DR. PRABHAKAR UPADHYAY
Dr.
Prabhakar Upadhyay (B.A., M.A. and Ph. D. from Banaras Hindu
University) is a Lecturer in the Department of AIHC and Archaeology,
Banaras Hindu University. Earlier he worked as an Assistant Curator in
the Archaeological Museum of the Department. His field of
specialization is History of Indian Science and Technology and Ancient
Indian Culture and Archaeology. After submitting his Ph.D.
dissertation on An Ethno-archaeological Study of Mining and Mineral
Resources of Cultures of Ganga Plains (700/600 BC � 100 BC/AD),
for which he was awarded JRF/SRF by UGC, he worked as Senior Research
Fellow in DST sponsored project Studies in Ancient Mining and
Metallurgy in Sonbhadra-Sidhi Region. Dr. Upadhyay has explored
several ancient mining zones including Singhbhum copper belt and
Baragunda copper mines in Jharkhand, copper and lead mining areas of
Bhagalpur in Bihar, Sonbhadra-Sidhi-Sarguja iron belt of Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
He participated in several
archaeological excavations and explorations conducted by the
Department. He delivered two special lectures on Ancient Mining
Techniques and Iron Smelting Techniques at Nehru Science Centre,
Mumbai and helped it in setting Ancient Technological Gallery for the
museum. He has written a book entitled Minerals and Mining in
Ancient India (2007) and contributed more than 20 research papers
to various reputed publications in the field of archaeology and
ancient technology. He has attended more than two dozens National and
International Seminars including BUMA VIth held in Beijing
in September 2006 as a delegate of Indian National Academy of
Engineering.
Besides attending a good number of seminars and conferences he has
worked as Treasurer of the International Seminar on History of
Indian Science and Technology (sponsored by Infinity Foundation,
USA) held at Banaras Hindu University in January 2007 and was the
Convener of Smriti 2008 held at Banaras Hindu University.
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