Nutritional Status of Indian Population: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Preface The Director General, Anthropological Survey of India thought of initiation of a research project entitled Nutritional Status of Indian Population (NSIP) in the Seventh Five Year Plan (1987-1992). It was in 1988 when Sri Malay Kumar Banerjee, Anthropologist (P) and Sri Subodh Kumar Biswas, Research Associate (Biochemistry) were given the responsibility for the formulation of the project. After initial formulation of project, the academic format was circulated to the various scholars of the Survey as well as to outside scholars (of National Institute of Nutrition) for their comments/suggestions etc. Sri Banerjee and Dr. R. S. Mann, the then Joint Director attended the second meeting of the steering group on nutrition on 5th July, 1989 at New Delhi, which was chaired by Prof. P. N. Srivastava, member of the Planning Commission. Sri M. K. Banerjee, Anthropologist (P) and Dr. K. K. Bhattacharya, Biochemist were made coordinators of the project. Before giving a final shape to the project, a pilot survey was conducted in the year 1989 in Raipur and Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh (now Chattisgarh) by a team consisting of Smt. S. Gangopadhyay and Smt. S. Das Gupta under the leadership of Sri Banerjee.

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