Dr Praveen Hoogar is Assistant Professor and Coordinator at the Centre for Biocultural Studies, Directorate of Research, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. He has worked on the Halakki Vokkalu Community of Uttara Kannada District and is a certified ATLAS (qualitative data management and analysis software) trainer in Asia-Pacific region as well as an executive member of the Anthropological Association for Humankind. He is an ex-officio Vice President of the United Indian Anthropology Forum and a member of Indian National Confederation.