


Speakers

University of California, Merced, U.S.A.
Prof. Mark S. Aldenderfer
Prof. Mark Aldenderfer is the MacArthur Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Merced where he was previously the Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts.

University Of Cambridge, U.K.
Dr. Guy Jacobs
Dr. Guy Jacobs is an Assistant Professor in Human Evolutionary Genetics and Bioinformatics, at the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
Dr. Sheela Athreya
Dr. Sheela Athreya is a Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. She works in the field of human evolution. Presently she is exploring the morphological variations in hominin skulls during the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Europe and Asia to study the evolution of man.

College of Humanities, Seoul National University, South Korea
Dr. Jennifer Bates
Dr. Jennifer Bates is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University, South Korea. She specializes in the field of archaeobotanical (macro and micro) remains to explore the broader social, cultural and environmental contexts with a focus on South Asian prehistory.

University Of Cambridge, U.K.
Dr. Florin Mircea Iliescu
Dr. Florin Mircea Iliescu is a Researcher at the Division of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge. He is interested in the history and variation of human populations and works in the interdisciplinary space defined by the boundaries between genetics, evolution and anthropology.

University Of Chicago, U.S.A.
Dr. Maanasa Raghavan
Dr. Maanasa Raghavan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA. Her research expertise involves multiple disciplines of sciences, including Population Genetics/ Genomics, and Archaeology.

IBMBB, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Ruwandi Ranasinghe
Dr. Ruwandi Ranasinghe is a Scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Colombo. Her research expertise lies in Population Genetics, Ancient DNA, Biochemistry, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology and Bioinformatics.

Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Dr. Zuzana Hofmanová
Dr. Zuzana Hofmanova is the Group Leader of the Genetic History Group at the Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Her research expertise lies in Bioinformatic Tools, Population Genetics, Ancient DNA, Biostatistics, Phylogenetic Analysis and Human Evolution.

Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Dr. Vandana Prasad
Dr. Vandana Prasad is serving Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow as Director. Her field of research includes evolutionary biology (early history of grasses), high resolution biostratigraphy, biotic turnover, paleoenvironment and relative sea level change during Late Cretaceous-early Palaeogene

Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Dr. Niraj Rai
Dr. Niraj Rai is a Senior Scientist and Group Head at aDNA Lab, BSIP Lucknow and has built a world-class aDNA facility that is the first of its kind in South Asia and specialises in tropical samples containing degraded DNA.

Center For DNA Fingerprinting And Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India
Prof. Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Prof. Kumarasamy Thangaraj is Principle Scientist at CSIR CCMB and Director at CDFD, Hyderabad. His major research expertise lies in the field of human origin, health and disease and in understanding the complex origin and affinities of Indian populations, using the genomics variations of contemporary populations and ancient biological remains.

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Prof. Gyaneshwer Chaubey
Prof. Gyneshwar Chaubey is a Professor in the Department of Zoology at Banaras Hindu University. He is also a renowned scientist in the field of Biological Anthropology, Medical Genetics, Forensics and COVID-19.

Karnataka University, Dharwad, India
Prof. Ravi Korisettar
Prof. Ravi Korisettar is UGC Emeritus Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology at Karnataka University. His research expertise lies in Lithic Technology, Archaeology, Sedimentology, Paleontology, Radiocarbon Dating, Environmental Archaeology, and Prehistoric Archaeology.

Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Dr. Anupam Sharma
Dr. Anupam Sharma is Scientist G at BSIP, Lucknow. His research expertise includes an in-depth understanding of the earth's surface processes particularly weathering, erosion, and provenance characterization, Quaternary palaeoclimate and tectonics using geochemistry, clay mineralogy, and isotope systematics .

Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Dr. Anil Pokharia
Dr. Anil Pokharia is Scientist ‘F’ at BSIP, Lucknow. His research expertise includes Palaeoethnobotany (Archaeobotany): Human-Plant Relationships in Pre- and Protohistoric times, Reconstruction of the agricultural model, Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironment in and around the archaeological settlements, Antiquity of Rice.

JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, India
Prof. J.S. Kharakwal
Prof. Jeewan Singh Kharakwal is a Professor and HOD of the Department of Archaeology at JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur. He has been in this profession for the last twenty-five years. His research expertise lies in the field of Archaeology, Geochemistry, Geomorphology and Geology.

Deccan College Post-Graduate And Research Institute, Pune, India
Prof. Pramod Joglekar
Prof. Pramod Joglekar is a Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences at IIT Gandhinagar and a Former Professor at Deccan College, Pune. His research expertise lies in the History of Science and Technology.

Archaeological Survey of India (Retd.)
Dr. S.B. Ota
Dr. S.B. Ota is retired as Joint Director General from the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi in 2017. He has also served as Director-in-Charge of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal.

Central University of Jammu, Jammu, India
Dr. Swarkar Sharma
Dr. Swarkar Sharma is an Assistant Professor working at Jammu University. Dr. Swarkar Sharma is a Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and a Postdoctoral fellow from Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Archaeological Survey Of India, New Delhi, India
Dr. Sonam Spalzin
Dr. Sonam Spalzin is a reputed ASI Archaeologist based in Ladakh, India. She is an expert in Archaeological studies right from the pre-historic to the historic period, Dr. Spalzin, who works with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has been part of more than a dozen excavations.

Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research, Mohali India
Dr. Parth R. Chauhan
Dr. Parth R. Chauhan is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IISER Mohali. His research expertise lies in analysing stone tools, vertebrate fossils and rock art of South Asia.

Indian Institute Of Technology, Gandhinagar, India
Alexa Young
Dr. VN Prabhakar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Gandhinagar. His research expertise lies in the Archaeology of protohistorical India, Harappan archaeology and Scientific techniques applied to archaeology.

Archaeological Survey Of India, New Delhi, India
Dr. Abhijeet Ambekar
Dr. Abhijit Ambekar is Dy. Superintending Archaeologist at Archaeological Survey of India. He has been working for the past three years to uncover a number of heritage sites associated with Buddhism in Gujarat and western India.

Indian Institute Of Technology, Roorkee, India
Dr. Pradeep Srivastava
Dr. Pradeep Srivastava is an Associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. His research expertise lies in Quaternary Geology, Sedimentology, Luminescence Dating, Neotectonics and Paleoclimate.

Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Garhwal, India
Dr. Nagendra Rawat
Dr. Nagendra Rawat is an Assistant in the Department of History and Archaeology HNB Garhwal (Central) University. He did M.A. in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology from Garhwal University, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Archaeology.

University of Hyderabad, India
Prof. K.P. Rao
Prof. K.P. Rao is a Professor in the Department of History, University of Hyderabad. He specialises in the field of Ancient Indian History and Archaeology. He teaches Ancient History, Field Archaeology, Pre and Proto historic culture-related papers.

Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
Mr. Biswajit Roy
Mr. Biswajit Roy is a Scientist at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. His expertise includes Human-Computer Interaction, Data Mining, Mathematical & Statistical Modelling, and Applied Computing involving Natural Science, Engineering & Medicine.

Mangalore University, India
Dr. Mohammed. S. Mustak
Dr. Mohammed. S. Mustak is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology, Mangalore University, India. He completed his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Central Food Technological Research Institute and then went for his post-doctoral research at the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Tottori University, JAPAN in 2011.

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Prof. Arup Ratan Bandhopadhyay
Prof. Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay is a Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology, at the University of Calcutta. He was the President of the Anthropological and Behavioral Sciences section of the Indian Science Congress in its centenary year.

Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
Dr. Pankaj Goyal
Dr. Pankaj Goyal is a Scientific Assistant, at the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Deccan College. He has worked on the faunal remains from the Harappan site of Kanmer for his doctoral degree and has studied material.

Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India
Dr. Sharada Channarayapatna
Dr. Sharada Channarayapatna is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Her research interest includes archaeozoology and taphonomy, bioarchaeology.

Archaeological Survey of India, India
Dr. R.S. Fonia
Dr. Fonia was born and brought up in the lap of the Himalayas with mornings in Chamoli, Garhwal, India. His natal brush with nature inspired him to do his doctorate in socio-economic and cultural studies of the Himalayas. Dr. Fonia is well known for his research work in the Himalayas.

Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
Prof. Vijay Sathe
Prof. Vijay Sathe is a Vertebrate Palaeontologist and Former Professor at Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune. His research interests lie in Palaeontology, Palaeobiochemistry and the prehistoric archaeology of animals.

Archaeological Survey of India, India
Dr. BR Mani
Dr. BR Mani has been a renowned field archaeologist, numismatist and art critic, and has also served as Additional Director General in the ASI, India Since then he has been involved in the conservation of monuments in Maharashtra, Goa, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Prof. K. Krishnan
Prof. K. Krishnan is a Professor of Archaeology at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and currently works as Guest Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara (Mar 2017 to Feb 2021).

Central University of Orissa, Koraput, India
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Nayak
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Nayak is an Assistant Professor and HOD in the Department of Anthropology at the Central University of Orissa, India. His research expertise lies in the field of Molecular Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Developmental Anthropology, Nutritional Anthropology, Bio-cultural Study, and Tribal Studies.

University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Dr. Ajmal Shah
Dr. Ajmal Shah is currently working as Sr. Assistant Professor of Archaeology at Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. He has completed his doctoral Studies on Kashmir Archaeology at Deccan College, Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India.

Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Dr. M. Firoze Quamar
Dr. Firoz Quamar is a Scientist ‘D’ at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India. His research expertise includes studies on the vegetation dynamics and climate change from the central Indian core monsoon zone (CMZ) during the late Quaternary/Holocene Epoch, based on pollen records.

Amity University, Noida, India
Dr. Amit Kaushik
Dr. Amit Kaushik is an Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology. Dr Kaushik is presently working on Correlative neuro-imaging, genetical and psychological studies in drug or substance abuse(NMR Research Centre, INMAS, DRDO and Haryana Police Academy).

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Dr. Vikas Kumar Singh
Dr. Vikas Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of AIHC & Archaeology, BHU, Varanasi. His research expertise lies in Cultural Studies, Arts and Humanities, Historical Analysis, Ancient History and Cultural Heritage.

Cotton University, Guwahati, India
Dr. Manjil Hazarika
Dr. Manjil Hazarika is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Cotton University. His research expertise lies in the areas of Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeology of Northeast India, Ethnoarchaeology, Paleontology, and Geoarchaeology.

Shoolini University, Solan, India
Dr. Ekta Singh
Dr. Ekta Singh is working as an Assistant Professor at Chitrakoot School of Liberal Arts and Ancient Indian Wisdom, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. She completed her MA from I.P College for Women, Delhi University.

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Ms. Disha Ahluwalia
Ms. Disha Ahluwalia is an Archaeologist currently pursuing a PhD at MSU Baroda. She did Bachelor in B.A. History Honours from Delhi University. She has worked as a field archaeologist for a decade including at sites like Binjor, Sinauli and Rakhigarhi.

University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Dr. Mumtaz A Yatoo
Dr. Mumtaz A Yatoo is currently working as Assistant Professor of Archaeology at Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. He has completed his doctoral Studies on Characterising material culture to determine settlement patterns in north west Kashmir at University of Leicester, U.K.

Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India
Dr. Rayees Ahmad Shah
Dr. Rayees Ahmad Shah is Dr. DS Kothari Fellow at Mantaqi Centre for Science and Society in Islamic University of Science and Technology. He has completed his doctoral Studies in Geology from Anna University and post doctoral research from Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.

Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, India
Dr. Umesh Kumar
Dr. Umesh Kumar is currently working as Senior Ecologist at Anthropological Survey of India in Kolkata. Dr Umesh joined the Anthropological Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre as Human Ecologist and has successfully completed 12 different national projects under the Anthropological Survey of India.

Birbal Sahni Institute Of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Dr. Binita Phartiyal
Dr. Dr. Binita Phartiyal is working as Scientist-F at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. Her research interest inclues Quaternary palaeoclimate and neotectonics; Mars Analogue Research; Astrogeology; monsoon variations; multi-proxy studies; Environmental studies; Geoheritage.