Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Pondicherry Central University, India. He received doctorate in Anthropology from Andhra University, India and Research Associate ship of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India for his post-doctoral research. He has presented more than 50 research papers in national and international seminars and conferences and published 30 research articles in peer reviewed journals. His academic interests range from ecological anthropology and medical anthropology to globalization studies