Fieldwork and Projects

Archaeology

Independent

2023

Neolithic investigations in Sikkim

2022-23

Carried out systematic study of bead finds from Vadnagar, Gujarat

2020 & 2022

Carried out systematic study of bead and glass finds from Kottappuram, Kerala

2019-20

Carried out systematic study of stone and glass beads finds at Kottappuram, Kerala.

2018-19

A partner in the team of Raw material sourcing for glass making in ancient India, in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

2014-15

Excavated the Sorath Harappan and Medieval site of Bhagatrav (Baga Talav), Bharuch, Gujarat.

2003-06 & 2008-09

Excavated the early historic site of Kopia, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh for five seasons.

2007-08

Trial trench at Indo-Pacific Glass Bead Producing Village of Papanaidupet, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.

2001

Trial trenches at a Late Early Historic Glass manufacturing site of Karakambadi, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.

1999-01

A partner of North India Early Historic Bead Study team.

Participation

1997

Excavation at Hampi, Karnataka. Field Director: Prof. K. Morrison

1993-94

Survey of Hampi, Karnataka. Field Directors: Profs. J. Fritz and C. Sinapoli

1992-94

Excavation at Padri. Field Director: Prof. V.S. Shinde

1992-93

Excavation at Budhial, Karnataka. Field Director: Prof. K. Paddayya

ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY & ETHNOGRAPHY (Independent)

2023
Ethnicity of the Gorkhas and Terrace Cultivation in Sikkim
2022
Sustainable Heritage among the Nagas in Nagaland and Manipur
2019-22
Glass works at Kapadvanj, Gujarat
2002, 2005, 2016, 2018-20
Carried out Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork on the Traditional Furnace Winding Bead and Bangle Making Cottage Industries at Purdilnagar, Akrabad, Hasayan and Jalesar, Uttar Pradesh.
2016
Participated in ‘Early Gun Powder, Guns and Gunnery’ initial field investigations at Jalesar, Uttar Pradesh & Jaipur, Rajasthan. Middelaldercentret & the Friends of the Vasa.
1998-99, 2004, 2006, 2009-11, 2016
Study of Ornaments and other age-old practices among Nagas in Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Myanmar.
2007
Carried out ethnographic fieldwork amongst the shell workers of Shankari Bazar, Dhaka to understand the trading of the products to the Nagas.
1999, 2001, 2004 & 2006
Carried out Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork amongst the Traditional Drawing 2004 & 2006 Glass Bead Producers of Papanaidupet, Andhra Pradesh to understand the techniques involved and mapping the village.
1996 & 2005
Study of Ornament among the Bondos, Orissa [Odisha].
2002, 2004 & 2005
Carried out Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the traditional Glass and Lamp Winding Bead Making Industries in and around Varanasi and Firozabad, UP.
2004
Carried out ethnographic fieldwork amongst the shell workers of Bishnupur, Kolkata to understand trading of the products to hinterland.
1994
Study of beads among Juangs, Orissa [Odisha].
1992
Ethnohistory of village Puttabagada, Ganjam, Orissa [Odisha].

MUSEUM STUDY (Independent)

2012-14
Documented objects from Naga inhabitant area in Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin and Munich, Germany
2012
Documented objects and archival study from Naga inhabitant area in Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Naga Heritage, Frankfurt, Germany
2011
Documented objects from Naga inhabitant area in the Museum of Cultures, Basle, Switzerland
Documented objects from Naga inhabitant area in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands
Documented objects from Naga inhabitant area in the Ethnological Museum, Vienna, Austria
2005
Research on Indian Glass with reference to Kopia in Coning Museum of Glass, USA.
Documented Naga antiquities in Horniman Museum, UK.
2004
Documented Minerals at Gargoti Museum, Nasik, India
2003
Documented Naga ornaments in Department of Anthropology Museum, Cambridge University, UK.
Documented Naga ornaments in Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, UK.

Analytical

2022-23
LA-ICP-MS and Isotopic Analyses of Ancient Indian Glass finds of various sites at Field Museum, Chicago, USA
2019-23
Elemental Composition, Imaging, Petrography and Phase Identification Analyses of ancient Indian Irons and Pottery, IIT Gandhinagar.
2010
SEM, Elemental Composition and Isotopic Analyses of Kopia Glass and Stone at Field Museum and University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA