Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay BSc, MSc, MPhill, PhD

Professor Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay is Professor and Former Head of the Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta. He did M.Phil and PhD from University of Calcutta, India. He is the recipient of UGC Research Fellowship (for pursuing PhD, qualifying National Eligibility Test), Merit Award and Young Scientist Award. He was President of Anthropological and Behavioral Sciences section of the Indian Science Congress in its centenary year. He received seven national extra-mural research grants as Principal Investigator, including a grant from the British Council for collaboration with the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK. He published more than 100 anthropological research articles in national and international journals on evolutionary biology, forensic anthropology, dental anthropology, public health in relation to medical genetics, cytogenetic and anthropometry of non-communicable disease, dermatoglyphics in medical and psychiatric disorders, and population genetics and human rights issues. He has delivered many invited Lectures and recently (January 5-7, 2018 – Bangkok) in International Conference in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive medicine (GORM2018)