CURRICULUM VITAE
K. KRISHNAN
March 2016
Name: K. Krishnan
Address: Professor and Head, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Faculty of Arts, The
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara – 390 002, Gujarat State, India.
Email: krishnan.msu@gmail.com; kkrishnannampoothiri@gmail.com; k.krishnanarchaeology@msubaroda.ac.in, head-archaeology@msubaroda.ac.in
Telephone: +91-265-2792436 (Work); +91-265-2781775 (Home); +91-9427015168 (Cell)
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/professorkkrishnan/home
Summary of the Research Interest and Areas of Contribution
My doctoral research presented the chemical and petrological examination of the Harappan Ceramics
from three regions in Gujarat. This study demonstrated the wider applications of several scientific
methods in examining the ceramics and also its cultural implications. After completion of my doctoral
research, I continued my research on proto-historic and early Historic ceramics by incorporating several
methods such as traditional archaeological, ethnographic and scientific. These studies have enabled me
to work towards understanding craft specialization, development of technology and its impact on ancient
South Asian Society. These studies have inspired several students from South Asia to conduct research
on South Asian Ceramics. In addition to this, I work towards appreciating and reconstructing palaeoclimate in central and western India. I have completed several research projects dealing with ancient
technology and palaeo-climatology and currently I am working with four projects. I am also coordinating
a project which plans to establish a museum at Sidhpur, a centre of pilgrimage for the Department of
Tourism, Government of Gujarat.
Education
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Post-doctoral Visiting Fellow funded by the Ancient India and Iran Trust/ Charles Wallace India
Trust, affiliated to the Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University.
Ph.D. (1987) in Archaeology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. The title of the
Ph.D thesis is “Chemical and Petrological Studies in Ancient Indian Pottery”. This work dealt
with analysing the Indus Valley Ceramics from three representative sites in Gujarat using a
combination of archaeological, chemical and petrological studies. This work resulted in
reconstructing ceramic manufacturing methods of the Indus Valley Period, identifying the
provenance of their raw materials, clay paste preparation techniques, baking temperature and
baking conditions.
M.A.(1982) in Indian History Culture and Archaeology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University
of Baroda [Title of M.A. dissertation: Identification and Determination of the Composition of the
pigments used in the Decoration of Chalcolithic Period Pottery in Gujarat]
B.Sc. (1979) in Chemistry as the main subject with Physics and Mathematics as subsidiaries
from Kerala University
Fellowships and Awards
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1995:
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June-July 1995: Visiting Fellow at the Department of Archaeological Sciences,
University of Bradford; financed by the Ford Foundation
July-August 1995: Visiting Scientist at the Department of Scientific Research, British
Museum; financed by the Ford Foundation.
August–September 1995: Visiting Fellow at the Department of Archaeology,
Cambridge University; financed by the Ford Foundation
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1991-92 Ancient India and Iran Trust/Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Fellow (Postdoctoral) affiliated to the Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University.
1988-89 Commonwealth Scholarship for Post-doctoral Research (could not avail due to
institutional reasons)
1983-86 University Grants Commission of India, Scholarship for Doctoral Research
Academic Employment
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11/1/04 till date
Professor, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University
of Baroda. Job description: Teach courses in archaeological methods, archaeological theory,
archaeomaterials and environmental archaeology. Supervise M.A. dissertations and Ph.D.
thesis
11/1/96 to 11/1/04
Reader, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda. Job description: Teach introductory and upper division courses in archaeological
methods (artefact analysis, dating methods, physical and chemical methods of conservation
and preservation of archaeological objects), archaeological theory, archaeomaterials and
environmental archaeology. Supervise M.A. dissertations and Ph.D. thesis.
5/2/88 to 11/1/96
Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University
of Baroda. Job description: Teach introductory and upper division courses in archaeological
methods and environmental archaeology. Supervise M.A. dissertations and Ph.D. thesis.
1/8/87 to 5/2/88
Temporary Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao.
University of Baroda. Job description: Teach courses in foundations of Indian culture and
assist in practical.
1/10/86 to 31/5/87
Teaching Assistant, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda. Job description: Teach courses in foundations of Indian culture and
assist in practical.
Areas of Research Interest
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Artefact Analysis and Interpretation:
By using the traditional archaeological methods as well as methods from material sciences to
seek answers or explanations to cultural processes such as exchange, trade, migration etc..
Ceramic Petrology:
Using microscopic methods to study the provenance of the raw materials, techniques of raw
material processing and also the various paste preparation techniques.
Ancient Technology:
Through traditional and science based methods the artefacts are studied to reconstruct
ancient technology both from the manufacturing processes and also their social relevance
Environmental Archaeology:
Trying to understand climate culture interaction, Hominin adaptations in central India
Harappan Studies:
Trying to study the regional elements in the Harappan Civilization
Origin and Development of Urbanism in South Asia
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Research Projects
A. Completed Projects
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An Analysis of ceramics and Metals (Financed by the Ford Foundation Grant to the
Department)
A High Resolution Study of Loess/Dunal Deposits of Gujarat, with Emphasis to the
Palaeoclimatology of the Southwest Indian Monsoon and its Effect on Cultural Evolution in the
Region over the past 20,000 years (Pilot Project financed by the Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India) (Total fund – Rs. 1,68,000.00 for one year) (Together with
D.A. Sant and G. Rangarajan).
Characterization of on land Quaternary sediments fringing the Gulf of Cambay (Financed by
the National Institute of Ocean Technology, department of Ocean development, Government of
India) (Total fund – Rs. 3,00,000.00) (Together with D.A. Sant and G. Rangarajan).
