Career in Anthropology

Choosing the right career field is a decision, which v     University of Delhi, New Delhiv    
enables the student to have a successful future.Dr.Hari Singh Gour Vishwa Vidyalaya, Madhya
There are many courses and career optionsPradeshv     University of Hyderabad,
available in the colleges of India, but it entirelyHyderabadv     Dibrugharh University,
depends on the student's interest and hisAssamv     Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
educational background. The courses have goneGarhwal University, Srinagarv     North Eastern
beyond the traditional education. Other than theHill University,, Shillongv     Sri Venkateshwara
medicine, engineering or the law degree, there areUniversity, Tirupativ     University of
many new courses, which have come up and areRajasthan, Jaipurv     Vinoba Bhave University,
attracting the students towards the new fields ofHazaribaghv     University of Calcutta, West
education. The number of colleges in India has alsoBengalv     Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University,
increased, due to the larger percentage ofRaipur
students opting for higher education and aimingThe students with degree in Anthropology are
for a prosperous career growth. In spite of thegenerally consumed by the museums, or by the
new courses introduced, many of the studentsuniversities. The students are mostly seen
are still in very much influence of the medicinalworking in the archaeological departments and do
courses and the promising career opportunitiesresearch on the developmental process of human
they offer.beings and their movement in the world, with the
There are various forms of doctrine courses,adoption of different languages. Study of sign
which are offered by the medical colleges of India,words and other communication processes are
which are chosen by the students according toalso supposed to be studied by anthropologists.
their respective interests and preferences. OneInterests in different communities and tribal forms
course, which is based on the social, physical andof the human race are also a must for
other developmental factors of human beings, isanthropology practitioners. Students with master's
Anthropology. The colleges of India provide BSc,degree in Anthropology can contribute to the
MSc as well as PhD courses in Anthropology.education industry and let the younger generation
Anthropology is a branch of human studies, whichlearn through their experience. Students having
not only focuses on its evolution, but also throwsPhD in Anthropology are also in great demand by
considerable light on the socio- culturalthe agencies outside India. They can also be used
development of the human beings. The differentby intelligence or detective agencies, to dig out
branches or stages of human development, orthe details of a criminal act.
subjects on which anthropology courses focusesColleges in India, use the best and the advanced
are:v     Physical or biologicalmethodologies, to make the students aware of
Anthropologyv     Social Anthropologyv    the developments in the field of Anthropology.
Prehistoric Anthropologyv     AppliedThe techniques and the processes, which are
Anthropologyv     Linguistic Anthropologyfollowed in the practical field of anthropology, are
For perusing a bachelor degree in Anthropology, ataught to the students to introduce them with the
student needs to have medical sciences in hisactualities of the field and mould their brain
senior secondary examination. Further to which heaccording to the requirements. The scope for the
can do a masters degree and moving ahead aanthropology students is also growing, with the
PhD in Anthropology. The students applying forconcern of major non- governmental organisations
Anthropology should have great interest in humanshifting towards the development of the tribal and
development, evolution and his social acceptancethe underdeveloped areas. Agencies, like WHO,
with ages. He should also have interest in historyUNIDEF, UNI, are the best consumers of the
and should be patient enough to do a researchanthropology students, giving the right and a
with his full devotion, being inconsiderate about theprosperous direction to the career of the
time involved. Few of the colleges in India,anthropology students.
providing Anthropology courses, are: