Faculty Details
Dr. Tosabanta Padhan
Dr. Tosabanta Padhan
Designation
Teaching Fellow
Areas of Interest/Specialisation
Field Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Rock art, Historical Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Digital Archaeology and Heritage Management.
Year of Joining at NU
July 2021
Total Years of Teaching Experience:
9 Years
Name and details of Ph.D. Degree awarded Institution
Deccan College Post Graduate & Research Institute, Pune.
Awards/Honours
H.D. Sankalia Young Archaeologist Award by Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS), Lucknow on 30th December 2010.- International Master’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship “Quaternary and Prehistory” for ‘2008-2010’ to study in Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy, supported by the European Education Commission.
- Junior Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, for the Ph.D. Research, 2010-2012.
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2017-2019) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali and Israel Science Foundation.
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2021), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Best Peer-reviewed Publications (Best 05)
- Padhan, T. 2024. New evidence of Neolithic industries from the West Garo Hills, Northeastern India, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, SP515-2020-203
- Padhan, T and Alok Kumar Kanungo. 2023. Burial Archaeology: Harappan Graves in India and Need of a Policy Document, Archaeology, and Anthropology Open Access, 4 (4), 00061.
- Padhan, T, G. Khansili and V. Sontake. 2017. Microlithic Assemblage of Chorkhambara River in Maharashtra, with Special Reference to Malli Excavation Season 2012‐2013, in Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology.Vol.no-5:528-540. ISSN: 23475463. Peer Reviewed & UGC-Care Journal.
- Padhan. T. 2012. Understanding Lanjia Saora Tribal Art Traditions and Rock Art of Central India an Ethnoarchaeological Perspective in Man and Environment, XXXVII (1) pp. 70-87. ISSN 0258-0446. Peer Reviewed & UGC-Care Journal
- Padhan, T. 2014. Stone Age Archaeology of Jonk River Basin, in Western Odisha and Eastern Chhattisgarh, in Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, 2:405-420- ISSN-2347-5463. Peer Reviewed & UGC-Care Journal