Dr B S Harishankar

Dr.B.S.Hari Shankar did his PhD from Pune University in 1999 and completed ?two Post doctoral? studies? under two research? fellowship programmes. The first Post doctoral? was awarded? in 2002 ?under ?ICHR and completed at? ??Kerala University. In 2015, he was awarded the Kali Charan Puri Fellowship? for social Sciences in Archaeology ?for his second Post doctoral research. He was Assistant Director (1999-2002) ?of Indraprastha Museum of Art and Archaeology in New Delhi. Dr. Harishankar ?was research associate at Venetian Academy of Indian Studies, Italy . He also ? worked in the ICHR National Project of Atlas of Indus ?Sarasvati Civilization under major archaeologists from India and Pakistan He has participated in archaeological excavations under Kerala State Government and Archaeological Survey of India. He has?ten ?works in archaeology and history?to his credit including one in Malayalam.?Works include?Art and Archaeology of India (2003), ?An introduction to Archaeology and Heritage Management?(2013), ?Imprints of the Past-an archaeological outline of Northeast India(2015)?Pattanam: Constructs, Contexts and Interventions(2017).?The Battle for India (2017),?Charithrathile Mahabharatham Reethisastravum Nilapaadukalum? (2018? -Malayalam) ,?Keezhadi?Racial Stratagem and Divisive Identities?( 2019).?Cultural Terrorism :Conflicts and Debates on Cultural Pasts,?Beyond Rampage : West Asian Contacts with Malabar and Khilafat?, and?The Other as Hostile.??Dr.Harishankar ?was also assistant editor of Puratattva , journal of Indian Archaeology during 1993-95.. He ?has also published? research papers in various journals including in the ?British Archaeological Reports at Oxford.?