BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Koteswara Rao Kodirekkala is an Assistant Professor (Anthropology) in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Anthropology from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Then he worked as Postdoctoral researcher at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, and as Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Post-Doctoral Fellow and an Assistant Professor at the University of Hyderabad. He also worked as Senior Research Fellow for the High Level Committee on the status of tribal communities of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and as Guest Faculty at the University of Hyderabad and Pondicherry University. His research interests include indigenous knowledge, traditional agricultural knowledge, agricultural biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, neglected millets, adaptation to climate change, tribal and rural studies, displacement and rehabilitation, etc. He has published articles in international journals of repute such as Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment Climatic Change Journal of Anthropological Research Journal of Asian and African Studies, Asian Anthropology, Economic and Political Weekly, etc.
EXPERTISE INFORMATION
Research Group
- Socio - Anthropological
Areas of Interest
- Indigenous Knowledge and its Management
- Development-induced Displacement and Rehabilitation
- Culture, Environment and Development
- Tribal and Rural Studies
Koteswara Rao Kodirekkala Assistant Professor Grade-I
Humanities and Social Sciences
kkrao@nitrkl.ac.in
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PUBLICATIONS1
SPONSORED PROJECTS6
DOCTORAL STUDENTS2
CONTINUING EDUCATIONPERSONAL INFORMATION
Koteswara Rao Kodirekkala
Assistant Professor Grade-I
Humanities and Social Sciences
Room Number: MN-417
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008
2011
Ph.D.
AnthropologyUniversity of Hyderabad
2003
M.Phil
AnthropologyUniversity of Hyderabad
2001
M.A
AnthropologyUniversity of Hyderabad
Teaching Experience
- Anthropology/Sociology, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, 17 Feb 2020 - Present
- Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 29 Jun 2018 - 04 Dec 2019
Post Doctoral Research Experience
- Indigenous Knowledge, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 02 Mar 2015 - 01 Mar 2018
- Indigenous Knowledge, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, 01 Jan 2013 - 14 Jun 2013
Industrial Experience
- Tribal Communities of India, High Level Committee on Tribal Communities, Govt. of India (Ministry of Tribal Affairs), 15 Dec 2013 - 14 May 2014
Cultural Limits on the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge: A Study among a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group in Northen Odisha. ICSSR
- Principal Investigator
- 12
- Completed Sponsored
Total Publications: 6
K. R. Kodirekkala,"Neglected Millets, Crop Diversity and Nutritional Security: Paradox of Millets in India", Journal of Asian and African Studies, SAGE Publications 2024, 10.1177/00219096241235294 Article
K. R. Kodirekkala,"Small and marginal farmers’ participation in potato contract farming in West Bengal, India", Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol.57, no.3, pp.604-624, SAGE Publications 2022, 10.1177/00219096211025074 Article
K. R. Kodirekkala,"Problems of Tribes", Tribal Cultures of India, ch.unit 12, pp.157–175, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi 2022 Inbook
K. R. Kodirekkala,"Tribal Problems", Tribes and Peasants in India, ch.unit 5, pp.65–82, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi 2021 Inbook
K. R. Kodirekkala,"Development: impact, response and consequences", Tribes and Peasants in India, ch.unit 11, pp.148–157, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi 2021 Inbook
ICSSR SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS: THOUGHT, THEORY AND TRADITION FOR HUMAN RESOURCE EXCELLENCE 8-10th MARCH 2024 (HYBRID MODE) Humanities and Social Sciences (Conference)
- Co-Coordinator
- 08 Mar 2024 - 10 Mar 2024
- Brochure
Ten Days Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences for M.Phil/Ph.D/PDF Scholars Humanities and Social Sciences (Workshop)
- Co-Coordinator
- 21 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2023
- Brochure
- HS1331 : Introduction to Society and Culture {Theory}
- HS1333 : Post-Liberalization Social Transformation in India {Theory}
- HS1337 : Social Change in India {Theory}
- HS2331 : Introduction to Society and Culture {Theory}
- HS2332 : Natural Resource Management {Theory}
- HS5301 : Social Institutions and Development {Theory}
- HS5312 : Ecology and Sustainable Development {Theory}
- HS5313 : Gender and Development {Theory}
- HS5322 : Social Exclusion Inclusive Development {Theory}
- HS5362 : Trends and Issues in Tribal Studies {Theory}
- HS7303 : Social Change {Theory}
- HS7305 : Contemporary theories in Sociology and Social Anthropology {Theory}
- HS7306 : Environment and Society {Theory}
- HS1270 : Language Laboratory {Practical}
- HS5372 : Rural Engagement Laboratory {Practical}
Ph.D. Students [6]
Environmental Sociology
Mamali MajhiEnrolled: Jul 2024ContinuingSupervisor
Sociology (Changing roles of left behind women in seasonal migrant families)
Mritunjay JhaEnrolled: Jul 2022ContinuingSupervisor
Sociology(Livelihood and Climate Change)
Vibhudeo Prasad NayakEnrolled: Jan 2021ContinuingSupervisor
Clinical Psychology
Aarsh Ojas Parasar PandeyEnrolled: Jan 2020ContinuingSupervisor
Postcolonial Studies, Applied Anthropology
Sachin C PujarEnrolled: Jul 2018ContinuingSupervisor
Identity and cultural conflict
Binit KumarEnrolled: Jan 2018ContinuingSupervisor