Qualifications: Master of Arts (Surrey Institute of Art and Design: University College, UK)

Areas of interest: Remote Sensing Applications to Archaeology, Art-History, History of Cartography, Karnatic Musicology.

Accomplishments: Post-Graduate Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, UK (Jan-06)

Current Activities: Research in the field of archaeology using space imagery.

Courses Taken:
Foundation Course (Feb-Apr 05),

Philosophy of Science (Feb-May 05),

Training on Usage of Remote Sensing data for Archaeology at the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad (July-Aug) and

Training at Space application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad on a study of distribution of Harappan sites in northwest India using Remote Sensing.

Publications and conference papers:

Articles published in peer-reviewed journal:
1. Rajani, M.B. (2007). Bangalore from Above: An Archaeological Review. Current Science 93(10): 1352-53
2. Narasimha, R, Menon, Sangeetha, Bhattacharya, Papiya and Rajani, M. B. (2005). Six months after the tsunami, Current Science, 89 (9): 1459-1461
3. Rajani, M.B., Patra S.K., and Verma, Mamta 'Space observation for generating 3D perspective views and its implication to the study of the archaeological site of Badami in India' Journal of Cultural Heritage, Elsevier 10S (2009) pp20–26
4. Rajani M.B., and Patra, S.K., 'Application of satellite image processing techniques for Talakadu, a unique archaeological landscape in India', submitted to PHOTO-INTERPRETATION, ESKA, Paris, France, 2009-4, Vol 45, pp168-175
5. An article by invitation on remote sensing application to archaeology (in press) for Kannada Encyclopaedia in the volume on History and Archaeology, University of Mysore

Guest Editing of a volume:
1. Kasturirangan, K. and Rajani, M. B. (eds.) (2007). Indian Space Programme: A Multidimensional Perspective. Special Section: Indian Space Programme. Current Science 93(12)

International Conferences papers:
1. Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., and Verma, Mamta, '3D perspective views and their applications to Archaeology: A case study on the site of Badami' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
2. Rajani, M.B., and Rajawat, A.S., 'Lost courses of River Sarasvati and spatial distribution of Harappan settlements – Observations based on multisensor satellite data' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
3. Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., 2008. 'The applicability of image processing techniques for archaeological exploration using space imagery: Talakadu - a case study' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
4. Rajani, M.B., Rajawat, A.S., Krishna Murthy, M.S., Kamini, J., and Srinivas Rao, 'Archaeological exploration in the Talakadu region along the bank of the Cauveri river, Karnataka, Southern India using multi-sensor satellite data and Geographic Information System (GIS)' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
5. Sudha Ravindranath, P G Diwakar, Uday Raj and M B Rajani ‘Space based inputs for Site management - Hampi World Heritage Site and other site analysis’ in International Conference on the Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Hampi National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISC Campus, Bangalore from January 16 to 18, 2009 ((oral)
6. N.S.Nalini and M.B.Rajani, ‘The importance of precision in georeferencing demonstrated in the case study of archaeological GIS of Chitradurga, Karnataka’ in III INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Remote Sensing in Archaeology 17th - 21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Proceedings (in press).
7. M.B.Rajani and S.Settar, ‘Application of multispectral remote sensing imagery in detection of ancient forts in South India’ in III INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Remote Sensing in Archaeology 17th - 21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Proceedings (in press).
8. Rajani M.B., ‘Space based remote sensing applications for archaeology’ in Xingrui, M., Baohua, Y., and Ming, L. (Eds.) Proceeding of International Conference on Space Information Technology, Beijing, China in November 26-27, 2009, pp624-630.

Conferences attended (National):
1) Rajani, M.B., Bhattacharya, Satadru and Rajawat, A.S., ‘Synergistic Application of Optical and Radar Data for Archaeological Exploration in the Talakadu Region, Karnataka’, presented in Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) Symposium on “Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and Applications with Special Emphasis on Microwave Remote Sensing” 18-20 Dec 2008, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. (oral)
2) Rajani, M.B., and Patra, S.K., ‘3D analysis using DEM generated using CARTOSAT1 stereo data for archaeological exploration in Talakadu’ presented in Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) Symposium on “Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and Applications with Special Emphasis on Microwave Remote Sensing” 18-20 Dec 2008, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. (Poster)
3) Rajani M.B., Sea-level changes and its impact on coastal archaeological monuments: Mahabalipuram, a case study, in The Annual Convention of the Society and Geomatics 2009: National conference on "Geomatics and Impact of Climate Change with specific reference to Mountain Ecosystem" at Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun during 4th-6th February 2009. (oral)