Bio-Data

Name: Charusmita Surendra Gadekar

Father’s Name: Dr. Surendra Nandkishore Gadekar

Mother’s Name: Dr. Sanghamitra Desai Gadekar

Birth Date: July, 23 1983.

Address: Sampoorna Kranti Vidyalaya, Vedchhi. 394641

Gujarat, India.

Nationality: Indian

Languages Known: Gujarati, Hindi & English

Educational Qualifications:

Honours:

  • Shri H.B. Majmudar Goldmedal in Master of Arts, 2006.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Scholar for 2012-2013.
  • Best Paper Award for Session 3, Regional Science Congress on ‘Science for Shaping the Future of India’, jointly organized by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat and Indian Science Congress Association (Baroda Chapter) India, 2012.

Excavation/ExplorationExperiences:

  • Excavation at Bagasra, a Mature Harappan site with the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, January/February, 2005. Part of field archaeology training given to master’s students.
  • Excavation at Pithad, a Late Harappan site with the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, January/February, 2006. Part of field archaeology training given to master’s students.
  • Excavation at Dwaraka, a Historical site with the Underwater Archaeology branch, Archaeological Survey of India, February, 2007. Volunteer. In-charge of pottery yard, duties included excavated pottery documentation and classification.
  • Excavation at Loteshwar, a Mesolithic-Chalcolithic site, under the North Gujarat Archaeological Project, a collaborative initiative between the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Institució Milà i Fontanals, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain. October/Novermber,2009. In-charge of antiquities, classification and documentation.
  • Excavation at Shikarpur, a Mature Harappan site with the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, February, 2010. Field supervisor.
  • Excavation at Datrana, an early Harappan site, under the North Gujarat Archaeological Project, November/December, 2010. In-charge of antiquities, classification and documentation.
  • Explorations of Jamnagar and Rajkot districts. January-May, 2011. Part of collaboration between Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Excavation at Vaharvo timbo-Ranod, a Mesolithic-Chalcolithic site, under the North Gujarat Archaeological Project. November/December, 2011. In-charge of antiquities, classification and documentation.
  • Excavation at Bhamala Stupa, Taxila valley and explorations in and around Taxila valley, Pakistan. Part of Archaeological Research and Conservation Programme 2013-14, jointly launched by Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; Department of Archaeology, School of Cultural Heritage and Creative Technologies, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan and Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. January, 2013.
  • Explorations in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Vegetation survey for isotope analysis of plants. Part of the North Gujarat Archaeological Project. April, 2013
  • Explorations in Kachchh, as part of the project ‘Archaeological Excavation at Navinal in Mundra Taluka, District Kachchh and Exploration in Kachchh District, Gujarat’ jointly launched by University of Kerala, Kachchh University, Gujarat, Albion College, USA and M.S. University of Baroda. December, 2013. Assistant teacher.
  • Excavation at Shikarpur, a Mature Harappan site with the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, February, 2014. Field supervisor.

Papers:

Presentations:

  • Gadekar,C.S., & P.Ajithprasad. 2005. A preliminary study of stone implements from Gola Dhoro, an Indus Civilization site in Gujarat.Paper presented at the conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Bangalore, India.
  • Gadekar,C.S., & P.Ajithprasad. 2010. Lithic industry of Bagasra, Gujarat. Paper presented at Bhuj Round Table, International Conference on Gujarat Harappans and Chalcolithic cultures, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, 28-31 January.
  • Gadekar,C.S., & P.Ajithprasad. 2010. Lithic Blade Implements and their Role in the Harappan Chalcolithic Cultural Development in Gujarat.Paper presented at the National Conference on Recent Advances in Indian Archaeology,Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India, 3-4 December.
  • Gadekar,C.S., P.Ajithprasad & M.Madella. 2011. The importance of Lithics during Chalcolithic period in Gujarat. Paper presented at the International Conference on the Archaeology of South Asia, organized jointly by The International Association for Women Archaeologists Working in South Asia and The Archaeology Forum, Center for Historical Studies, JNU, Delhi, India, 22-24, August.
  • Gadekar,C.S., P.Ajithprasad & M.Madella. 2012. Datrana: A Lithic Blade Factory Site. Paper presented at the International Seminar on Harappan Sites in Western India (Gujarat), organized by the Department of Archaeology, Deccan Collage Post-graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India, 22-24, March.
  • M.Madella, P.Ajithprasad, A.L.Balbo, F.C.Conesa, C.Gadekar, J.J.Garcia-Granero, C.Lancelotti, J.L.Mateos, B.Rondelli & Rajesh SV. 2012. Recent Excavations in North Gujarat: the NoGAP project 2009, 2010 and 2011 field seasons. International conference of the European Association ofSouth Asian Archaeologists, Paris, France, July 2-6.
  • C.Lancelotti, B.Rondelli, A. Pecci, F.Inserra, A.L.Balbo, J.R.Perez, V.Yannitto, C.Gadekar, M.Madella, P.Ajithprasad & M.A.Cau Ontiveros. 2012. Ethnoarchaeology of Domestic Activities in Northern Gujrat: A Spatial Approach. International conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, Paris, France, July 2-6.
  • Gadekar, C.S. 2012. Micro-wear Analysis of Stone Tools: An Experimental Study. Paper presented at Session 3 of Regional Science Congress on ‘Science for Shaping the Future of India’, organizedjointly by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara and Indian Science Congress Association (Baroda Chapter) India, 15-16 September.
  • Gadekar, C.S. & P.Ajithprasad. 2012. Importance of Geometric Tools. Paper presented in Session A-9 “Prehistoric Archaeology” of the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society. National Seminar on Archaeology and Cultural Diversity, organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara during 22-24 October.
  • Mushrif-Tripathy V., P.Ajithprasad, M.Madella, C.Lancelotti, Rajesh SV, R.Bernardo, C.Gadekar, B.L.Andrea, J.Jose and Horge. 2012. Osteological analysis of the skeletal finding from Vaharvo Timo, Gujarat. Paper presented in session A-3 “Current Research in Indian Archaeology” of the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society. National Seminar on Archaeology and Cultural Diversity, organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara during 22-24 October.
  • Gadekar, C.S., Rajesh S.V. & P.Ajithprasad. 2013. Shikarpur lithic assemblage: new questions regarding Rohri chert blade production. Poster presented in Session 3: “Stone Tool Production and Processing Techniques” of 5th Archeoinvest Symposium ‘Stories Written in Stone’, International Symposium on Chert and other Knappable Materials. Organized by the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania, 20-24 August.
  • Gadekar, C.S., P.Ajithprasad & M.Madella. 2013. Crested ridge technique and lithic assemblage from Datrana, Gujarat.Paper presented at the Harappan and Regional Chalcolithic cultures of Greater Indus Region: An International conference on Indus Civilization. Organized by the Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala, November 25-27.
  • Gadekar, C.S., Rajesh SV, S. Shaikh, B. Chase, Y.S.Rawat, A. B. Patel, Abhayan G.S., Vinod V, Ajit Kumar, P.Ajithprasad, H.Raja & Rejninimol M.N. 2014. Diagnostic Stone tools and lithic debitahe from Harappan Settlement at Navinal (2013-14) in Mundra Taluka, Kachchh District, Gujarat. Poster presented at 5th International Congress of Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA) held in Raipur, India. Organized by Directorate of Culture and Archaeology, Govt of Chhattisgarh in collaboration with SoS in Anthropology, Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University. February, 14-18, 2014
  • Gadekar, C.S. andP.Ajithprasad. 2014. Lithic assemblage variation during the Holocene Gujarat. Paper presented at the 22nd Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art. Organized by the National Museums of World Culture, Stockholm, Sweden, June 30-July 4, 2014.

Publications:

  • Madella, M., P.Ajithprasad, C.Lancelotti, B.Rondelli, A.Balbo, C.French, D.Rodriguez, J.J.Garcia-Granero, V.Yannitto, S.V.Rajesh, C.S.Gadekar, I.Briz. 2010. Social and environment transitions in arid zones: the North Gujarat Archaeological Project – NoGAP. Antiquity. Vol. 084 Issue 325.
  • Gadekar, C.S., & P.Ajithprasad.Lithic industry of Bagasra, Gujarat.In J.Kharakwal, Y.S. Rawat and T. Osada (eds.) Proceedings of the Bhuj Round Table 2010 International Conference on Gujarat Harappans and Chalcolithic cultures. (In press)
  • Madella, M, A. Balbo, B. Rondelli, D. Rodriguez, V. Yannitto, P. Ajithprasad, C.S. Gadekar, S. V. Rajesh, J. J. Garcia-Granero, C. Lancelotti and C. French. 2011. Proyecto Arqueologico Norte del Gujarat. Informes y trabajos 5: Excavaciones en el exterior 2009. Ministerio De Cultura, Spain: 114-119.
  • Madella, M., P.Ajithprasad, A.Balbo, C.Lancelotti, B.Rondelli, F.Cecilia, G.Fiorentino, SV Rajesh, C.S.Gadekar, N.Garcia, V.Yannitto, D.Rodriguez, JL Mateos, J.Ruiz, J.J.Garcia-Granero. 2012. La campana de excavacion 2010 del proyecto NoGAP: metodologia interdisciplinary para el studio de contectos socio-ecologicos en el Holoceno. Informes y trabajos 7, Excavaciones en el exterior 2010.Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte, Spain: 110-117.
  • Madella, M., P.Ajithprasad, A.Balbo, J.C.Saiz, F.Cecilia, J.J.Garcia-Granero, C.Lancelotti, B.Rondelli, SV Rajesh, J.Ruiz, JL Mateos,C.S.Gadekar, R.A. Dumka, G.C.Kothyari, P.Mortekhai, P.Sukumaran. 2011. La campana de excavacion 2011 del North Gujarat Archaeological Project(NoGAP): metodologia interdisciplinar para el estudio de contextos socio-ecologicos en el Holoceno. Informes y trabajos 09, Excavaciones en el exterior 2011. Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte, Spain: 261-272.
  • Gadekar, C.S., P.Ajithprasad & M.Madella. 2013. Crested ridge technique and lithic assemblage from Datrana, Gujarat. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 1: 16-28.
  • Rondelli, B, C. Lancelotti, M. Madella, A. Pecci, A. Balbo, J.R. Perez, F. Inserra, C. Gadekar, M.A.C. Ontiveros & P.Ajithprasad. 2014. Anthropic activity markers and spatial variability: an ethnoarchaeological experiment in a domestic unit of Northern Gujarat (India). Journal of Archaeological Science 41: 482-492
  • Gadekar, C.S., Rajesh SV & P.Ajithprasad. 2014. Shikarpur Lithic Assemblage: New questions regarding Rohri chert blade production. Journal of Lithic Studies(1): 137-149DOI 10.2218/jls.v1i1.764
  • Gadekar, C., Rajesh S.V., Saleem Shaikh, Brad Chase, Y.S.Rawat, Ambika Patel, Abhayan G.S., Vinod V., Ajitkumar and P.Ajithprasad. 2014. Typological analysis of Chalcolithic lithic assemblage from Navinal, District Kachchh, Gujarat, western India. Man and Environment (in press)

