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Dr. PRERANA SRIMAAL

Speciliazation: Archaeology and Ancient History
Qualifications: MA, PhD
Campus: BANGALORE BANNERGHATTA ROAD CAMPUS

Dr. Prerana Srimaal earned her doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has participated in various research projects across India and South Asia. Her work focuses on wars, genocides, displacement, and migration using material culture studies. Her research also covers urban historical narratives, gender studies, and memory politics. She critically examines how history is reconstructed in urban spaces. Dr. Srimaal leads three major projects with the ASI, ICSSR, and Indo-Korea Science and Technology Centre. These projects focus on documenting 1000 heritage sites in Bangalore. She has collaborated on a Ford Foundation project at the American University in Cairo. Her work contributes to preserving heritage and fostering sustainable futures. Currently, she is writing a two-volume book with Routledge on political dynamics, technology, and social innovation. Dr. Srimaal serves as the head of the Liberal Arts program at CHRIST University's Bannerghatta Road Campus.

Educational Details

  • PhD 2017

    PhD

    Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • PG 2010

    MA (Hons)

    Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • Degree 2008

    BA (Hons)

    Jadavpur University

  • Periodicity | Daily

    In Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute, the Region?s Peace May Be the Larger Casualty

    Name of Periodical |

  • Periodicity | Daily

    'They're Family': Why is Mizoram at Odds With Centre Over Myanmar Refugees?

    Name of Periodical | The Quint

  • 2020

    Date Of Publication: 01-Jul-2020

    Name of Journal: Atna - Journal of Tourism Studies

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 15/2/ -

  • 2018

    Date Of Publication: 18-May-2018

    Name of Journal: South Asian Cultural Studies (SACS) Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: Special Issue//34 - 42

  • 2023

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Woman's Body as a Site of Honour: Narratives of Violence within Khap Panchayats in India

    Date: 2023-10-24

    Organising Institution: (ICHRHS-23)

    Level: International

  • 2022

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: The Interdisciplinarity of Sustainability Research - Case study from a Liberal Arts Educational Program

    Date: 2022-11-28

    Organising Institution: IARI (Pattaya)

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Impact of Conflict and Trauma Narratives on Identity: The Nagas after the Second World War

    Date: 2022-11-16

    Organising Institution: Congress on Gender Studies

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Khap Panchayats in India ? Sites of Honour, Violence and Citizenship

    Date: 2022-11-16

    Organising Institution: Congress on Gender Studies

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2022-11-16

    Organising Institution: Congress on Gender Studies

    Level: International

  • 2021

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Interdisciplinary Construction of Historical Narratives

    Date: 2021-09-24

    Organising Institution: Christ University and University of Toledo

    Level: International

  • 2019

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Rites, Rituals, and Ceremonies: Exploring Narrativizing Paradigms and Continuities in the North Guwahati Region

    Date: 2019-03-30

    Organising Institution: ICHR and Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan

    Level: National

  • 2018

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Values, Tourism, and the Package: The Conservation of Early Buddhist Heritage-Sites of Central India

    Date: 2018-06-05

    Organising Institution: Destination Heritage, Indian Waters Works Association and the Institution of Public Health Engineers.

    Level: National

  • 2017

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Heritage Tourism: ?Packaging? History and Places in the Central Indian Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuit

    Date: 2017-08-26

    Organising Institution: SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo

    Level: International

  • 2024

    Name of the Program: Research Consortium - Workshop

    Date: 2024-03-27 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Azim Premji University

  • 2023

    Name of the Program: The 2-day workshop for the Faculty at the CHSS

    Date: 2023-12-11 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: The American University of Armenia

    Name of the Program: The 2-day workshop for the Faculty at Department of Archaeology

    Date: 2023-12-07 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: The University of Georgia

    Name of the Program: Invited Talk - by the Department of Archaeology

    Date: 2023-12-06 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: The University of Georgia

    Name of the Program: FDP on Tranforming Madras Christian College into a Transdisciplinary Knowledge Hub

    Date: 2023-03-21 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Madras Christian College (Autonomous)

  • 2021

    Name of the Program: The Contested Place of Memory: Wars, Memorial and Historical Narratives

    Date: 2021-08-16 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Destination Heritage

    Name of the Program: Perspectives on Gender, Religion and Craftsmen

    Date: 2021-06-18 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions:

  • 2017

    Name of the Program: Negotiating Ethnographies: Preindustrial societies of India

    Date: 2017-07-17 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • 2023

    Name of Student: KD HEINGAUYILE

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: July 2023

    Name of Student: NAMITHA R HOLLA

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: March 2023

  • 2022

    Name of Student: MOAMENLA LONGKUMER

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: December 2022

  • External

    Documentation of Built Heritage (NMMA)

    Investigator(s) :

    Sponsors: National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Cultural and Service Learning Program

    Name of the Organiser: Liberal Arts, Christ University and College of Liberal Studies, Seoul National University

    Level: International

    Role: Organiser & Presenter

    Date: 2024-01-30 00:00:00

  • 2023

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: HOD/Coordinators Training program

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-07-07 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Capacity Building and Personality Development Program

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Psychology

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2023-07-01 00:00:00

  • 2017

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Project/Financial Grant for Conference

    Description: This funding was for a paper-presentation titled ?Heritage Tourism: ?Packaging? History and Places in the Central Indian Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuit? to be presented at the International Seminar on ?Buddhist Cultural Trails: Journey Through Time and Space, of merchants, monks and pilgrims?. The Research Seminar is to be organised by the SAARC Cultural Centre, as part of their ongoing Research Project on Buddhist Cultural Trails at BMICH, Colombo from 26th to 27th August 2017.

    Organisation: India-Sri Lanka Foundation, New Delhi

    Month/Year: 12 December 2017

  • 2016

    Type of Book:
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    Title: Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent Discoveries in South Asia

    Title of Book/Chapter/Article: Values, Valorization, and the Package: The Conservation of Early Buddhist Heritage Sites of Central India

    ISBN: 978-9350981269

    Month/Year: January 2016