Research Lead- Sharada Channarayapatna
Assistant Professor, Archeological Sciences Centre, Dept. of Earth Sciences & Humanities and Social Sciences
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Quaternary and Prehistory
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Duration: 2015-2018
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Research Focus: Archaeozoological and taphonomical analyses of faunal remains from the Lower Palaeolithic site of Isernia La Pineta, Italy
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Supervisors: Dr. Ursula Thun Hohenstein, Dr. Claire Gaillard, and Dr. Anne Marie Moigne
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Scholarship: Erasmus Mundus International Doctorate Scholarship
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Institutions: Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy & Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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PhD in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
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Duration: 2007-2014
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Research Focus: Study of Animal Utilisation Strategies from Early to Late Harappan in Haryana
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Supervisor: Dr. Pramod Joglekar
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Scholarship: Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Historical Research
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Institution: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
MSc in Quaternary and Prehistory
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Duration: 2011-2013
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Program: Erasmus Mundus International Master’s programme
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Institutions: Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy & Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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MSc in Sustainable Development
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Duration: 2008-2010
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Institution: Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal, India
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MA in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
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Duration: 2004-2006
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Institution: Deccan College, Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
BA in History, Economics & Sociology
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Duration: 2001-2004
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Subjects: History, Economics, and Sociology
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Institution: JSS Women's College, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
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2019 - Present
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Designation: Assistant Professor (Archaeology)
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Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India​
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On the editorial board of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
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Institute's Communication team in-charge (R&D till 2023)
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BEFORE JOINING IIT GANDHINAGAR
2015: Project Research Assistant
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Project: Bone Retouchers from three Prehistoric sites of Italy (Riparo Tagliente, Grotta della Ghiacciaia - Verona, and Grotta Reali – Isernia)
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Department: Department of Biology and Evolution
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Institution: University of Ferrara, Italy
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2006 (May-July): Project Assistant
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Project: Lithic analysis of Lower Palaeolithic stone tools from Hunsgi-Baichbal Valley, Karnataka, India
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Supervisor: Dr. K. Paddayya
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Institution: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2019-2020: Excellence in Research
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Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
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Amount: ₹ 1,80,000
2015-2018: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
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Purpose: International Doctorate in Quaternary and Prehistory
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Amount: € 114,300
2011-2013: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
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Purpose: International Masters in Quaternary and Prehistory
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Amount: € 32,000
2011-2012: Small Study Grant
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Organization: Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, New Delhi
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Amount: ₹ 20,000
2008-2010: Junior Research Fellowship
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Organization: Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi
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Amount: ₹ 210,000
2007-2008: Small Study Grant
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Organization: Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, New Delhi
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Amount: ₹ 15,000
2006: Prof. H. D. Sankalia Gold Medal
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Recognition: First Rank in MA in Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Archaeology
INVITED TALKS
2020:
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Invited to speak for the ‘Debating Heritage’ webinar series conducted by National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS, Bengaluru). Title of the talk - ‘Osseous heritage: a case study of episodic human animal interaction at the Prehistoric cave site of Lazaret (Nice, France) as discerned through the taphonomic lens’.
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Invited to speak in the Quest forum- an online webinar series. Title of the talk - ‘Learnings from my experiences with experimental vertebrate taphonomy’.
2021:
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Invitation to speak at TwoRains Conference for the Indus Bioarchaeology session conducted by the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Presented a talk titled ‘Indus Archaeozoology: Biases Challenges and Possibilities’.
2022:
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Invitation to speak at the International Symposium on Virtual Autopsy and 3D Forensics, National Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar. Presented a talk titled ‘Human and Non-Human Bone ID and Taphonomy’.
2023:
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Invitation to speak at the one-day state-level conference cum CME on decomposition, organized by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal. Presented a talk titled ‘The Journey of a Bone from an Organism's Death to its Recovery and Analysis through Case Studies in Taphonomy’.
