BHIL, WARLI, MAHADEO KOLI AND GOND TRIBES TRIBAL SETTLEMENTS AND ETHNO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN MAHARASHTRA

Dr. Preeti Prabhune has completed Diploma and Masters in Indology and Masters in Anthropology. For this, she addressed the issues related to the dam induced rehabilitation and settlement’s self-development. She qualified National Eligibility Test for Lecturership (NET-2013) in Anthropology and began with the Ph.D. titled, “A Study of Settlement Pattern, Nutrition and Diseases Among Bhil, Warli, Mahadeo Koli Tribes of Maharashtra: An Ethno-archaeological Approach”; for this she had received Centralized Open Doctoral Fellowship by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. The same Council has awarded her Post-Doctoral Fellowship for present research project “Setting Up an Interventional Model to Combat Nutritional Challenges of Street Children in Pune City”. She was a part of many research projects as a Research Assistant and Associate at university level and delved more on the area of Ethno-archaeology, Bio-cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Socio-cultural Anthropology, Feminists Anthropology and Developmental Anthropology. During this, she could understand the lifeways of many tribal populations in India like Bhil, Pawara, Tadvi, Warli, Konkana, Thakar, Mahadeo Koli, Gond, Madia, etc; and also the urban immigrants on periphery.

Dr. Preeti began her journey with journalism, then a school teacher, afterwards enjoyed the complete research process. She has a five years experience in NGO sector as community development manager and research director. She published many research papers, articles and a Marathi book titled, “A Day With Female Workers” has by Unmesh Publications, Pune. She is presently working on the compilation of demographic variables about Bhima Basin for Maharashtra Gazetteer.