RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY, CUTTACK Title Acharya First Name Subrata Last Name Kumar Photograph Designation Professor Department History Address (Campus) Department of History, New Academic Block II, RU. Address (Residence) Plot 1729/3570, Jagmohan Nagar, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar-30. Ph. (Campus) Mobile 9861004006 Fax Email [email protected] Web-Page Education Subject Institution Year Details B.A. (Hons.) Khallikote College, Berhampur, Berhampur 1981 First class Univerity M.A. Sambalpur University 1983 First class first M.Phil. Sambalpur University 1985 A grade Ph.D. Sambalpur University 1991 Awarded Career Profile Organisation/Institution Designation Duration Role Berhampur University Lecturer 1984-1987 Teaching S.K.C.G. College, Parlakhemundi Lecturer 1987-1989 Teaching G.M. College, Sambalpur Lecturer 1989-1996 Teaching Dhenkanal College, Dhenkanal Lecturer 1998-2003 Teaching Bargarh College, Bargarh Reader 2003-2008 Teaching Ravenshaw University, Cuttack Associate 2010-2020 Teaching Professor/Professor Research Interests / Specialization Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology/Epigraphy Teaching Experience (Subjects /Course Taught) Research Guidance Research Experience: 35 years Teaching Experience: 35 years (Subject/ Specialization) Socio-Economic history of Ancient India Epigraphy and Numismatics Art history and Iconography Honors / Awards and Administrative Assignments 1. Awards: Nil 2. Honour: HFASASI (Mysore) 3. Research Fellowships: FIIAS (Simla) 1996-98, SFMoC (New Delhi) 2008-2010. 4. International Fellowships Awarded: 5. Visiting Lecturer Title: 6. Awards to my students/co-investigators where I am an author: Publications Profile: Research Papers (Numbers only) 1 Number of Publications: Five books and seventy papers During 2015 -2020: Research papers: 10 Reviews: 00 Book chapters: 01 Books/ Monographs: 01 Publications (List best 10 papers) 1. “Finding of Human skeletal remains from the excavation at Talagarh in Odisha, India”, (co-author), Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: Newsletter, James Cook University, Australia, Issue 11, August 2015, 7-16. 2. “Buddhist and Saiva Acaryas (Preceptors) in Newly Discovered Inscriptions of Early Medieval Odisha, India”, (co- author), Pratna Samiksha, A Journal of Archaeology, New Series, vol. 7, Kolkata, 2016, 23-36. ISSN: 2229-7979. 3. “The Progress and Future of Epigraphical Studies in Odisha”, The Odisha Historical Research Journal, vol. LV, Nos. 1- 2, Bhubaneswar, 2016, 15-52. ISSN: 0474-7269. 4. “State, Taxation and Fiscal Oppression in Early Medieval Odisha”, Indian Historical Review, vol. 43 (2), ICHR, Delhi, 2016, 207-33. ISSN: 0376-9836. 5. “Bhavanisankar Temple Inscriptions”, South Asian Studies, vol. 32 (2), London, 2016, 180-84. ISSN: 0266-6030. 6. “Waltair Plates of Vajrahasta (II), Ganga Year 500”, Studies in Indian Epigraphy, vol. XLI, Mysore, 2016, 104-117. ISSN: 0970-4760. 7. “Preliminary Report on the Excavation (2014-15) at Deltihuda, Odisha”, Man and Environment, vol. XLII, No. 1, Deccan College, Pune, January-June 2017, 90-99. ISSN: 0258-0446. 8. “Narasimhapatana Trilingual Inscription”, Indian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 2, No. 4, October 2017-January 2018, 532-38. ISSN: 2455-2798. 9. “Kings, Brahmanas and Collective Land Grants in Early Medieval Odisha”, Indian Historical Review, vol. 45.1, ICHR, Delhi, June 2018, 24-57. ISSN: 0376-9836. 10. “The ‘Gift after Gift’ in the Inscriptions of Early Medieval Odisha”, Itihas Darpan, vol. XIII (1), 2018, 52-55. ISSN: 0974-3065. Articles / Year / Page Reviews published in journals and edited books: 1. Studies on Odishan Epigraphy, Delhi, 2015, Pratibha Prakashan. ISBN: 978-81-7702-367-1. Books / Monographs 1. Raja Basudeva Sudhaladeva, Makers of Indian Literature Series, New Delhi, 2017, Sahitya Akademi. ISBN: 978-93-86771- 36-0. Conference / Seminar Attended 2 Indian History Congress, Jadavpur Session Orissa History Congress, KIIT, Bhubaneswar Session 16th World Sanskrit Congress, Bangkok, Thailand Epigraphical Society of India, Dharwar Conference Presentations Delivered Sri Kailasanathan Endowment Lecture for Ancient Sciences and Archaeological Society of India, on 26 February 2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. On many occasions honoured as Sectional President of different academic sections of the Odisha History Congress and the Epigraphical Society of India. Professional Societies Memberships Life Memberships: Indian History Congress; Orissa History congress; Epigraphical Society of India; Place Names Society of India; Ancient Sciences and Archaeology Society of India Projects ( Major Grants / Collaborations) Completed Two projects funded by UGC and One project by MoC, Govt. of India Projects in hand One (supported by WB) Projects submitted two Other Details - Academic / Research Excavated the archaeological site Deltihuda, Athagarh, Cuttack district from 2015-18 funded by ASI and Govt. of Odisha. S.K. Acharya (Name / Signature of the Faculty Member) 3.