Worrel Kumar Bain is an anthropologist by profession working as an Exploration Officer in the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Assam, India. He was a faculty member (contractual) in the Department of History and Archaeology, School of Social Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Meghalaya, India, from January 2021 to December 2021. He served the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Assam, as a Guest Faculty from 2019 to 2020. He was attached to the Anthropological Survey of India under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India as a Researcher from 2014 to 2018 and organized and developed the permanent exhibition cum museum in the Eastern Regional Centre of the Survey. He was involved in various research projects in different regions of India. He has published valuable research papers in various national and international reputed journals. He has participated and presented papers in several national and international seminars and conferences in India and abroad. He carried out research among the Hill tribe of Sikkim under the financial support of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). He was selected as the Research Assistant in the ‘Visu Maini Committee’ constituted by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India for examining the tribal characteristics of 11 Gorkha communities of Darjeeling Hills and Sikkim during 2016. He has produced several ethnographic films as director and co-director. Some of his ethnographic films have been screened at Kolkata International Film Festival, Goa Short Film Festival, Sambad Film Festival (organized by Tata Steel Limited). One of his films has been awarded 2nd prize in Sambad Film Festival, Jamshedpur, organized by Tata Steel Limited. He is the founder Secretary of the South Kolkata Society for Advance Research on Tribal Heritage and Welfare.  

The Indian subcontinent (India), Paleoanthropology, Paleolithic Archaeology, Plio-Pleistocene environments, Experimental Archaeology, Lithic studies, Ethnoarchaeology, Cultural Heritage, Ethno History, Ethno Medicine, Crafts Specialization

Bamboo Crafts of Lepcha community of North Sikkim, Funded by South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), SAARC Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka (completed).

Bain, W. K. (2015). The Changing Contexts of a Cowshed among the Kora Community of Raipur of Birbhum District, West Bengal: A Study in Contemporary Archaeology, Pratnatattva.  Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, Vol-21, ISSN No: 1560-7593.

Bain, W.K. (2015). A Preliminary Study on Microlithic Evidences at Galudih of East Singbhum in Jharkhand, Journal of Anthropological Survey of India, Vol- 64(1-2), ISSN No: 2277 -436 X.

Bain, W.K. (2015). A Preliminary Study on the Stone Age Artifacts of Netankheri, Sehore District of Madhya Pradesh, Humankind (Journal of Indira Gandhi Rastriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal), Vol – 11, ISSN No: 0973-3124.

Bain, W.K. (2016). Bishnupur: A Town of Cultural Heritage, Journal of Anthropological Survey of India, Vol- 65 (1), ISSN No: 2277 -436 X.

Polley, K., Chandra, S., Banerjee, A. and Bain W.K. (2017). The Impact of Raw Material Properties on lithic Debitage Assemblage Variation: An Experimental Assessment in Indian Context, Man and Environment, Vol – XLII (1), ISSN No- 0258- 0446.

Bain, W.K. (2017). Conservation of Environment through Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom with special reference to Belief and Practices in Tribal India: An Overview, Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, University of Kerala, Vol -5, ISSN No: 2347 -5463.

Bain, W.K. (2017). Stone Age Implements of Bagdiha: A Preliminary Observation, Journal of Department of Museology, University of Calcutta, Vol – 13 & 14, ISSN No: 2278 -9685.

Bain, W.K. (2018). Mun and Bongthing: Traditional Knowledge System of Lepcha: Special Reference to Dzongu Reserve Area of North Sikkim. Peoples Preface: A journal of Research Initiatives, Comilla University, Bangladesh, Vol – 1 (1), ISSN NO. 2520 – 7679.

Bain, W.K. (2018). An Anthropological Venture into the Rai Community of Darjeeling Hills, West Bengal, India, Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, University of Kerala, Vol – 6, ISSN No: 2347 -5463.

Bain, W. K. (2018). Stone Age Archaeology in Bam locality of Indian Siwalik Hills, Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, Vol -1, Pp: 77 -112, Journal of Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Vol-1, ISSN No. 2682 – 7115.

Bain, W.K. (2019). Bamboo Craft and Associated Knowledge System of Lepcha Community of North Sikkim: An Endangered Cultural Heritage, Journal of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, Vol.3: No.1 & 2, ISSN No: 2454-5694

Bain, W.K. (2019). Religious Architecture of Bishnupur, Bankura District, West Bengal, Human and Heritage: An Archaeological Spectrum of Asiatic Countries (Felicitation to Professor Ajit Kumar), Edited by Rajesh S. V., Abhayan G. S., Preeta Nayar and  Ehsan Rahmath Ilahi, VOL- II, ISBN: 978-81-8315-361-4.

Bain, W.K. and Bezbaruah, D. (2019). Stone Age Research in Siwalik Hills- A Critical Review, Pakistan Heritage, VOL- 11, ISSN 2708-2237 (ONLINE); ISSN 2073-641X (PRINT).

