Alok Kumar Kanungo
Department : Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interests
● Who owns the past
● Understanding history and origin of the nagas
● History and origin of glass
Professional Summary
Associate Research Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Mar 2024 to present)
Assistant Research Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Sep 2014 – Feb 2024)
Humboldt Experienced Researcher, Humboldt University (2012 – 2014)
Fulbright Professional Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010)
Excavation Director (Kopia), Indian Archaeological Society (2004 – 2011)
Research Associate, with Prof. V.N. Misra, Former Director, Deccan College (1994 – 2000)
Self Employed, Kanungo’s (1999 – 2001)
Project Leader-cum-Programmer, Picadilly Comp (India) Pvt. Ltd. (1998 – 1999)
Researcher-cum-Programmer, Riverside Films (1997 – 1998)
Publications
1. 2021 Ancient Glass of South Asia – Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections (A.K. Kanungo and L. Dussubieux Eds.). Singapore: Springer Nature. ISBN 9789811636554 / 9789811636561 (eBook). Doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-3656-1
2. 2017 (Ed.) Stone Beads of South and Southeast Asia: Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections. Gandhinagar / New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar / Aryan Books International. ISBN 9788173055850 & 9788173055874
3. 2016 German Anthropologists on the Naga Hills: An Annotated Bibliography on German Literature on the Nagas. Kohima: Department of Art & Culture. ISBN 9789380500263
4. 2016 Mapping Indo-Pacific Beads vis-à-vis Papanaidupet. New Delhi / Madrid: Aryan Books International / International Commission on Glass. ISBN 9788173055478
5. 2013 Glass in Ancient India: Excavations at Kopia. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Council for Historical Research. ISBN 8185499462
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