page_title: Anthropological Survey of India
hierarchical_section_title: Anthropological Survey of India
caption_attribution_description: English: Court Yard of India Museum, Kolkata
context_page_description: Anthropological Survey of India is the apex Indian government organisation involved in anthropological studies and field data research for human and cultural aspects, working primarily in the fields of physical anthropology and cultural anthropology. While maintaining a strong focus on indigenous populations, it also attempts to document the cultures of other communities and religious groups.
  Anthropological Research in India was founded 1945 in Varanasi and shifted to the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1948.
  In 1916, the Zoological and Anthropological sections of the Museum together became a new entity the Zoological Survey of India. Later, in 1945, the Anthropology section formed into an independent body, the Anthropological Survey of India, with Biraja Sankar Guha as the initial director and Verrier Elwin, Deputy Director.
  Operating under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, it is headquartered in Kolkata and has branches in Port Blair, Shillong, Dehra Dun, Udaipur, Nagpur, and Mysore.
context_section_description: Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) is the apex Indian government organisation involved in anthropological studies and field data research for human and cultural aspects, working primarily in the fields of physical anthropology and cultural anthropology. While maintaining a strong focus on indigenous populations, it also attempts to document the cultures of other communities and religious groups.
  Anthropological Research in India was founded 1945 in Varanasi and shifted to the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1948.
  In 1916, the Zoological and Anthropological sections of the Museum together became a new entity the Zoological Survey of India. Later, in 1945, the Anthropology section formed into an independent body, the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), with Biraja Sankar Guha as the initial director and Verrier Elwin,  Deputy Director.
  Operating under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, it is headquartered in Kolkata and has branches in Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar), Shillong, Dehra Dun, Udaipur, Nagpur (with Central Library of AnSI), and Mysore (established in 1960).
caption: The Indian Museum, Kolkata, the headquarters of AnSI
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