Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, India

Research, education and legal issues in India's cultural heritage

Collaborating Scientists

Director: Dr.Shanti Pappu

Co-Director:Dr. Kumar Akhilesh

Sitting (l-r): A.Sreedhar, R.Sukumar, A.Krishnamurthy, S.Pappu, S.Ravindranath, R.Shankar

Standing (l-r): S.Prasad, S.Balakrishnan, Y.Gunnell, Uday Raj, Kumar Akhilesh, C.Rajshekhar.

Bottom:Inset:: Maurice Taieb

Excavations would not have been possible without our team of dedicated villagers from Manamedu, Krishnavaram and Pundi.

Archaeology

Shanti Pappu & Kumar Akhilesh, Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, India

Focus on overall direction and coordination of research program. Specific studies on lithic typology and technology, ethnoarchaeology and site formation studies. Organisation of training of research fellows. Special focus on lithic knapping: Dr.Kumar Akhilesh

Geomorphology & Paleoenvironment Palaeoenvironments: Yanni Gunnell; Department of Geography, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, CNRS-UMR 5600, France.

Prof. Maurice Taieb, CEREGE Aix-en-Provence, France.

Clay Minerology:

Prof. S.Balakrishnan and Dr.Arun Sreedhar, Dept.of Earth Sciences, University of Pondicherry, Puducheery

Satellite Remote Sensing & GIS: Dr. Sudha Ravindranath, Dr. Uday Raj, Regional Remote Sensing Centre-South, ISRO

Palaeontology: Prof.J-P.Brugal, CEREGE Aix-en-Provence, France

Micropaleontology: Prof.C. Rajshekhar, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune

Animal Action at archaeological sites and Paleoecology: R.Sukumar, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Geochronology

OSL Dating: Prof.A.Singhvi, Professor, Planetary and Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory , Ahmedabad, D.P.Shinde (PRL), Gauri Ganbavale (Sharma Centre for Heritage Education).

Palaeomagnetic Dating: François Demory, Nicolas Thouveny; CEREGE Aix-en-Provence, France.

Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating: Régis Braucher^,CEREGE Aix-en-Provence, France.

ESR Dating: Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Anne Skinner, Andrés Montoyab, Joel I.B. Blickstein, Department of Chemistry, Williams College, USA, and RFK Science Research Institute, NY, USA; Joyce Lundberg, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Canada,

Rock Magnetics:

Professor R.Shankar, Anish K. Warrier, K. Sandeep, B.G. Harshavardhana

Department of Marine Geology, Mangalore University,

C. N. Prabhu, Marine Geology Department, National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Portugal

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