Characterization of Quaternary Sediments from Lower Reaches of Narmada Valley with
Special Reference to Climate Variability and Cultural Evolution (Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India) (Total Fund – Rs. 7,78,000.00 for three years) (Together
with D.A. Sant and G. Rangarajan)
Benchmarking the Social and Economic Impacts of Cultural Heritage: a comparative pilot study
(Funded by the British Council under the Knowledge Economy Partnership 2012) (Total Fund £ 11,000/-) (Together with R.A.E. Coningham)
Standardization of Ceramic Microstructures (Not funded).
Human response to Climate Change in the Upland Floodplains of the Kurnool Basin, Andhra
Pradesh (Department of Science and Technology, Government of India) (Total Fund – Rs.
8,00,000.00 for three years) (Together with R. Korisettar and D.A. Sant)
Developing the Concept of Museum at Sidhpur (Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited,
Government of Gujarat) (Rs. 15,00,000/- for two years)
B. Participation in International Projects (Completed)
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The Prehistory of the Kurnool District: Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Studies in
Southern India – A multidisciplinary and multinational project by Cambridge University, U.K.,
and Karnataka University, India [R. Korisettar and M. Petraglia (Directors)].
The Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Project: the hinterland (phase II) A multidisciplinary and
multinational project by Universities of Durham, Kelaniya, Bradford, Leicester, Sterling [R.A.E.
Coningham and P. Gunawardhane (Directors)].Archaeological Research and Conservation
Programme.
Archaeological Research and Conservation Program: India and Pakistan Collaborative Project
funded by the US Department of State. Professor J.M. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, USA (Principal
Investigator), Professor. K. Krishnan, India and Dr. Abdul Samad, Pakistan (Co-Principal
Investigators).
D. Ongoing Projects
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Research Projects
Early Pleistocene Environments and Archaeology in central India (under Narmada Basin
Palaeoanthropology Project)
Climate and Culture: Environmental Contextualization of the Development of Human Society in
Western and Central India (Under the UGC-UKIERI Thematic Partnership) (Grant allotted to
MSU by UGC is Rs. 9,57,800/- for fifteen months) (Together with D.A. Sant, Gillian Juleff and
Jose Iriarte)
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Polanaruwa Archaeological and Anthropological Research Project (POLAARP) (Together with
P. Gunawardhane, M.J. Manuel, J. Weerasinghe and R.A.E. Coningham) (Funded by British
Academy, U.K. and Central Cultural Fund, Sri Lanka.
Documentation Project
Documentation of Antiquities and Monuments under the national Mission of Antiquities and
Monuments, Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India (Rs. 55,00,000/- till March
2012)
Positions/ Membership in National/ International Bodies
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Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Pakistan Heritage, International Journal of
Archaeology since 2013.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary
Studies since 2013
Vice President, International Association of Asian Heritage
Member of the National Committee on Archaeological Sciences, Archaeological Survey of India,
Government of India
Technical Secretary, Indian Archaeological Society.
Member of the Board of Studies in Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey
of India (Government of India), New Delhi.
Member of the Board of Studies in Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Archaeologia: Journal of Archaeology since 2007
Joint editor, Man and Environment, Journal of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary
Studies since 2002 to 2008
Member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary
Studies since 1998 to 2008
Founding member and Life member of Society of South Asian Archaeologists.
Member of the Indo Pacific Prehistory Association
Life member of Indian Society for Pre-historic and Quaternary Studies
Life member of Indian Archaeological Society
Four years membership in World Archaeology Congress (2013-2017)
Organizer of National/ International Programme
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2015 Organized (Coordinator) International Workshop on Commodity, Resource or Heirloom?
Investigating the Social, Economic and Ethical Values of Cultural Heritage. Organized by the
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
and Department of Archaeology, Durham University. Funded by the British Council under the
Knowledge Economy Partnership, September 30, 2015.
2013 Organizer, Session on “Archaeology of Death and the Dead” in the Seventh World
Archaeological Congress in the Dead Sea, Jordan, January 13-18, 2013.
2012 Organising Secretary, National Seminar on “Archaeology and Cultural diversity” and the
Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society (IAS), Indian Society for Prehistoric
and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS) and Indian History and Culture Society (IHCS) at Baroda,
November 22-24, 2012.
2010 Organized (Deputy Co-ordinator) National Seminar on Recent Advances in Indian
Archaeology, December 5 -6, 2010
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2010 Organzied (Coordinator) International Seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat at Baroda,
January 15-17, 2010
2004 Organized (Deputy Coordinator) a workshop on “Harappan Culture in Gujarat”, December
11-12, 2004, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
2001 Organized the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies,
Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society, November 22-24, 2001, The
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Also introduced the theme “Ancient
Technology” in the seminar and acted as Co-ordinator of the theme session.
Experience as a Research Supervisor
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Six Students have been awarded Ph.D
Four Students are currently working for Ph.D.
Guidance extended to Students outside my parent institution:
o One Post-doctoral student from Banarus Hindu University
o Three Doctoral Students from Deccan College, Pune
o One Doctoral Student from Bradford, UK
o One Doctoral Student from Durham, UK
o One Doctoral Student from Brussels, Belgium
o One B.A. Dissertation from Cambridge, UK
o One Post-doctoral student from Cambridge University, UK
Fifteen M.A. Dissertations
Students Currently working with me from outside the parent institution
o One Doctoral Student from New York University, USA
o One Doctoral Student from Michigan University, USA
Field Experience
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Directed Explorations in Central Narmada basin, Madhya Pradesh in 2014-2015.
Directed Excavation at Vejalka (Harappan Site) and explorations in Lilka River basin (20152016, 2014-2015)
Directed Excavation at Dhansi (Palaeolithic age) and explorations in central Narmada basin
Madhya Pradesh in 2012-2013 and second season excavation at Dhansi in 2013-2014 and
explorations at Houshangabad and Sihore Districts, Madhya Pradesh..
Directed and Participated in excavations conducted by the Department of Archaeology and
Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, since 1981. These are
excavations at Zawar (1983), Nageswar (1984), Nagwada (1986-89), Loteshwar (1991),
Bagasra (1996-2005), Pithad (2006-2007), Shikharpur (2009, 2011, 2012).
Participated in the excavations at Banawali (1988 – one season) and Dholavira (1990-1998 –
five seasons) conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Participated in the explorations and excavations at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (2005-2008)
conducted by the Universities of Kelania, Durham, Bradford, Leicester and Sterling
Has participated in a number of archaeological explorations from 1982 onwards.
Has undertaken independent archaeological explorations, which include surveys for locating
archaeological sites, sampling for palaeo-climatic studies and ethno-archaeological studies.
Lectures Delivered
(A) Endowment Lectures
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2007 Professor K.V. Raman Endowment Lecture (two lectures), University of Madras, Chennai
on January 4, 2007; Lecture 1: Artefact Analyses: Investigating Culture through Material
Science; Lecture 2: Indus Valley Civilization: Legacy and Mysteries.
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(B) Other Lectures
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2016 Delivered a lecture at Allahabad University, Allahabad on March 4, 2016. Title of
Lecture: Within the Broken Sherds.
2016 Delivered a lecture at Allahabad University, Allahabad on March 3, 2016. Title of
Lecture: The Past: Piecing Together.
2016 Delivered a lecture at Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharashtra Nagpur University, Nagpur on
January 6, 2016. Title of Lecture: Ancient Technology: Traditional and Science Based
Methods to Reconstruct Ancient Ceramic Technologies and also Establishing Their
Social Relevance
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2016 Delivered a lecture at Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharashtra Nagpur University, Nagpur on
January 5, 2016. Title of Lecture: Artefact Analysis and Interpretation: Traditional
Archaeological Methods and Methods from Material Sciences
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2015 Delivered a lecture at the University of Exeter, UK on November 2, 2015. Title of Lecture:
Climate and Culture.
2015 Delivered a lecture at the Centre for Urban Studies, Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda on October 16, 2015. Title of Lecture: Disappearing Heritage: Challenges from
Urbaism.
2015 Delivered a lecture at the Forum For Contemporary Theory, Belvant Parekh Centre on
September 18, 2015, Title of the Lecture: Approaches to the Study of the Past.
2015 Delivered a lecture for the Alumni Association, Department of Russian on August 25,
2015. Title of Lecture: In search of the past.
2015 Delivered a lecture at Institute of Infrastructure Tecnology Research and Management,
Ahmedabad on August 14, 2015. Title of the Lecture: Reading the past an archaeological
exercise.
2015 Delivered a lecture at the Electrical Research and Development Association,
Government of Gujarat, Vadodara on May 1, 2015. Title of Lecture: Understanding the
Dimensions of Ancient Technology: Application of Scientific Methods
2014 Delivered a lecture at the Centre for Heritage Studies, Tripunithura on November 29,
2014. Title of Lecture: Perceiving Ancient Mind: A journey through Indian Rock Art. (Sponsored
by IGNCA, New Delhi)
2014 Delivered a lecture at UC College, Aluwaya, on November 29, 2014. Title of Lecture: The
Archaeology of Ceramics.
2014 Delivered a lecture at the Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, UK on
October 28, 2014. Title of Lecture: Ceramic Analaysis in India: Recent Trends.
2014 Delivered a lecture at the Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, USA on
October 21, 2014. Title of Lecture: Recent Developments in Ceramic Analaysis in India
2013 Delivered a lecture to the Alumni Association of the Department of Architecture, faculty of
Technology and Engineering, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda on March 9, 2013.
Title of Lecture: From Windsheilds to Mansions: Legacy of Harappan Architecture.
2010 Delivered a lecture to the Alumni Association of Department of Chemistry, the Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda on March 7, 2010. Title of Lecture: Applications of Material
Sciences in Archaeological Studies.
2010 Delivered a public lecture at the Department of History, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur
as a UGC Visiting Fellow on March 3, 2010. Title of lecture: Various Dimensions of Ceramic
Studies.In addition to this three lectures on Ceramic Analysis were given to post-graduate
students of Archaeology
2009 Delivered a lecture to the students of Rajastan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur and Kyoto
University, Kyoto at the archaeological excavation camp at Kanmir on February 23, 2009. Title
of lecture: Beyond Wares and Shapes: Exploring the Dimensions of Ceramic Microstructure.
2009 Delivered a Lecture to the visiting students of Heritage management and Archaeology,
Indraprasta University, New Delhi on February 18, 2009. Title of Lecture: Applications of
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Scientific Methods in Artefact Analyses with special reference to Ceramics and Metals and
their Cultural implications.
2008 Delivered a Lecture at the Centre for Heritage Studies, Tripunithura Campus, Cochin
University of Science and Technology on June 26. Title of Lecture: Dimensions of Artefact
Analyses through material Science Methods.
2008 Delivered a Lecture to the visiting students of Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological
Survey of India, New Delhi at the Department of Archaeology, the Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda, Vadodara on August 12, 2008. Title of Lecture: Applications of Scientific
Methods in Artefact Analyses with special reference to Ceramics and Metals and their Cultural
implications.
2007 Delivered a lecture at Anuradhapura organized by University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Title
of Lecture: Ceramic Technology in ancient South Asia
2006 Delivered a lecture at Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Nagpur
University, Nagpur on September 14, 2006. Title of Lecture: Petrography of Ancient Indian
Ceramics and its Cultural Implications.
2006 Delivered a lecture at Anuradhapura organized by University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka on
July 27, 2006. Title of Lecture: South Asian Ceramics
2006 Delivered four lectures at the Department of Archaeology, Post-graduate Research
Institute of Archaeology, Deccan College (Deemed to be a University), Pune as a UGC Visiting
Fellow. Title of Lectures: Ceramic Analysis – An Introduction (March 21, 2006), Introduction to
Ceramic Petrology (March 22, 2006), Ceramic Petrology: Methods, Applications and
Limitations (March 23, 2006), Scientific Analysis of Ceramics and its Implications in
Archaeology (March 24, 2006)
2005 Delivered a lecture at Anuradhapura organized by University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Title
of Lecture: Scientific Analyses of Ceramics: Its scope and future prospects
2003 Delivered two Lectures at the Centre for Heritage Studies, Tripunithura Campus, Cochin
University of Science and Technology. Title of Lectures: (1) Artefact Analyses and its
interpretations, (2) Science based dating Methods in Archaeology.
1995 Delivered a Lecture at Department of Scientific Research, British Museum Research
Laboratory,London. Title of Lecture: Role of Rouletted Ware in Understanding Indian Ocean
Trade.
(C) Lectures Delivered in UGC Refresher Courses
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2009 April: Three lectures at the UGC refresher Course in History at the Academic Staff
College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad
2003 October: Two lectures at the UGC Refresher Course in History at the Academic Staff
College, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.
2002 Three lectures at the UGC Refresher Course in History at the Department of History,
Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
Publications
(A) Books
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2010 Krishnan, K., Rukshana Nanji and Atusha Irani. Revisiting Buddhist Gujarat. Department
of Tourism: Government of Gujarat. Pages 120
1992 Hegde, K.T.M., K.K. Bhan, V.H. Sonawane, K. Krishnan and D.R. Shah. Excavation at
Nageswar, Gujarat, A Harappan shell working site on the Gulf of Kutch, (Monograph).
Maharaja Sayajirao University Archaeology Series, 18, Baroda.
(B) Research Articles
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2015 Parth Chauhan, K. Krishnan, Ketika Garg, Shubham Pal, Bharti Singh and Avinandan
Mukherjee. Revisiting the Joshipur Rockshelter Complex (Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh).
Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology (3): 105-127.
2015 Krishnan, K. and R. Balvally. Assessing the Early Historic Indian Ocean Trade through
Ceramics. In (ed) K.S. Mathew, Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris. New
Perspectives on Maritime Trade. Manohar Publisher: New Delhi: 225-261.
2015 Morthekai, P., P.R. Chauhan, M. Jain, A.D. Shukla, H.M. Rajpara, K. Krishnan, D.A.
Sant, R. Patnaik, D.V. Reddy, and A.K. Singhvi. Thermally re-distributed IRSL (RD-IRSL): A
new possibility of dating sediments near B/M boundary. Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 30,
No. Part B, 2015: 154–160
2014-15 K. Krishnan and Vrushab Mahesh. Maritime Trade Centres along the Malabar Coast:
A Reapprisal, in Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology 10-11: 84-94.
2014 Rohita Eswar, Vrushab Mahesh and K. Krishnan. ‘Iha’ to ‘Para’: A Hero’s Transitional
Journey to the Other World From This World: Reading Veeragals of Hassan District,
Karnataka. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 2 (2014): 108-124.
2014 Krishnan, K. and S.V. Rajesh. Ceramics. In (eds.) D.K. Chakraborty and Makhan Lal,
History o fAncient India, Vol – II: Protohistoric Foundations. Vivekananda International
Foundation and Aryan Books International: New Delhi: 235-262
2014 Rajesh, S. V. and K. Krishnan. Chalcolithic Cultures of Gujarat (c. 3950 – 900 BCE): An
Appraisal. Pracyabodha – Indian Archaeology and Tradition (Professor T.P. Verma Festschrift
Volume I. B. R. Mani, Arvind K. Singh and Ravindra Kumar (eds.). B.R. Publishing
Corporation, New Delhi: 194-205.
2013 Coningham, R.A.E., Prishanta Gunawardhana, Gamini Adhikari, K. Krishnan,
Christopher Davis, Mark Manuel, Umanga Roshani Rammugoda, Harendralal Namalgamuwa,
Jayampath Senanayake and Ben Stern. Glazed and Unglazed Ceramics. In Robin Coningham
and Prishanta Gunawardhana, Anuradhapura Volume III: The Hinterland. BAR International
Series: Oxford, U.K. : 229-331.
2013 Rajesh, S. V., K. Krishnan, P. Ajithprasad and V. H. Sonawane. Evaluating the Anarta
Tradition in the Light of Material Culture from Loteshwar and Other Sites in Gujarat. Man and
Environment XXXVIII (2):10-45.
2013 Rajesh, S. V., K. Krishnan, P. Ajithprasad and Marco Madella. Pre-Prabhas
Assemblage from Gujarat, Western India. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in
Archaeology 1: 181-209.
2012 Rajesh, S. V. and K. Krishnan. Archaeological Explorations around Padri, Bhavnagar
District in Saurashtra, Gujarat, Western India. Pakistan Heritage IV : 87-107.
2012 Krishnan, K., L.S. Rao (late), V. Vinod, Smitha S. Kumar, Prabhin Sukumaran and Dilip
Kumar Kushwaha. Petrography of Ceramics from Bhirrana: A Preliminary Study. Man and
Environment. XXXVII (2): 18-27.
2012 K. Krishnan and Sikder Md Zulkernine On the Typology and Petrography of WariBateswar Ceramics. Man and Environment. XXXVII (1): 42-50.
