Rukshana Zaman (PhD), Faculty of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU
Rukshana Zaman teaches anthropology in Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. Within the ambit of Social Anthropology, her research interests are ethnicity, identity, ethnic conflicts, social institutions and anthropology of performance. She has presented and published her research work in many international forums and journals.
Rukshana was a Charles Wallace Fellow in Social Anthropology (2018-19), affiliated to Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Odissi Dance and was a recipient of the President’s Award for her service as a Girl Guide. Rukshana also likes to pen her thoughts and express her views through her poems.
