| Shyama Charan Dube | |
| Birth Date: | 1922 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Fields: | Anthropology, Sociology |
| Workplaces: | Hislop College, University of Lucknow |
| Education: | Nagpur University |
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Shyama Charan Dube (S.C.Dube) (25 July 1922 – 4 February 1996) was an Indian anthropologist, sociologist, and former president of the Indian Sociological Society from 1975 to 1976.[1]
Born in Narsinghpur that is now in Madhya Pradesh, India, Dube earned his Master's Degree in Political Science from Nagpur University and started his professional career as a lecturer in Hislop College in Nagpur, Maharashtra. He later joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Lucknow. [2]
From 1972-1977, Dube served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla. During this time, he was also the President of the Indian Sociological Society from 1975-1976. He later became. the Vice Chancellor at Jammu University from 1978-1980. From 1980-1983, he was a National Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research.
Dube was known for his research of Indian villages and tribal societies.[3] Specifically, he made use of the structural functionalist approach to study these villages. He studied the Kamar tribe, an aboriginal group in Madhya Pradesh.
He was a firm believer in understanding and focusing on the larger ideas in anthropology rather than the menial words or concepts that make up those ideas. He also emphasized the malleability of anthropological concepts and their ability to change over time.