2012 Prabhin Sukumaran, C. Rajashekhar, Dhananjay A. Sant and K. Krishnan. Late
Holocene Records from Lower Reaches of Narmada Valley, Western India. Journal Geological
Society of India, 80, September: 403-408.
2012 Prabhin Sukumaran, Dhananjay A Sant, K Krishnan and Govindan Rangarajan. High
Resolution Facies record on Late Holocene Flood Plain Sediments from Lower reaches of
Narmada Valley, Western India. Journal Geological Society of India, 79, January: 41-52.
2011 Coningham, R.A.E. P. Gunawardhana, M.J. Manuel, G. Adikari, R.L. Young, A. Schmidt,
K. Krishnan, I. Simpson, C.E. Davis and C.M. Batt 2011 Response to Goonatilake (Susantha
Goonatilake 2011 Social construction and deconstruction of a ‘theocracy’ Antiquity, Vol. 85,
September, No. 329, 1060-1065), Antiquity. Vol. 85, September, No. 329: 1065-1067.
2011 Vinod, V., and K. Krishnan Potting skills: An ethnographic perspective. Man and
Environment XXXVI (1):88-91.
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2011 Prabhin Sukumaran, Imtiyaz A. Parvez, Dhananjay A. Sant, Govindan Rangarajan and
K. Krishnan. Profiling of late Tertiary–early Quaternary surface in the lower reaches
of Narmada valley using microtremors. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 41: 325–334.
2010 Krishnan, K., B.R. Mani and Smitha S. Kumar. Tracing the Buddhist Ancestry of Kerala.
In P. Gunawardhana, G. Adikari and R. Coningham (Eds.) Sirinimal Lakdusinghe Felicitation
Volume, Neptune Publication, Battarmulla, Sri Lanka: 199-206.
2008 Krishnan, K. And Gamini Adikari. Ceramic Analaysis of the Anuradhapura Hinterland.
Archaeologia, 4: 42-59.
2007 Robin Coningham, Prishanta Gunawardhana, Mark Manuel, Gamini Adikari, Mangala
Katugampola, Ruth Young, Armin Schmidt, K. Krishnan, Ian Simpson, Gerry Mc Donnel and
Cathy Batt. The state of theocracy: Defining an early medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka.
Antiquity, 81 (313): 699-719.
2006 D.A. Sant, G. Rangarajan, K. Krishnan, N. Basavaiah, C. Pandya, M.Sharma and
Y.Trivedi. Flood Plain Record of the Southwest Indian Monsoon During the Last Glacial. Man
and Environment XXXI (2): 9-20.
2005 Krishnan, K, I.C. Freestone and A. Middleton. Technology of ‘Glazed’ Reserved Slip
Ware – A fine Ceramic of the Harappan Period. Archaeometry 47 (4): 691-703.
2005 Krishnan, K. And Kiran Dimri. Exploration in the Lilka River basin in Saurashtra, Gujarat:
A Preliminary Report. In K.K. Chakravarty and G.L. Badam (Eds.), River Valley Cultures of
India, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal and Aryan Books International,
New Delhi: 199-204.
2005 Krishnan,K. And Kajal Shah. Beyond Wares and Shapes: Gaining a Petrographic
Perspective on Ancient Indian Pottery. In Biswas, A.K. (Ed.) Science in Archaeology and
Archaeomaterials., D.K. Printworld, New Delhi: 135-156.
2004 Sonawane, V.H., P.Ajithprasad, K.K. Bhan, K. Krishnan, S. Prathapachandran, Abhijit
Majumdar, Ajita K. Patel and Jaya Menon. Excavations at Bagasra – 1996-2003: A Preliminary
Report. Man and Environment, XXVIII (2): 21-50.
2004 Aniruddha S. Khadkikar and K. Krishnan. Human occupation and environmental change
for the last 130,000 years in MainlandGujarat, western India. In Y. Yasuda and V. Shinde
(Eds.), Monsoon and Civilization: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop of the Asian
Lake Drilling Programme (ALDP), Lustre Press, Roli Books, New Delhi: 99-111.
2004 Sant, D.A., K. Krishnan, G. Rangarajan, N. Basavaiah, C. Pandya, M. Sharma and Y.
Trivedi. Characterization of flood plain and climatic change using multi-proxy records from the
Mahi River basin, Mainland Gujarat. Journal of Indian Geophysical Union (Special Issue on
Environmental Magnetism and Palaeomonsoons). Basavaiah, N and A.S. Khadkikar (Eds.),
January 2004, Vol 8, No.1: 39-48.
2002 Krishnan, K. Studies in Harappan Technology: A Review, in Recent Studies in Indian
Archaeology (K. Paddayya Ed.) Indian Council of Historical Research Monograph series 6:
349-366, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
2002 Krishnan, K. A Survey of Ceramic Analysis with Special Reference to Pottery, in Indian
Archaeology in Retrospect, Prehistory – Archaeology of South Asia (S. Settar and Ravi
Korisettar Eds.), Vol. 1: 377-387, Manohar, New Delhi
2000 Bhan, K.K., Nikita Mehta and K. Krishnan. An Ethnoarchaeological Study of
Copper/Brass Working in Rajasthan, Western India. Man and Environment, Vol. XXV, No. 2:
35-49.
1997 Krishnan, K and R.A.E. Coningham. Microstructural Analysis of Samples of Rouletted Ware
and Associated Pottery from Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, in South Asian Archaeology (R. Allchin and
B. Allchin Eds.), Vol.. 2: 925-937, Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.
1997 Krishnan, K Scientific Analysis of Pottery and Their Cultural Implications, in Ancient
Ceramics: Historical Enquiries and Scientific Approaches (P.C. Pant and V. Jayaswal Eds.): 177196, Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi.
