Pooran Chand Joshi
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1 June 1956
Inter-University Centre Associateship Award (1996–1999)
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| Born | Pooran Chand Joshi 1 June 1956 Khairakot, Almora district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 20 June 2025 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
| Awards | Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra National Award (1987) Inter-University Centre Associateship Award (1996–1999) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social Anthropology, Medical Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Delhi |
P. C. Joshi (1 June 1956 – 20 June 2025) was an Indian academic who served as the 23rd Pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Delhi.[1] He was a professor of Social Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India. His area of specialization was Medical Anthropology and he focused on the Anthropology of Disasters, Anthropology of Development and on issues related to Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion.
Joshi served as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university from 29 October 2020 after the suspension of Vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi and served there till 31 May 2021.[2]
Joshi, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi, assumed office on 28 June 2020.
Joshi was a delegate of the European Union at the United Nations Framework Climate Change Conference held at Poznan, Poland in 2008.[3]
Professional membership
Joshi was the first president of the Society for Indian Medical Anthropology[4] and Executive Member of the Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society based in Lucknow, India. He was a life member of the India Anthropological Association and a Life Fellow of the Indian Association of Social Psychiatry. He was the Editor of the Society for Medical Anthropology Bulletin.
Joshi, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, was appointed to Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
On 28 October 2020, the President of India, who was a visitor to the University of Delhi, suspended incumbent VC Pro. Yogesh Kumar Tyagi and directed Joshi to assume the office of acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi forthwith till further arrangements.
Death
Joshi died on 20 June 2025, at the age of 69.[5]