Neelabh Gupta


A representational model of human evolution, tracing physiological changes, cultural changes and cognitive evolution with respect to changing ecology. This model helped the department to win the 'best practise award' at Antardhwani, the annual festival of University of Delhi


Student seminar 1. Anthropology: A biocultural synthesis (August 31,2014)

Student Seminar 2. “Cognizing Homosexuality”
(September 6,2014)

Student Seminar 3. “Is Antisocial Antagonistic?”

Student Seminar 4. “Anthropology: Theory and Practice (October 18, 2014)”

Special Lecture: Using genealogies in Anthropological genetics. By Prof. Vadlamudi Raghavendra Rao.
(September 6,2014)

Essay writing competition: “Where do we stand today? Defining human space in the natural world”.December,2014.