Conference/Seminar/Workshop Participation:

  • The Joint Conference of Place Names Society of India, Epigraphical Society of India, Indian Archaeological Society, Indian History and Culture Society and Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, organised at Central College, Bangalore, India. December 15-18, 2005.
  • Magan and Indus Civilisation, International Seminar. Jointly organized by the Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. January 4-5, 2006.
  • International Seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat. Jointly organized by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and the Government of Gujarat, India. January 15-17, 2010.
  • The Bhuj Round Table, International Conference on Gujarat Harappans and Chalcolithic cultures, Bhuj, Gujarat, India. Organized by Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; Gujarat State Department of Archaeology, Gandhinagar and Institute of Rajasthan Studies, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur. January 28-31, 2010.
  • The National Conference on Recent Advances in Indian Archaeology, organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. December 3-4, 2010.
  • The International Conference on the Archaeology of South Asia, organized jointly by The International Association for Women Archaeologists Working in South Asia and The Archaeology Forum, Center for Historical Studies, JNU, Delhi, India. August 22-24, 2011.
  • The National Conference on “Dimentions of Epigraphic Sources in Indian History. XXXVII Annual Confernece of Epigraphy Society of India, Mysor and XXXI Annual Conference of Place Name Sociery of India, Mysore. Organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. February 24-26, 2012.
  • The International Seminar on Harappan Sites in Western India (Gujarat), organized by the Department of Archaeology, Deccan Collage Post-graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India. March 22-24, 2012.
  • The Regional Science Congress on ‘Science for Shaping the Future of India’, organized jointly by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara and Indian Science Congress Association (Baroda Chapter) India. September 15-16, 2012.
  • The Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society. National Seminar on Archaeology and Cultural Diversity, organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. October 22-24, 2012.
  • The Harappan and Regional Chalcolithic cultures of Greater Indus Region: An International conference on Indus Civilization. Organized by the Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala, India. November 25-27, 2013.

Teaching Experience:

  • Course paper “Prehistory of India” to Master Part-I students of Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad during the academic year 2008-2009.

Extra Curricular Activities:

  • Participated in a survey to assess the effects of radiation on the health of people living near the site of nuclear bomb testing in Pokran, Rajasthan, 2000.
  • Participated in a survey conducted to understand the health effects of uranium mining amongst miners and people living in vicinity of these mines in Jaduguda, Jharkhand, 2000.
  • Participated in a survey to assess the destruction caused by the earthquake in Kutch, Gujarat, 2001.
  • Worked as an interpreter (English to Gujarati and vice-versa) for a German student interviewing the organic farmers of Gujarat, 2007.
  • Participated in exhibition cum sales to promote the eco-friendly Khadi clothes made by the earthquake affected artisans and riot affected women of Gujarat, 2002-2007.
  • Worked as a personal secretary of Mr. Narayan Desai, eminent Gandhian and the Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad during 2009.

References:

1. Prof.P. Ajithprasad

Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.

2. Dr.Prakash Sinha

Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology,

University of Allahabad, Allahabad. 211002.

3. Dr. Marco Madella

ICREA - Department of Archaeology and Anthropology,

Institució Milà i Fontanals, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC),

C/Egipcíaques, 15 - 08001 Barcelona, Spain.