Anthropological Survey of India

Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) is the apex Indian government organisation involved in anthropological studies and field data research for human and cultural aspects, working primarily in the fields of physical anthropology and cultural anthropology.[1] While maintaining a strong focus on indigenous populations, it also attempts to document the cultures of other communities and religious groups.

Anthropological Survey of India
The Indian Museum, Kolkata, the headquarters of AnSI
AbbreviationAnSI
Formation1945
HeadquartersKolkata
Director
V K Srivastava
Parent organisation
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
Websiteansi.gov.in

Anthropological Research in India was founded 1945 in Varanasi and shifted to the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1948.[2]

In 1916, the Zoological and Anthropological sections of the Museum together became a new entity the Zoological Survey of India. Later, in 1945, the Anthropology section formed into an independent body, the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI),[3] with Biraja Sankar Guha as the initial director and Verrier Elwin, Deputy Director.

Operating under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, it is headquartered in Kolkata and has branches in Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar), Shillong, Dehra Dun, Udaipur, Nagpur (with Central Library of AnSI), and Mysore (established in 1960).[4]

References
  1. Anthropological Survey of India Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine Department of Education. Govt. of India.
  2. "Anthropological Survey of India history at anthsi.com". Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  3. Anthropological Survey of India Archived 2006-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (The Andamanese by George Weber).
  4. Anthropological Survey of India (ASI), Mysore Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Swedish South Asian Studies Network, Lund University, 28 November 2007.

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