1994 Herman, C.F. and K. Krishnan Micaceous Red Ware: a Gujarat Proto-Historic Cultural
Complex or just Ceramics?, in South Asian Archaeology 1993 (A. Parpola and P. Koskikallio
Eds.), Vol. I: 225-243, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki.
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1994 Krishnan, K and Veena Rao A Study of Clay Paste Preparation Through Textural
Analysis, South Asian Studies, 10: 113-117.
1992 Krishnan, K An Analysis of Decorative Pigments and Slips on Harappan Pottery from
Gujarat, South Asian Studies, 8: 125-132.
1990 Hegde, K.T.M., V.H. Sonawane, K.K. Bhan, Ajithprasad and K. Krishnan. Excavations at
Nagwada, 1987-88: A Preliminary Report. In Adaptations and Other Essays ( N.C. Ghosh and
Subrata Chakrabarty, Eds.): 191-195, Vishwabharati, Santiniketan.
1988 Hegde, K.T.M., V.H. Sonawane, D.R. Shah, K.K. Bhan, Ajithprasad, K. Krishnan and S.
Prathapachandran. Excavation at Nagwada: A Preliminary Report. Man and Environment, XII:
55-65.
1988 Krishnan, K and K.T.M. Hegde Chemical and Petrographic Studies in Pottery of
Harappa Culture in Gujarat, Journal of the M.S. University of Baroda (Humanities), 1986-87,
XXXV-XXXVI (1): 27-56.
1986 Karanth, R.V., K. Krishnan and K.T.M. Hegde. Petrography of Ancient Indian Lime
Plaster. Journal of Archaeological Science, 13: 543-551.
Book Review
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2004 Krishnan, K. Indian Archaeology in Retrospect (4 volumes) (S. Settar and Ravi
Korisettar Eds.) Indian Council of Historical Research and Manohar 2002. Man and
Environment XXIX(2): 123-125.
Other Articles
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2003 Krishnan, K. Contributions of Professor K.T.M. Hegde to Indian Archaeology: An
Appreciation, Pathik (Special Issue on Field Archaeologists and Historians of Gujarat). Bharati
Shelat and S. Brahmbhatt (Eds.). Vol. 10, 11 & 12, July-August-September: 14-19.
Publications in Press
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Krishnan, K. (in press) Microstructural Analyses of Harappan Ceramics from Gujarat, India. In
J.M. Kenoyer (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on ‘Archaeology and Cultural
Heritage in Pakistan and Adjacent Regions’, held in Islamabad, 2012 . Wisconsin University:
Madison.
Rajesh, S. V. And K. Krishnan. 2012. Roots of Sorath Harappans: A Study Based on the
Reanalysis of Ceramics from Padri and Its Surroundings in Gujarat, Western India. 2012.
Proceedings of the SOSAA Inter-Congress1 on Art and Archaeology of Madhya Pradesh and
Adjoining Regions: New Perspectives and Future Directions conducted at Bhopal from 12-15
March, 2012 (in Press).
Vrushab Mahesh, Abhijit Dandekar, Mahesh Jambulingam and K. Krishnan (2013) The Herostone Tradition and its Chronology in Hassan District, Karnataka. In Dr. S.P. Gupta
Commemoration Volume (K.N. Dikshit Ed.)
Krishnan, K. (2013) A note on Quantification in Indian Archaeology: Need (?) and Caution (!).
In (Pranab K. Chathopadhyay Ed.)
Seminars/ Conferences Participated/ Attended
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2016 Presented a paper (Jointly with K. Krishnan and Rohitha Eswer) entitled, Perceiving the
Veeragal Tradition in Hassan District, Karnataka, in the International Conference on
Archaeology of Burials, Organized by the Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala,
held at Thiruvananthapuram during 11-13th January, 2016.
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2015 Presented a paper (jointly with Parth R. Chauhan) entitled Recent prehistoric Surveys in
Sehore and Hoshangabad Districts of Madhya Pradesh (2014-15) in the annual conference of
IAS, ISPQS and IHCS in Hyderabad, 17th to 20th December 2015.
2014 Presented a paper (jointly with Sneh Patel) entitled Microstructural Analysis of ‘Glazed’
Reserved Slip Ware from Kutch, Gujarat in the Annual Conference on South Asia, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 17th to 18th October 2014.
2014 Presented a paper (jointly with P.R. Chauhan, R. Patnaik and D.A. Sant) entitled
Prehistoric Investigations in the Central Narmada Basin in the Pre Conference Session of the
Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 16th October 2014.
2014 Presented a paper jointly with (P. Sukumaran, D.A. Sant, G. Rangarajan and N.
Basavaiah) entitled Fluvial Responses during Little Ice Age; Evidences from South-west Indian
Monsoon Rivers in the XIX INQUA Congress 'Quaternary Perspectives on Climate Change,
Natural Hazards and Civilization', in Nagoya, Japan, 27th July – 2nd August, 2015.
2014 Presented a poster (jointly with S.V. Rajesh, Bhanu Prakash Sharma and Prabhin
Sukumaran) entitled Archaeological Explorations Around Lothal in Ahmedabad District,
Gujarat, Western India in the National Seminar on Indian Heritage Perspectives and Prospects
jointly organized by the Government of Gujarat and The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar from 10th to 11th January 2014.
2013 Presented a paper (jointly with S.V. Rajesh, P. Ajithprasad and Marco Madella) entitled
Pre-Prabhas Assemblage from Gujarat, Western India in the International Conference entitled
Harappan and Regional Chalcolithic Cultures of Greater Indus Region: An International
Conference on Indus Civilization organized by the Department of Archaeology, University of
Kerala at Kazhakuttom, Thiruvananthapuram from 25th to 27th November 2013.
2013 Presented a paper (jointly with Vrushab Mahesh) entitled, “Deducing beliefs on post
death phenomena: integrating and interpreting the intangibles. In the Seventh World
Archaeological Congress, the Dead Sea, Jordan, January 13-18, 2013.
2013 Presented a paper (jointly with Vrushab Mahesh) entitled, “Virakal Tradition:
Indoctrination of Ideals”. In the Seventh World Archaeological Congress, the Dead Sea,
Jordan, January 13-18, 2013.
2013 Organized and chaired a special session entitled, “Archaeology of Death and the Dead”
(Session 4.2C and 4.3C) at the Seventh World Archaeological Congress, the Dead Sea,
Jordan, January 13-18, 2013.
2012 Presented a paper (jointly with S.V. Rajesh and P. Ajitprasad) entitled, “Evaluating the
Anarta Tradition in the light of material culture from Loteshwar and other sites in Gujarat,
Western India” in the joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society
for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Indian History and Culture Society and National
Seminar on “Archaeology and Cultural Diversity, the maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,
Vadodara, November 22-24, 2012.
2012 Organizing Secretary, Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian
Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Indian History and Culture Society and
National Seminar on “Archaeology and Cultural Diversity, the maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda, Vadodara, November 22-24, 2012.
2012 Presented a paper (jointly with Parth R. Chauhan) entitled, The archaeology of agropastoralism in the Indian Subcontinent: Status, Problems and Future Directions. In the
International seminar on Agro-pastoralism organized by the Archaeological Survey of India
from September 8-10, 2012.
2012 Presented a paper (jointly with S.V. Rajesh, Andrea L. Balbo and Shakir Ullah) entitled
“Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Chalcolithic Sites in Gujarat, Western India” in the
International Conference on Rediscovering the Silk Route jointly organized by the Department
of Archaeology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan and Higher Education Department
Islamabad at Garden Campus, Hazara University Mansehra, from 5th-7th September, 2012.
2012 Presented a paper (Jointly with S.V. Rajesh and Andrea L. Balbo) entitled “Chronological
Synopsis of Chalcolithic Gujarat: Indications from Chronometric and Relative Dates of
Excavated Sites”, in the ICHR Sponsored International Seminar on Harappan Sites in Western
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India (Gujarat) organized by the Department of Archaeology, Deccan College Deemed
University, Pune at Pune from 22nd – 24th March, 2012.
2012 Presented a paper entitled, “Scientific Analysis of Ancient Indian Ceramics”, Indo-UK
Royal Society Seminar, Exeter, UK, March 7-9.
2012 Presented a paper in the International Conference on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
of Pakistan and Adjoining Regions, Islamabad, Pakistan, January 5-8.
2011 Presented a paper in the International Seminar on the Portuguese and the Dutch in
Maritime Malabar with Special Reference to Cochin, December 8-12.
2011 Presented a paper (Jointly with S.V. Rajesh) entitled, “New Insights on Padri Ware: A
Regional Chalcolithic Ceramic Type from Padri in Saurashtra, Gujarat”, in the Joint Annual Conference of
IAS, ISPQS and IHCS organized by Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram and Archaeological Survey of India, Thrissur Circle, Thrissur at
Thiruvananthapuram from 11th -13th November 2011.
2011 Presented a paper (Jointly with Oishi Roy and R.K. Mohanty) entitled, “Glorification of
Death as represented through Megalithism: with special reference to the Early Iron Age Culture
of Vidarbha, Maharashtra”, in the Joint Annual Conference of IAS, ISPQS and IHCS organized by
Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and Archaeological
Survey of India, Thrissur Circle, Thrissur at Thiruvananthapuram from 11th -13th November 2011.
2011 presented a paper (Jointly with Smitha S. Kumar) entitled “Maldives Islands: Antiquity of
Trade and Polity” at the First biennial Conference of International Association for Asian
Heritage(IAAH), at Colombo Sri Lanka on 7 and 8 April, 2011.
2011Participated in the first International Conference of International Association of Asian
Heritage at Colombo, Sri Lanka as its Vice President, April 6-8, 2011and also delivered
presidential speech.
2010 Presented a paper (Jointly with S.V. Rajesh) entitled, “Micaceous Red Ware: A Regional
Chalcolithic Ceramic Tradition in Gujarat (?), Western India”, in the National Conference on Recent
Advances in Indian Archaeology, organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,
Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda under the UGC-DRS-SAP-II Programme at
Vadodara from 3-4 December 2010.
2010 Presented a paper in the 3rd International Seminar of Society of South Asian
Archaeologists, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, August 20-21, 2010
2010 Organzied (Coordinator) an International Seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat at
Baroda, January 15-17, 2010
2009 Presented a paper in the Seminar on Indian Archaeology: Recent Advances and New
Trends organised during the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and
Quaternary Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society,
Allahabad, December 14-17, 2009
2009 Presented a paper in the National Seminar on materials technology in Ancient India,
organised by the Indian Institute of Metals, Pune Chapter, Pune March 20-21, 2009
2008 Presented a paper in the Thirteenth Annual Seminar on the theme, “Use of Quantitative
Methods in Indian Archaeology”, organised by Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training
in Eastern India (CASTEI), Kolkata, November 5-7, 2008
2007 Presented a paper in the International Conference on Ancient Technology, organized by
the HIST forum at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Banarus Hindu
University, Varanasi, January 23-26, 2007
2005 Presented a paper in the annual conference of the European Association of South Asian
Archaeologists at the British Museum, London, July 4-8, 2005
2001 Organized the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary
Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society, November 22-24,
2001, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Also introduced the theme
“Ancient Technology” in the seminar and acted as Co-ordinator of the theme session.
