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Prof. Anil Kumar Singh Jha completed his M. A., M. Phil. and Ph. D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is presently working as a Professor in Department of Sociological Studies, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya. He also served Department of Sociological Studies, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya as a Head of the Department during February, 2019 – May, 2023. He had also been associated with NCERT, New Delhi; SLBSRS Vidyapeetha (Deemed University), New Delhi; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur and Mody University of Science and Technology (MUST), Lakshmangarh, Sikar in various capacities. He has authored six books, ‘Amarnath Jha’, ‘Gender Equality in Bihar: Sound of Silence’, ‘Rethinking Gender Equality’, ‘Sociological Thinkers’, ‘Demography and Development: Challenges of Change’ and ‘Brief Intervention: A Manual for Practice’. In addition to several book chapters, he has also contributed to numerous research articles. He has delivered a number of invited lectures as a Resource Person in different faculty development programmes, national and international conferences; and other academic events. He has guided six Ph.D. research scholars; and currently six Ph.D. research scholars are working under his supervision on various sociological issues. Prof. Jha has developed ten courses on Sociology of Sanitation for Swayam Prabha DTH channel in 2022 and ten courses on ‘स्वच्छता का समाजशास्त्र’ for Swayam Prabha DTH channel in 2023. He has completed Research Projects on different social issues, sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi; CUSB, Gaya, etc. His teaching and research interests include gender, sociology of sanitation, social thought, social demography, etc. Prof. Jha is member of various statutory, professionals and academic bodies.