Research
Research Positions
Postdoctoral Fellow (IFRE): 1 December, 2023 onwards
Centre for Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research, Ashoka University, Sonipat, INDIA [https://www.ashoka.edu.in/profile/akash-srinvas/]
Postdoctoral Fellow (RDO): 1 December, 2022 to 30 November, 2023
Centre for Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research, Ashoka University, Sonipat, INDIA [https://www.ashoka.edu.in/profile/akash-srinvas/]
Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator (IFA-SL Bhatia History of Medicine Museum Creative Project): 1 April, 2022 to 30 September, 2023
IFA Archives and Museums Programme Foundation Project (No. 2021-P-0-052) [https://indiaifa.org/grants-projects/akash-srinivas.html]
Research Fellow (MHRD-IISERM): 1 January, 2022 to 30 June, 2022
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, INDIA
Senior Research Fellow (UGC-NET/SRF): 28 December, 2018 to 27 December, 2021
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, INDIA
Junior Research Fellow (UGC-NET/JRF): 28 December, 2016 to 27 December, 2018
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, INDIA
Fieldwork
Excavations and explorations undertaken at various sites and regions of India, Italy, Spain and Germany including key sites such as Atapuerca, Spain (16-30 June, 2016) and Isernia La Pineta, Italy (13-31 July, 2015).
Although my focus is on prehistoric archaeology (especially Palaeolithic archaeology), I have also worked at sites of a younger chronology (Chalcolithic and Megalithic period).
Research Projects
2022-23: IFA-SL Bhatia History of Medicine Museum Creative Project (1 April, 2022 to 30 September, 2023)
IFA Archives and Museums Programme Foundation Project (No. 2021-P-0-052) [https://indiaifa.org/grants-projects/akash-srinivas.html]
A science communication and public science project employing the various collections, archives and resources available at the S.L. Bhatia History of Medicine Museum, Library and Archives towards the development of a podcast series, a well-curated website with associated artworks and web blogs to engage digital audiences, and public engagement and outreach activities and associated gallery activities to engage visitors at the musuem.
Grants Received
IPPA 2022 Workshop and Congress Attendance Support (funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Government of Thailand) to participate in the IPPA workshop and 22nd Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Chiang Mai, Thailand (6 November, 2022 to 12 November, 2022)
WAC-9 Registration and Participation Grant (awarded by the World Archaeological Congress Organising Committee) to participate in the 9th World Archaeological Congress, Prague, Czechia (3 July, 2022 to 8 July, 2022)
IFA-S.L. Bhatia History of Medicine Museum, Library & Archives Creative Projects Grant (awarded by the India Foundation of the Arts) for the period between 1 April, 2022 and 30 September, 2023
Andrew Sherratt Fund 2019 (awarded by the Department of Archaeology, The University of Sheffield)
INQUA 2019 Congress Attendance Support (INQUA Congress Committee) to attend the 20th INQUA 2019 Congress, Dublin, Ireland (25 July, 2019 to 31 July, 2019)
ICHR Foreign Travel Grant to attend the 24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Barcelona, Spain (5 September, 2018 to 8 September, 2018)
IPPA 2018 Students’ Travel Grant (funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation) to attend the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Hue, Vietnam (23 September, 2018 to 28 September, 2018)
NTICVA 2014-2015 Small Study and Research Grant (Indian Rupee) (awarded by the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Other Research Work
2022: Doctoral Dissertation titled ‘Beyond the Biface: Investigating Technological Variability in the Mode 2 Technology of the South Asian Palaeolithic through the Holistic analysis of select lithic assemblages’, under the guidance of Dr. Parth R. Chauhan, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, India (May, 2022). [http://hdl.handle.net/10603/452956] [http://www.library.iisermohali.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15159] [http://210.212.36.82:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4124]
2016: Masters' Dissertation titled ‘Technological Variability and the Western European Lower Palaeolithic: A technological analysis of the lithic artefacts of layer 3s6-9 of Isernia La Pineta, Molise, Southern Italy’, under the guidance of Professor Marta Arzarello, Professor of Prehistory, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, and co-guidance of Professor Carlo Peretto, Head of the Department, Department of Archaeology, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (September, 2016).
2014: Masters' Dissertation titled 'Palaeolithic Landscapes around Kibbanahalli, Southern Karnataka', under the guidance of Professor Shanti Pappu, Professor of Prehistory, Deccan College PGRI, Pune, Maharashtra, and co-guidance of Dr. S.K. Aruni, Director, Southern Regional Circle, Indian Council for Historical Research, Bangalore, Karnataka (May, 2014).