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Bengal Researcher Samiran Bisai Elected Sigma Xi Associate Member
Samiran Bisai is a researcher and teacher at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University.
He studies anthropology, public health and nutrition.
He has been chosen as an Associate Member of Sigma Xi.
Sigma Xi is a scientific organization that recognizes important research.
It was founded in 1886.
More than 200 Sigma Xi members have received Nobel Prizes.
Bisai also belongs to several public health, anthropology and nutrition organizations.
His recognition is being celebrated by his university and the wider academic community in West Bengal.
The honor may help highlight the university’s interdisciplinary research.
Samiran Bisai, an anthropology professor at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, has been elected an Associate Member of Sigma Xi.
The recognition cites Bisai’s work in anthropology, public health, nutrition and interdisciplinary research.
Bisai is Principal Investigator for the East Zone of the ICMR UNNATI Study.
Sigma Xi was founded in 1886 and promotes excellence in scientific research and scholarship.
Bisai is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and the Royal Anthropological Institute, and a Scientist Member of the American Society of Nutrition.
- Who
- Samiran Bisai, Associate Professor in Anthropology at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University.
- What
- He was elected an Associate Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
- Where
- Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University in West Bengal.
- When
- Why
- He was recognized for contributions to anthropology, public health, nutrition and interdisciplinary research.
Key facts
- Recognition
- Election as an Associate Member of Sigma Xi
- Institution
- Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
- Academic role
- Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
- Research role
- Principal Investigator for the East Zone of the ICMR UNNATI Study
- Research areas
- Anthropology, public health, nutrition and interdisciplinary studies
- Sigma Xi founding
- 1886
- Other affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and the Royal Anthropological Institute; Scientist Member of the American Society of Nutrition
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