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Humanities

Dean: Prof Sharada Srinivasan

The School of Humanities is engaged in research in the broad areas of philosophy, psychology, literature, fine arts, and culture. Research in the School currently focuses on philosophical foundations of sciences; cognitive sciences; scientific and philosophical studies of consciousness; Indian psychology and philosophy; history and philosophy of biology; archaeometalurgy and analysis of ancient metals; and translations of literary classics in Kannada into English.

Aditi Kathpalia	B. V. Sreekantan	Ekta Gupta
H. R. Meera	Hema Thakur	Krupa Rajangam
Kuili Suganya	M.B.Rajani	Malavika Kapur
Nalini N S	Naresh Keerthi	Nithin Nagaraj
S. Ranganathan	S. Settar	Samiksha Bajpai
Sangeetha Menon	Shankar R	Sharada Srinivasan
Shatarupa Bhata...	Siddharth S	Sisir Roy
Smriti Haricharan	Srikumar M. Menon	Sumithra Sunder
Varun S Bhatta	Venkatesh K.N.	Vijayashree C S

Current Programmes

Past Programme

B., R.M. & Das, S., 2018. Archaeological Remains at Nalanda: A Spatial Comparison of Nineteenth Century Observations and the Protected World Heritage Site. In Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections: Decoding Cultural Heritage. Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections: Decoding Cultural Heritage. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Available at: https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2305.
Chippali, M. & Sarukkai, S., 2018. Conceptual Priority of Translation over Language. In A Multilingual Nation: Translation and Language Dynamic in India. A Multilingual Nation: Translation and Language Dynamic in India. New Delhi: OUP, pp. 309-324. Available at: https://india.oup.com/product/a-multilingual-nation-9780199478774.
Majumdar, S. & Roy, S., 2018. Relevance of Quantum Mechanics in Bacterial Communication . NeuroQuantology, 16(3). Available at: https://www.neuroquantology.com/index.php/journal/article/view/1057/929.
J Reddy, S.Kiran & Roy, S., 2018. Commentary: Patanjali and neuroscientific research on meditation (General Commentary Article). Frontiers in Psychology, 9. Available at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00248/full.
Settar, S., 2017. Halagannada Bhashe, Bhasha, Vikas, Bhashabandhavya (Ancient Kannada Language, its Evolution, its Relations with other Languages), Bengaluru: Abhinava Publications.
Rao, D.S.Achuta & S ed, S., 2017. Administrative and Social History of Mysore under Wodeyars 1600-1800 CE, Manipal: Manipal University Press. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1249.
Mallik, A. et al., 2017. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage, Springer. Available at: https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811057373.
Sreekantan, B.V., 2017. Philosophy of science, Bengaluru: Gandhi Centre of Science and Human Values.
Mallik, A. et al., 2017. Indian Digital Heritage: The Next Steps. In Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Singapore: Springer, pp. 393-403. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-981-10-5738-0?page=2#toc.
Chandru, V. et al., 2017. Digitally Archiving the Heritage of Hampi . In Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Springer. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-981-10-5738-0?page=2#toc.
Srinivasan, S. et al., 2017. Vijayanagara Era Narasimha Bronzes and Sculpture: Digital Iconometry. In Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Singapore: Springer. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-981-10-5738-0.
P, A., Natampally, V. & Ranganathan, S., 2017. IDH Snippets. In Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Singapore: Springer. Available at: https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811057373.
Rajangam, K., 2017. Linking People and Heritage: Lessons from Community Engagement Initiatives in India. In Heritage, Conservation and Communities: Engagement, Participation and Capacity Building. Heritiage, Culture and Identity. Heritage, Conservation and Communities: Engagement, Participation and Capacity Building. Heritiage, Culture and Identity. New York: Routledge, pp. 213-225. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Heritage-Conservation-and-Communities-Engagement-participation-and-capacity/Chitty/p/book/9781472468000.
Chandru, V. et al., 2017. Digitally Archiving the Heritage of Hampi. In Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Singapore: Springer, pp. 373-389. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-981-10-5738-0?page=2#toc.
Chaudhury, S. et al., 2017. Introduction. In Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Singapore: Springer, pp. 3-10. Available at: https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811057373.

Apply for Student Research Workshop: "Exploring Research on the past through archaeological methods and theory" at NIAS

24 Jul 2018 to 25 Jul 2018
Submit abstract for a conference on "Relevance of Archaeology for 21st Century India" organised by NIAS.

24 Jul 2018 to 25 Jul 2018

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