Bain, W.K. (2020). Bamboo Tale – A Case Study from Dzongu Reserve area of North Sikkim, Archaeology in Northeast India - Recent Trends and Future Prospects - Essays Celebrating 150 Years of Research; Eds. by Milan Kumar Chauley and Manjil Hazarika, First Edition, ISBN 978-93-5171-171-1.

Bain, W.K. (2020). Some Preliminary Observation on the Acheulean Lithic Remains of the Bam Locality, Himachal Pradesh, Kalakalpa (Journal of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts), VOL- IV (2), ISSN 2456- 8201.

Bain, W.K. (2020). Adda Culture of Kolkata, Journal of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Vol- XX, ISSN 2230- 9527.

Bain, W.K. & Bejbaruah, D. (2020). Investigation into Prehistoric Archaeology of Seer Khad River Basin of Himachal Pradesh, North West India: A Preliminary Report on the Bhapral Locality, Vol- 48, ISSN- 0976-2264.

Das, P., Bain W.K. & Gogoi, B. (2020). Bamboo crafts and associated Knowledge system of the Karbi Tribe of Assam Plains, North- Eastern India: A Cultural Heritage, Trivalent - Journal of Archaeology, Tourism & Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Vol- 1(1), ISSN 2783-8706 ISSN 2792-1263 (Online).

Bain, W.K. & Bejbaruah, D. (2021). Understanding the Soanian Occurrences at Bam Locality of Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh, Anthropological Sience, Vol- 129 (1), ISSN- 1348-8570.

Biswas, S & Bain, W.K. (2021). Folk Belief as a potential measure of the ecological sustainability: A case Study of Ranibandh Block of Bankura District, West Bengal, Kalakalpa (Journal of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts), Vol- VI (1), ISSN: 2456-8201.

Bain, W.K. &  Biswas, S. (2021). Ethnomedicinal Plants and Associated Traditional Wisdom of Garo Community of Rongram, West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, India, Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, vol. 17(2), ISSN 1973 – 2880.

Biswas, S., Bain, W.K. & Das, P. (2021). Rock Art and its Living Tradition in the Present-day Wall Art of North-Eastern Chotanagpur Plateau, Jharkhand: An Ethno-archaeological Investigation, Puravritta (A Journal of the Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of West Bengal) Vol- 3, ISSN .2455 3565.

Biswas, S., Bain, W.K. (2022). Conservation of Biodiversity Using Ethnic Adaptive Folk Beliefs-A Case Study in Purulia District, West Bengal, India, Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, vol. 18(1), ISSN 1973 – 2880.

Bain, W.K. & Bezbaruah, D. (2022). Understanding the Surficial Occurrences of Core and Flake Assemblage from the Ghumarwin Locality of Siwalik Frontal Range, North-West India, Puratattva (Journal of the Indian Archaeological Society), Vol- 52, ISSN 0970-2105.

Bain, W.K. & Bezbaruah, D. (2023). Introducing Kasohal: A Newly Discovered Paleolithic Site in the Siwalik Frontal Range, Himachal Pradesh, India, Quarterly Journal of The Mythic Society, Vol. 114(3), ISSN 0047-8555

Bain, W.K., Bezbaruah,D. and Phukan, S. (2024). Exploring the Archaeological Landscape of Seer Khad River Basin of Siwalik Frontal Range, Himachal Pradesh: A Preliminary Study, Ancient Asia, Vol. 15, ISSN 2042-5937

Kamei, J., Bezbaruah, D. and Bain, W.K. (2024). An Investigation into the Megaliths and Petroglyphs of Western Manipur, India, Ancient Asia, Vol. 15, ISSN 2042-5937

Bain, W.K., Das, P. and Biswas, S. (2024). A Study on the Tourist Perception with Special Reference to Gaur and Pandua - Two Medieval Capitals of Bengal, Heritage- Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Vol. 11, ISSN 2347- 5463

Kamei, J. Bain, W.K. and Biswas, S. (2024). Investigation Into the Terrace Farming Process and Associated Knowledge Systems among the Mao Naga Community in Mao Maram Sub-Division, Senapati District, Manipur- An Anthropological Appraisal, Heritage- Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Vol. 11, ISSN 2347- 5463

Kamei, J., Bezbaruah, D. and Bain, W.K. (2024). Ethnoarchaeological perspective of the Megaliths and Petroglyphys of Khoupum Taluk, Noney District, Manipur, Quarterly Journal of The Mythic Society, Vol. 115(3), ISSN 0047- 8555

Chakrabarty, K. and Bain, W.K. (2021). Temples of Bishnupur- A Visual Journey, First Edition, Research India Press, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-5171-171-1

W.K. (2022). BAMBOO TALE OF LEPCHA- Special Reference to North Sikkim, First Edition, Pathak Publisher and Distributors, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-91952-32-7.

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