Dr Swarup Dutta is an Anthropologist and joined TERI School of Advanced Studies as Assistant Professor. Earlier he worked as Consultant in Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of HRD, Government of India. He holds PhD in Social Anthropology and has profound research experiences in various national and international development organizations. He, along with Professor SK Thorat, Chairman ICSSR and Former Chairman, UGC, and Dr Samar Verma (IDRC, Canada) have edited a Book titled "Social Science Research in India: Status, Issues and Policies". Recently, he has been nominated as Fellow of Royal Anthropological Institute, Great Britain and Ireland. He was also an Associate Fellow in Council for Social Development, New Delhi. His research interests lies in Sustainable development, Agricultural Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, Tribal and Dalit issues. He has been a visiting Faculty in Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi; and National Museum Institute of History of Arts, Conservation and Museology, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

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       Publications:

• Jagannath, P., Dutta, S., Jamir, C., Chatterjee, S. (2025) Drivers of shifting cultivation in Nagaland: crop cycles, crop selection, and management. International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology. Vol. 9(9) https://doi.org/10.1186/s41257-025-00131-z
• Rai, V. K., & Dutta, S. (2025). ‘Rat-eating’, Labour Servitude and Colonial Narratives: Constructing Identity of the Musahar Community in Colonial Bihar, India. Society and Culture in South Asia, Vol 11(2), 256-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/23938617251325298
• Jagannath, P., Chatterjee, S., Jamir, C., and Dutta, S. (2023). What factors are responsible for the continued adoption of the shifting cultivation practices? Journal of Advanced Zoology. Vol-44(s5), pp. 1268-1271. [Web of Science and Scopus indexed] [https://doi.org/10.17762/jaz.v44iS-5.1207] ISSN: 0253-7214
• Jagannath, P., Chatterjee, S., Jamir, C., & Dutta, S. (2022). Revitalizing agriculture: cultivation innovations in India's northeast region. International journal of food and nutritional sciences. Vol.11(10). 3237–3241. [UGC care list Group-I, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure Google Scholar, ProQuest indexed] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10828485 (ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876)
• Sarkar B., Dutta S., Singh P.K. (2022) Drought and temporary migration in rural India: A comparative study across different socio-economic groups with a cross-sectional nationally representative dataset. PLoS ONE 17(10): e0275449. [Crossref, Dimensions, DOAJ, Google Scholar, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, and Web of Science.] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275449
• Dutta, S.; Runacres, A.; and Sinha, I. (2018): Development-Induced-Displacement, Indigenous Knowledge and RFCTLARR Act – A Critical Analysis, Journal of Resources, Energy and Development vol. 15, no. 1-2, pp. 25-37, 2018. [Google Scholar/ SD-Cite] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/RED-151203
• Dutta, S., Sinha, I., & Parashar, A. (2018). Dalit Women and Water: Availability, Access and Discrimination in Rural India. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 4(1), 62–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/2394481118774487
• Dutta, S., Behera, S., & Bharti, A. (2015). Access to drinking water by scheduled castes in rural India: Some key issues and challenges. Indian Journal of Human Development, 9(1), 115–132. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0973703020150108
• Dutta, S. (2012). Green Revolution Revisited: The Contemporary Agrarian Situation in Punjab, India. Social Change, 42(2), 229-247. [Scopus and Google Scholar] https://doi.org/10.1177/004908571204200205

       BOOK CHAPTER:

• Houweling E.V.; Cote M.; Dutta, S.; Gregoratti, C.; Zirky, D.; Jeide-Detweiler, N. Olaniyan L. and Wilsey, D. (2025) “Decolonising Education in Development Practice: Experiences and Challenges from India, Nigeria, Sweden, and the US. In “Transforming Education for Sustainable Development: Global Perspectives from Classroom to Practice”. (Eds.) Glann Galloway, Karen Brown, Padraig Carmody Lucia Rodriguez and Larry Swatuk. Routledge (ISBN: 978-1032492285)
• Dutta, S. and Narayana SV, (2016) “Social Science Policy in India”, (2016) in “Status of Social Science Research in India: Status, Issues and Challenges”. (eds.) Sukhadeo Thorat and Samar Verma, Oxford University Press (OUP), UK and India. ISBN: 9780199474417