The Schedule
Day 3
09.06.2023
Friday
* Schedule may change as per confirmation of other speakers/guests.
9:00 - 10:00
Registration
Session-6
New Frontiers in South Asian Archaeology (Part 2)
Moderator- Ms Disha Ahluwalia
09:00 - 09:15
Prof. D.P. Tewari
The Painted Grey ware culture of northern India: a new in sight of its chronology
09:15 - 09:30
Dr. Vikas Kumar Singh
Archaeological Geography of the Karmanasa Valley with special reference to its Ancient Routes connecting Kashi with Pataliputra
09:30 - 09:45
Dr. Ravindra N. Singh
09:45 - 10:00
Prof. K.P. Rao
Recent Advances in Mapping and Documentation of Archaeological Sites
10:00 - 10:15
Panel Discussion
Session-7
Biological Anthropological Insights on South Asia
Moderator- Dr. Maanasa Raghavan
10:15 - 10:30
Dr. Sheela Athreya
Decolonizing Paleoanthropology: Uncovering Historically-Mediated Biases in Models of Homo sapiens evolution in South Asia
10:30- 10:45
Prof. Jayanta Kumar Nayak
The population history of Bondo Highlanders (PVTG) of Odisha: A reconstruction based on genetics and social history
10:45- 11:00
Dr. Umesh Kumar
Adaptation of the Jarawa to Island Ecosystem
11:00 - 11:15
Prof. Arup Ratan Bandhopadhyay
Reconstructing the Human Population Histories of India: Some Anthropological Observations
11:15 - 11:30
Dr. Amita Gupta
Industrial Activity and Population Dependency: Exploring Copper and Iron Smelting Remains in the Garhwal Himalayas
11:30 - 11:45
Panel Discussion
11:45 - 12:15
High Tea
Session-8
Paleo-environmental Proxies and Climate Change in Deep Past
Moderator- Dr. R.S. Fonia
12:15 - 12:30
Dr. Vandana Prasad
Mid-late Holocene monsoonal variations from mainland Gujarat as
a means to evaluate climate culture relationship
12:30 - 12:45
Dr. Anjali Trivedi
Climate Change and Human History in the Central Ganga (CGP) Plain During the Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition the lens of environmental archaeology
12:45 - 13:00
Dr. M. Firoze Quamar
Vegetation Response to the Hydro-Climatic Changes during the Holocene from the Western Himalaya, India: An overview
13:00 - 13:15
Dr. Gaurav Srivastava
Floristic diversity and climate during the Last Glacial Maximum: evidence from the Himalaya
13:15 - 13:30
Dr. Mahi Bansal
A peek into the human past through the investigation of the domestication history
13:30 - 13:45
Panel Discussion
13:45 - 14:45
Lunch
Session-9
Application of Geology in Archaeology
Moderator- Dr. Sonam Spalzin
14:45 - 15:00
Prof. Ravi Korisettar
Exploring the potential of Western Ghats of Karnataka for Palaeolithic Settlement
15:00 - 15:15
Dr. Anupam Sharma
When geochemistry dates archaeology
15:15 - 15:30
Dr. Pradeep Srivastava
Application of Molecular Proxies in Lake Sequences: Understanding Human Niche
15:30 - 15:45
Prof. K. Krishnan
New Insights into the Archaeology of Ceramics Through Petrographic Approaches
15:45 - 16:00
Dr. Parth R. Chauhan
Current issues in Indian paleoanthropology and the potential role of the northern zone
16:00 - 16:15
Panel Discussion
16:15 - 16:35
Pablo Bartholomew
Colorful Thread of DNA
16:35 - 17:00
High Tea
18:00 - 18:30
Valedictory and Closing Ceremony
Speakers- Dr. Vandana Prasad, Shri Srijan Pal Singh, Dr. B.R. Mani & Dr. Praveen Kumar Mishra
19:00 - 20:00