Ph.D. in Anthropology - Pondicherry University

 The Ph.D. in course manages social, biological, and cultural anthropology. It discusses the commitments of the relative crowd of social reformers. Anthropology captures human and animal characteristics, such as beginnings, biological elements, and social and real properties. The motivation behind this investigation of mankind is to understand the presence of the human species from the beginning of time. A Ph.D. degree in Anthropology builds careers for students in various fields like; Education, counseling, or other applied occupation in the discipline.

Ph.D. Anthropology Eligibility

Candidates who want to take admission in Ph.D. must have a post-graduate degree in anthropology with at least 55% marks from a recognized university and must have passed the national level entrance examination or university level entrance examination. National level entrance exams like UGC NET / UGC CSIR NET / GATE / SLET or University entrance exams consist of written tests and personal interviews.

Benefits of Ph.D. in Anthropology

•  Ph.D. in Anthropology is an excellent course to investigate your own thoughts and consider new procedures to achieve social change in the country.
• This course helps in the educative sector of the nation to a great extent and provides an opportunity to the students to engage themselves in research practice.
• The Ph.D. in Anthropology curriculum also helps students to foster a deeper understanding of the various role models of society. This further empowers them to think of ideas to help society.
• Ph.D. students in Anthropology can be enrolled in various fields such as education foundations, research associations, innovation firms, etc.
•  Candidates can apply as Principal Supervisor, Advancement Director, Curator, Business Improvement Head, Scientist, etc. They are normally paid Rs 7-8 lakh per year.
• A Ph.D. in Anthropology is the most comprehensive level a student can complete in the field of Anthropology. It offers an exceptionally brilliant future for scholars.
• Anthropology focuses on people in a global setting. As you would expect it will open the gateway for travel around the world. When you graduate, you may decide to live and work among different groups of people all over the world.

Ph.D. Anthropology Future Scope

• Anthropologists contribute to fundamentally interdisciplinary fields, for example, global inquiry and ethnic and sexual orientation studies, and some work in academic examination communities.
•  Anthropologists can start their profession in various fields such as schools, colleges, government offices, NGOs, business, well-being, and human administration.
• These candidates can join private organizations, local area associations, historical centers, independent research institutes, administration associations, media, etc. Candidates can also join the Center for Disease Control, UNSECO, World Health Organization (WHO), and World Bank.
• There are many institutes in India that will use Anthropologists with the Anthropological Survey of India at the end of this course. One of the other options one can start recruitment in various colleges as a teacher after completing his/her education.
• The Anthropological Survey of India is also an important recruiter for anthropologists in the country both at the central level and state level. There are many administrative research establishments in India that employ anthropologists.
• Anthropologists will find employment in many fields such as law, business, medicine and other professional institutions. Anthropologists are also engaged in the social development of programs and public services. 

Career and Job Opportunities after Ph.D. Degree in Anthropology

•  Anthropologists can start their profession in various fields such as colleges, government organizations, schools, businesses, wellbeing and human administration, NGOs, etc.
• After this degree candidates can get jobs in various sectors like Anthropological Museum, Research Center, Socio-Cultural Anthropology Center, Conservation Center, etc. These are the main recruitment agency in this sector.

Ph.D. Anthropology Research Programme duration

The Ph.D. anthropology course is a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 5 duration. This depends on the university offering the course.

Fees for research program of Anthropology

The average fee for a Ph.D. anthropology degree is between INR 50000 and INR 500000.