Dr. (Mrs.) Samira Dasgupta (Born: 1953) is a M.Sc., Ph.D (Science) in Anthropology from the University of Calcutta. She has specialized in Cultural Anthropology and has significant contributions on culture ecology, role and status of tribal women in unorganized sector, tribal ethnography, ethno-science, religious belief system, traditional knowledge system among the tribals and cultural tourism etc.Aperceptive researcher, her works have won glowing praise across the academic sphere. She has published 11 (eleven) books and about 95 (ninety five) research papers in various reputed journals of the country. She possesses 35 years of research experience and has carried out intensive field work among various tribal communities and weaker sections of Rajasthan, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand. She is a life member of INCAA, Indian Science Congress Association, Indian Anthropological Society and Society for Indian Medical Anthropology (SIMA). She was associated with Anthropological Survey of India from 1977 to 2013 and carried out several research projects for AnSI where during XIth Plan Period she was involved with the study of Tangible & Intangible Cultural Heritage-- Traditional Knowledge System: Ethno Medicine. She is also involved as a consultant researcher and is devoted in generating empirical data from tribal area of Odisha.
