This book contains concepts relating to important issues that have current relevance in applied areas of anthropology. Besides providing a general overview, it also touches upon the major contributions and philosophies of some eminent Indian Anthropologists in the field of applied anthropology. Furthermore, directions for the future studies for applied anthropologists have been brought into focus here. Other issues that have been covered include human growth and development, genetics, forensic anthropology, palaeoanthropology and prehistoric archaeology, researches on children, adolescents, women and the family, AIDS and sexual behavior, as well as cultural dynamics of religion, health and ecology. All these areas have had a major importance in the way anthropologists have modified and/or created new paradigms for understanding these issues. Thus, this book is a very significant contribution to applied anthropological approaches utilized in India and would be of immense use for scholars, researchers, administrators, bureaucrats, teachers from a broad range of disciplines, NGOs as well as for those who wish to increase their knowledge regarding the science of man in the service of humankind.

Preface

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Part 1 – Anthropology: General Overview

1.       Anthropology and Society: The Paradigm of Bio-Cultural Approach    and some Landmark Developments - V. Bhalla

2.       Assessment and Management of Obesity - Indu Talwar

3.       Applications of Anthropology in the Contemporary Society - J.R. Gaur, Abhik Ghosh, Kewal Krishan, Jagmahender Singh

4.       Bhowmick’s Thoughts and Action in the World of Development - Debashis Debnath

5.       Anthropology in Social Policy: Some Reflections on Applying Anthropology in Britain - Daljeet Arora

6.       Reassessing the Wave of the Future: A Brief Introduction to Applied Anthropology in India - Abhik Ghosh

Part 2 – Human Growth and Development, Genetics & Forensic Anthropology

7.     An Assessment of Methodologies Employed for Tooth Emergence  Studies in Indian Populations - Vinod Kaul

8.       Malnutrition and Anaemia among Scheduled Caste Women of  Amritsar (Punjab) - Sharda Sidhu, Sita Malhotra and Navdeep Kaur

9.       Growth Pattern of Mentally Retarded Athletes during Adolescence - Indu Talwar, Maninder Kaur and Gayatri Pathmanathan

10.   Kinanthropometry: Its Various Applications - Shyamal Koley

11.   Age Related Changes in Skeletal Diameters of Rural and Urban Brahmin Females - Maninder Kaur  and Indu Talwar

12.   Height, Weight and Skeletal Maturation of Girls Aged 8 Through 16 Years - Gurpreet Kaur and L.S. Sidhu

13.   Body Mass Index and Other Measures of Obesity among Punjabi Adolescent Boys and Girls in Chandigarh - Bhavneet Kaur, Indu Talwar and Nirupa Marwaha

14.   Standard Deviation Scores of Height and Weight of Rural Northwest Indian Adolescents - G. Pathmanathan, P. Raghavan and Indu Talwar

15.   Aberrant Heterosis in Hemoglobinopathies in Orissa: Rare Case Reports of b-Thalassemia with Abnormal Hemoglobins E and S - R.S. Balgir

16.   DNA Damage Assessment Using the Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis Assay in Individuals Diagnosed with Essential Hypertension - G. Gandhi  and Jeevan Jyoti

17.   Comparison of Stature Calculated from Long Bones and     Skull with the Actual Height - Amandeep Singh  and Jagmahender Singh