Cultural Profiles of Mysore City

Promode Kumar Misra (b. 1936), M.A., Ph.D., in Anthropology from Lucknow University, served Anthropological Survey of India for 25 years in various capacities. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, University of Mysore, Mysore, and the University of the Wast Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was Professor of Anthropology and Director, Tribal Research Centre, Tamil University, Uthagamandalam, and Professor of Anthropology at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He conducted Anthropological fieldwork among the various populations in India, notably the nomads, tribes, Indian peasantry and Overseas Indians. He has published numerous articles in scientific journals and has 10 books to his credit. Presently he is the President of the Anthropological Association. His major works are: The Nomadic Gadulia Lohars of Eastern Rajasthan; Economic Development and social Stratification; Docror Narasimhan’s Life Story; Experiments in Tribal Development; Indian Nomads.