Kamran Asdar Ali, Director
WCH 4.132, Mailcode G9300, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-3550
Brown Bag Lecture
Tue, November 6, 2007 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM • Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118)
EDUCATION
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY : B.A.(HONS) and MA IN SANSKRIT
HONOURS
MEMBER and HON SECY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA
MEMBER, HIGH POWER COMMITTEE FOR TAMIL DEVELOPMENT and RESEARCH, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
HON FELLOW, EPIGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
PRESIDENT, CHAMARAJAPURAM CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, MYSORE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, MYSORE, CHENAI ANNANAGAR WEST G BLOCK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 1984-90, CHENNAI ANNNAGAR WEST G BLOCK EXNORA 1999.
EMPLOYMENT
CURATOR FOR ART and ARCHAEOLOGY, MADRAS GOVT.MUSEUM;
OFFICER, EPIGRAPHY BRANCH, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVY OF INDIA AND LATER CHIEF EPIGRAPHIST (RETIRED);
LECTURER, INDIAN ART and CULTURE, LUCKNOW UNVIERSITY, 1956;
VISITING PROFESOR, INDIAN ART and CULTURE, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, IOWA, USA 1967-68.
PUBLICATIONS
1. BRONZES OF SOUTH INDIA; 2. BUDDHISM IN SOUTH INDIA; 3. BUDDHIST ANTIQUITIES IN THE MADRAS MUSEUM; 4. TIRUVANNAMALAI INSCRIPTIONS; 5. INSCRIPTIONS AT DARASURAM; 6. MAGNIFICIENT MURAL PAINTINGS OF TAMILNADU; 7. INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN THE YEAR 1909 ETC. 8. THE INDIAN TEMPLE, ART and ARCHITECTURE
EDITOR OF :- 1. EPIGRAPHIA INDIA; 2. SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTION SERIES; 3. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA.
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY : B.A.(HONS) and MA IN SANSKRIT
HONOURS
MEMBER and HON SECY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA
MEMBER, HIGH POWER COMMITTEE FOR TAMIL DEVELOPMENT and RESEARCH, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
HON FELLOW, EPIGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
PRESIDENT, CHAMARAJAPURAM CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, MYSORE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, MYSORE, CHENAI ANNANAGAR WEST G BLOCK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 1984-90, CHENNAI ANNNAGAR WEST G BLOCK EXNORA 1999.
EMPLOYMENT
CURATOR FOR ART and ARCHAEOLOGY, MADRAS GOVT.MUSEUM;
OFFICER, EPIGRAPHY BRANCH, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVY OF INDIA AND LATER CHIEF EPIGRAPHIST (RETIRED);
LECTURER, INDIAN ART and CULTURE, LUCKNOW UNVIERSITY, 1956;
VISITING PROFESOR, INDIAN ART and CULTURE, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, IOWA, USA 1967-68.
PUBLICATIONS
1. BRONZES OF SOUTH INDIA; 2. BUDDHISM IN SOUTH INDIA; 3. BUDDHIST ANTIQUITIES IN THE MADRAS MUSEUM; 4. TIRUVANNAMALAI INSCRIPTIONS; 5. INSCRIPTIONS AT DARASURAM; 6. MAGNIFICIENT MURAL PAINTINGS OF TAMILNADU; 7. INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN THE YEAR 1909 ETC. 8. THE INDIAN TEMPLE, ART and ARCHITECTURE
EDITOR OF :- 1. EPIGRAPHIA INDIA; 2. SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTION SERIES; 3. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA.
Sponsored by: South Asia Institute