2001 Presented paper in the 2nd International Workshop of Asian Lake Drilling Programme
(ALDP) on “Monsoon and Civilization”, January 15-19, 2001, Pune, India.
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1999 Attendeded the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary
Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society, Deccan College,
Pune
1998 Presented paper in the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and
Quaternary Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society,
November 14-16, 1998, University of Allahabad, Allahabad.
1998 Attended International Geological Correlation Programme on “Desert Margins and
Palaeomonsoons of the northern Hemisphere Old World: 1,35,000 years to the present,
November 17-20, 1998, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.
1998 Presented paper in the National seminar on “River Valley Cultures”, conducted by the
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, September 21-24, 1998, Bhopal.
1997Attended the national symposium on “Drainage Evolution of Northwestern India with
Particular Reference to the Lost Saraswati”, sponsored by the Geological Society of India,
December 6-8, 1997, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.
1996 Presented paper in the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and
Quaternary Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society,
November 1996, Institute of Archaeology, New Delhi.
1995 Presented paper in the Thirteenth International Conference of the European Association
of South Asian Archaeologists, July 1995, Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge, U.K.
1991 Attended International Seminar on Archaeological Stones, November 1991, British
Museum, London, U.K.
1990 Presented paper in the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric And
Quaternary Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society,
November 1990, Kanyakumari.
1984 Presented paper in the annual conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and
Quaternary Studies, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society,
November, 1984, Gauwahati (Assam).
1983 Presented paper in the International Conference on “Recent Advances in Indian
Archaeology”, conducted by the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Indian
Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society, December, 1983, Pune.
Workshops
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2016 Participated as a resource person in the workshop at Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharashtra
Nagpur University, Nagpur on Radimetric Systems of Age Determination and Their Role in
Archaeology, January 5 to 7, 2016
2015 Participated as a resource person in the international workshop at the maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda on Commodity, Resource or Heirloom? Investigating the Social,
Economic and Ethical Values of Cultural Heritage. Organized by the Department of
Archaeology and Ancient History, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and
Department of Archaeology, Durham University. Funded by the British Council under the
Knowledge Economy Partnership, September 30, 2015. (Also acted as one of the Coordinators)
2015 Participated as resource person in the workshop at Durham University, UK on “IAS
Workshop: Revisiting Durham’s World Heritage”, sponsored by the British Council and
UNESCO, March 12, 2015.
2015 Participated as resource person in the workshop at University of Leicester, UK on
“Migration Stories: South Asian Histories and Cultures in Leicester”, sponsored by the British
Council, March 4 and 5, 2015.
2015 Participated as resource person in the workshop at Kathmandu, Nepal on “Results of
First Season’s Activities and Social and Economic Impact of World Heritage Site”, January 6,
2015.
2014 Participated as a resource person in the workshop held at the Institute of Archaeology,
Delhi on “Ceramic Technology” November 24 and 25, 2014.
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2014 Participated as a Resource Person in the Workshop held at Oman on Shared Cultural
Heritage: Oman, India and Pakistan, April 9-10, 2014.
2013 Participated as a Resource Person in the informal meeting by invitation on the proposed
Centre for Archaeological Sciences at IIT, Ganfhinagar, Gujarat , April 20, 2013.
2013 Participated in discussion meeting organized by TIFR (by invitation) on using carbon
tuned AMS (CAMS), Mumbai University, April 9-10, 2013
2012 Participated as a Resource Person in the workshop on Ceramic Analysis, Archaeological
Survey of India, Government of India, New Delhi, August 25.
2012 Participated as a Resource person in the Workshop on Indian Archaeology, Epigraphy
and Ancient History, IIT, Gandhinagar, August 23-24.
2011 Participated as a Resource Person in the Mini Workshop "Future of the Past",
Mangalore, November 22-26, 2011, by International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)
and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
2011Participated as a Resource Person in the National Field Workshop on Intangible Heritage
of Kerala, June 22-27, 2011, at Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, Kalady. Organised by
National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, Sree sankara Sanskrit University, Kalady,
Department of Forest, Government of Kerala, Kerala Kalamandalam, Cheruthuruthy,
Moozhikkulam Sala, Moozhikkulam
2010 Participated as Resource Person in the International Workshop on “Out of Africa” held at
Oxford on October 29-30, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2010 Participated as a Resource Person in the National Workshop on Archaeological Science,
July 17-18, 2010, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi and presented an overall view of
ceramic studies in India through a lecture, titled, “Generating a Petrological Perception on
Indian Ceramics”
2006Participated as a Resource Person in the field workshop on Geoarchaeology and Human
Response to Landscape Evolution, October 13 to 15, 2006, Anna University, Chennai.
2006 Participated as Resource Person in “the third workshop of the Upper Malwatu Oya
Exploration Project – 2006” and led a discussion on ‘Decoding Ceramic and Cultural
Diversities’, August 4, 2006, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
2005 Participated as Resource Person in “the second workshop of the Upper Malwatu Oya
Exploration Project – 2005” and led a discussion on ‘Conventional Archaeological Dating of
the Ceramics from Anuradhapura and its adjacent areas’, August 8, 2005, University of
Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
2003 Participated as Resource Person in a workshop on “Harappan Culture in Gujarat”,
December 11-12, 2004, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
1994 Participated as Resource Person in a workshop on “Ancient Ceramics: Historical
Enquiries and Scientific Approaches”, November 18-19, 1994, Banarus Hindu University,
Varanasi.
1993 Participated as Resource Person in a workshop on “Harappans in Gujarat”, July, 1993,
Deccan College, Pune.
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