Dr BikkuUniversity College London | UCL · Department of Anthropology
Dr Bikku
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College London. London.
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Dr. Bikku is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology, University College London. London. He is Social-Cultural Anthropologist. He specialized in Ecological/Environmental Anthropology.
His Postdoctoral Research focuses among the Raika/Rabari (Nomadic Pastoral) Community of Western Rajasthan, (India), and their Relationship with the Environment, particularly religious beliefs and local knowledge.
He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Hyderabad, India in 2017 with entitled "Religion and Sustainable Conservation of Nature: A Case of the Bishnois of Rajasthan, India. His doctoral research focused on the Bishnoi religious beliefs and practices as well as other local knowledge in relation to the conservation of the environment in the Thar desert.
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This article examines the relationship between the Bishnois and the environment in the Thar desert, North-Western India. And how their religious beliefs and practices as well as a daily way of life help them in sustainable way use and protect wildlife and natural resources in their region of Rajasthan.
Bikku-Religion and Ecological Sustainability...
The paper focuses on the interaction between the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan, India and their environment and their religious beliefs and practices plays an important role in natural resources management in the harsh desert climatic condition. The Bishnois are followers their religious principles, to protect the trees, animals, birds, water and...
