Dr. Madhu Giri, PhD, is a faculty (Lecturer) at the Central Department of Anthropology. Dr. Giri has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of teaching, research, writing, and development consultancy. Besides teaching-supervision in MA and MPhil-PhD, he has extensive engagement on research in the areas of governance, caste/ethnic transformations, identity issues, gender empowerment, issues of Dalits, landlessness, disaster and community resilience, and social movement of marginalized communities. He has worked as an ethnographic researcher, evaluation team leader/expert, research coordinator, consultant, capacity-building trainer, and research consultant in various institutions. Dr. Giri has developed the syllabus for Research Methodology in Counseling, Anthropology of disaster and resilience, Anthropology of Nepal and the Himalayas, and Physical Anthropology in Anthropology, TU and MPhil courses in Nepal Open University.  Dr. Giri's PhD dissertation in titled Political-Economic Dimensions of Marginalization of the Musahar Community of East-Central Tarai, explored trajectories of landlessness of the Musahars, cultural politics of identity, movements and social justice of marginalized Musahars. He has proved his gradual progressive track expertise through various publications, research grants, training, and presentation in workshops and seminars.

 Ph.D. in Anthropology, Title: Political Economic Dimensions of Marginalization: A case of Musahars of Eastern Tarai, Nepal.  FoHSS,  Tribhuvan University. Nepal (2012-2018)

 M.A. in Anthropology, Central Department of Anthropology,  TU,  Nepal (2004-2005)

2013 – now,  Faculty, Central Department of Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur-Kathmandu.

2009-2013, Faculty, Sociology and Anthropology, Bhaktapur Multiple Campus,  Tribhuvan University.

Giri, M. (2024).  Musahars’ Perspective on Nature, Culture and Cosmology. Journal of Nepalese Studies, vol 21.no.1 PP. 31-45.

Giri, M. (2024).  Inter-Caste Hierarchy and Relations in a Multi-Caste Madhesi Village in Nepal,  CSS,  Vol. 33, No. 3. pp.154-172.

Giri, M. (2024). Trajectories of language and the culture of the Gopali community in the Chitlang Valley. Glottodidactica, 51(1),  7–26, (co-author)

Giri, M. (2022). Politics of place making and positions of the Musahars at Jamdaha-Golbazar, Cognition, volum 4, 1.

Giri, M. (2022).  New Dimensions of Cultural Resistance, राजेन्द्र मर्हजन सम्पादन । वर्ष ८, अङ्क ८ । ललितपुर, नेपाल मधेश फाउन्डेशन ।

Giri, M. (2021). Continuity and Change in the Caste System: Trajectories of Inter-caste Relations of the Musahar and Chamar Communities of Siraha District. (48-77), in Caste in Nepal. Lalitpur: Foundation for Critical Discourse Nepal.

Giri, M. (2021). Devaluation of Cultural Life: A Study of Reconstruction-Resilience Practices at an Earthquake Displaced Community. Molung Educational Frontier.Vol.11

Giri, M. (2020). Storytelling for promoting social cohesion in the marginalized communities: A case of Chautari Nataks. Molung Educational Frontier. Vol. 10 special issue.

Giri, M. (2019). Cultural Crisis of Caste Renouncer: A Study of Dasnami Sanyasi Identity in Nepal. Molung Educational Frontier. Vol. 9.

Giri, M. (2019). मुसहर र माटोवीचको सम्वन्धको पननिमाण । मधेश अध्ययन । राजेन्द्र मर्हजन सम्पादन । वर्ष ७, अङ्क ७ । ललितपुर, नेपाल मधेश फाउन्डेशन । पेज ३१–५६ ।

Giri, M. (2018). Transition from Unfree Agrarian labour to Sharecropper and Freelance Labour: Changing Labour Regimes of Musahar Community in Siraha.  In Peasant Studies in Nepal. New York: Vajra Books Inc.

Giri, M. (2018). Weakening Jat Samaj and Changing Inter-Caste Relations of the Musahars in Tarai villages. In Current Dynamics in Transforming Nepal. New Delhi: Adroit Publishers.

Giri, M. (2017). The Political Economy of Kinship and Marriage among the Musahars. In Kinship Studies in Nepali Anthropology, L.P Uprety, B. Pokharel and S. Dhakal (eds.). Kathmandu: CDA, TU. 

Giri, M. (२०७० /2013). मुसहर समदायको प्रतिरोधका आयाम । मधेश अध्ययन । राजन्द्र महजन सम्पादन । वर्ष १, अङ्क २ । ललितपुर, नेपाल मधेश फाउन्डेशन । पेज २१७  २४० ।

Giri, M. (2012). Politico Economic Dimensions of Marginalization among the Musahars of East-central Tarai. Contribution to Nepalese Studies.  Vol.29.