Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya organised a lecture under Annual IGRMS lecture series titled ‘Sagacity of Knowing Social Vulnerability: A Resource Multiplier for Disaster Mitigation Strategising’ by Prof Shalina Mehta of Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Prof Mehta described the gradual development of the human and the changes on the environment, physical and culture in detail.
Shalina Mehta (1951) is a leading social and cultural anthropologist and author, having published seventy research papers and six books on issues of gender, tribes, Hindu-Muslim relations, HIV/AIDS and Environment including the high acclaimed ‘The Eternal
Web’ and ‘Globalised Environmentalism’. She explained the difference of impact of natural and industrial disaster on the victims. She also explained the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and its impact on people of different financial backgrounds.
The Museum Popular lecture was chaired by Prof Ajit K Danda (Former Director, Anthropological Survey of India and Member Secretary, INCAA). In his address Prof Danda shared the important role played by anthropologists in policy making of a country.
In the beginning, Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri, Director, IGRMS delivered the inaugural address. The programme concluded with vote of thanks delivered by Assistant Curator, Arun Kiro. Surya Kumar Pandey, Assistant Keeper, coordinated the programme.