Dipankar Chatterjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3778043 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dipankar Chatterjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dipankar |
| FAMILY NAME | Chatterjee |
| SIGNATURE | CHATTERJEE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6314-4819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of uranium mining on health
While the measurement of radiological risk and its environmental and ecological impacts has been extensively studied, the effects on human health particularly among populations living near mining areas have received comparatively less attention. In this context, the present study investigates the health impacts of uranium mining on residents living in close proximity to the Jadugoda uranium mining region in India. Drawing on in-depth interviews w…
Projection of the Atrocities on the Dalits
The present study of Premanand Gajvee’s A SIP OF WATER identifies the multiplicity of issues and challenges faced by Dalits in accessing water from common sources. On account of their social exclusion, Dalits suffer from physical as well as mental anguish. Discrimination against the Dalits is rampant on account of untouchability and physical abuse. Representative of Gajvee’s social concerns and caste preoccupations, this play is a scathing indict…
Ecoliteracy among Tribals in Eastern India
This article is based on field research investigating levels of ecoliteracy and associating factors among four tribal groups in Jharkhand and West Bengal, involving 360 respondents from the Lodha, Santhal, Asur and Oraon communities. The study revealed low to extremely high levels of ecoliteracy and identified several specific factors as significant predictors of ecoliteracy levels. While gender, occupation and total monthly income of respondents…
The cultural dimension of environment
This study explores the Santhal community to enhance the understanding of the human-nature relationship that fully captures distinct intricacies of ethnoecology. Relying on a qualitative research design, this study focuses on the perception and interpretation of environmental aspects using ethnoscientific methods among Santhals in West Bengal, India. It reveals that Santhals are still unique in perceiving the environment learned through folk mode…
Bio-resource utilization for food and medicine
This paper is an endeavour to define and describe the diversity contained in circumstances surrounding the Sauria Paharia food and medicine system and the wealth of knowledge of their local environment. Sauria Paharia is one of the nine primitive tribal groups of Jharkhand. This hill tribe still practice shifting cultivation and have a definite system of knowledge transmission pattern of resource utilization over the generations. The present rese…
The Light at the Center
Skepticism and Indian Philosophy
The cultural dimension of environment
This study explores the Santhal community to enhance the understanding of the human-nature relationship that fully captures distinct intricacies of ethnoecology. Relying on a qualitative research design, this study focuses on the perception and interpretation of environmental aspects using ethnoscientific methods among Santhals in West Bengal, India. It reveals that Santhals are still unique in perceiving the environment learned through folk mode…
The Light at the Center
Skepticism and Indian Philosophy
Bio-resource utilization for food and medicine
This paper is an endeavour to define and describe the diversity contained in circumstances surrounding the Sauria Paharia food and medicine system and the wealth of knowledge of their local environment. Sauria Paharia is one of the nine primitive tribal groups of Jharkhand. This hill tribe still practice shifting cultivation and have a definite system of knowledge transmission pattern of resource utilization over the generations. The present rese…
The cultural dimension of environment
This study explores the Santhal community to enhance the understanding of the human-nature relationship that fully captures distinct intricacies of ethnoecology. Relying on a qualitative research design, this study focuses on the perception and interpretation of environmental aspects using ethnoscientific methods among Santhals in West Bengal, India. It reveals that Santhals are still unique in perceiving the environment learned through folk mode…
Ecoliteracy among Tribals in Eastern India
This article is based on field research investigating levels of ecoliteracy and associating factors among four tribal groups in Jharkhand and West Bengal, involving 360 respondents from the Lodha, Santhal, Asur and Oraon communities. The study revealed low to extremely high levels of ecoliteracy and identified several specific factors as significant predictors of ecoliteracy levels. While gender, occupation and total monthly income of respondents…
Projection of the Atrocities on the Dalits
The present study of Premanand Gajvee’s A SIP OF WATER identifies the multiplicity of issues and challenges faced by Dalits in accessing water from common sources. On account of their social exclusion, Dalits suffer from physical as well as mental anguish. Discrimination against the Dalits is rampant on account of untouchability and physical abuse. Representative of Gajvee’s social concerns and caste preoccupations, this play is a scathing indict…
Effects of uranium mining on health
While the measurement of radiological risk and its environmental and ecological impacts has been extensively studied, the effects on human health particularly among populations living near mining areas have received comparatively less attention. In this context, the present study investigates the health impacts of uranium mining on residents living in close proximity to the Jadugoda uranium mining region in India. Drawing on in-depth interviews w…
Geography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)