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

Gala Dinner