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Staff Profile - Sreelatha Damodaran

 

Name

Sreelatha Damodaran

Designation

Research Associate - Pattanam Archaeological Research (On Contract)

Contact Info:

 

sreelathamohamed@gmail.com 

Ph : 9496914036

Working in KCHR Since

March 2021

Education Summary

•  Calicut university granted PhD registration in history to the topic  Cultural Significance of Sacred Groves in Malabar: An Eco-historical Analysis, 2004.

• Master of Philosophy, Faculty of Social Science, University of Kerala, June 2003.

• Master of Arts, Faculty of    Arts and Social Science, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, December 2000.

Professional Experience

• Working as Research Associate in KCHR since March 2021.

• Worked as guest lecturer in Department Of History, Thunjath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Vakkad, Tirur, Malappuram from August 2015 to  November 2016.

• Prepared module and  contacted workshop on the learning methodology of history for school students, as per the request of DIET Kozhikode, 2015. 

• Participated in two day workshop conducted by Social Justice Dept. for training module preparation in favor of inmates, Caretakers and teachers at  Juvenile home and Upper Primary Schoolattached to the Juvenile Home at Vellimadukunnu, Kozhikode 2015. 

• Done research work and involved in initial  implementation of student-centered learning environment in Upper Primary School attached to the Juvenile Home at Vellimadukunnu, 2015.

Academic Activities

• University Research Assistant in KRPLLD Project Socio Cultural Programme and Livelihood pattern at Thiroorangadi – a Micro Historical Study, with Dr.K.N Ganesh,2003-2004. 

• Research Assistant under Dr. K.Gopalankutty, Vanitha Commission Project Women empowerment through Akshaya. , 2005. 

• Research Assistant, Local History of Peruneeri Watershed for the project Eco System Dynamic of a humid tropic Watershed before and after Water Sources and Biomass Intervention, Department of Botany, Calicut Universityunder Dr. Nabeesa Salim 2005. 

• Trench Assistant in Pattanam Excavation under taken by the Kerala Council For Historical Research (KCHR), as part of the Muziris Heritage Project 2007. 

• Trench Supraviser in Pattanam Excavation under taken by the Kerala Council For Historical Research (KCHR), as part of the Muziris Heritage Project 2008. 

• Trench Supervisor in Iron Age Early Historic Megalithic site Excavation at Anakkara under M.G University Kottayam 2008 and 2009. 

• Participated in rock art documentation, analysis and interpretation of rock art sites at Kadavanikuta Valley, Yaganti Valley and Jurreru Valley in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh funded by society for south Asian studies, British Academy and Leverhulme trust,2009. 

• Trench Supervisor in Iron Age Early Historic Megalithic site Excavation at Anakkara under M.G University Kottayam 2009. 

• Trench Supervisor in Chettuva Fort Excavation undertaken by state Archaeology Department,2010. 

• Done research work and archival material collection for organising  Pazhassi Museum Manathavady, Wayanad. 

• Part of national workshop on conservation of Edakkal petroglyps organized by The Dept. of  Archaeology, Govt. of Kerala, Feb 2010. 

• Involved in organizing Archeological museum at School of social science, MG University Kottayam,2011. 

• Antiquity registrar in Kottappuram Fort Excavation,2010,  Muziris Heritage Project .

• Involved in organizing ambalavayal heritage museum wayanad at Ambalavayal, 2014. 

• Trench supervision and documentation in Iron Age Early Historic Megalithic site Excavation at Kakkodi, contacted by The Dept. of  Archaeology, Govt. of Kerala 2014. 

• Participated in the national workshop on conservation of Marayoor Rock Paintings organized by The Dept. of  Archaeology, Govt. of Kerala, March 2015. 

• Research team member of the Kerala rock art documentation project organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi and Union Christian College ,2015. 

• Participated as site supervisor in Iron Age Early Historic Megalithic site Excavation at Kinalur under  Kerala state Archaeology department, 2016. 

• Resource person, Windows to the past National workshop on Cultural Heritage organised by Department of History, University of Calicut, at Parampath kavu, Irumbiliyam, Valanchery, on November 28th to 30.

• Museum designing and execution of The Maha Kavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Smarakam, Kondotty, Malappuram. 2017-18.

 

Presentations 

• The archaeological possibilities of a worshipping centre -the case of  Neeliyarkottam , First Annual Conference of Keraleeya Puratatva Samithi, School of Social Sciences, MG University, Kottayam, 2006 December.  

• Sacred groves as a source for studding Kerala history, international seminar on locality culture and state formation in south India, special assistant program UGC Calicut University 2009 . 

• Pazhassi samaranthareeksham colonial reghakalil (mal),National seminar on Pazhassi Revolt, in Manathavadi, Department of Archaeology, Govt.Kerala,2009. 

• A General idea of antiquities from Kottappuram Fort Excavation ,international seminar on the Portuguese and the Dutch in Malabar with special Reference to Cochin,2011,organized by St. Thomas Collage, Palai, Indo – Portuguese Cultural institute Cochi, Vasco Da Gama Reserch institute Fort Cochi, Department of Archaeology, Govt.Kerala,2011 .

• Probability and possibility of trans-occceanic contacts, international seminar on the Portuguese and the Dutch in Malabar with special Reference to Cochin,2011,organized by St. Thomas Collage, Palai, Indo – Portuguese Cultural institute Cochi, Vasco Da Gama Reserch institute Fort Cochi, Department of Archaeology, Govt.Kerala,2011 .

• Ettukudukka a unique rock art depiction from northern Kerala, seminar organised  by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi and Union Christian College which was held in the College on 11 September 2014 .

• Early History of Kerala(Cheraland):an historiographical approach along with V.Selvakumar and Jaseera C.M in the ICHR sponsored National Seminar conducted by M.G.S History Foundation along with Dept: of History; Farook College on 14th and 15th March 2016.

 • The boat tradition of Lower Chaliyar Basin, Kerala: An ethnographic approach along with Jaseera C.M in the 9th conference of Marine Archaeology of Indian Ocean Countries conducted by Society for Marine Archaeology, Dept: of Archaeology, Govt: of Tamil Nadu  on 20th and 21st February 2016

• Tovariguha chithragalum  Edakalum,(mal)in Edakkal paithrukathinte bahuswartha, National seminar, organized  by Thunjath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University at Sulthanbattery on June 27 and 28.

• Stone Anchors of Kerala and a recently identified stone anchor from Baypore, along with Dr. V. Selvakumar, Dr. Rachel A.Varghese and Jaseera C.M.in Kerala History Conference at Thunchathu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University,Tirur. on 16th to 18th November 2018.

• Geoglyhs and Traces of Cultural Activities on the Laterite Formations at Vendalloor-Parambathu Kavu Malappura dt. Kerala. Along with Pro. P Sivadas ,Dr. V. Selvakumar, Jaseera C.M.Vinod.K and Ajila kumar T. In National seminar on rock art of South India with special reference to Kerala, organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Art, New Delhi in collaboration with Muziris Project Ltd. On 26th to 28 February 2019 .

Research Interests

Pre-History|proto history| Ancient History| Historical Archaeology| Ethno-Archaeology

Publications

• 2014, K.P. SHAJAN V. SELVAKUMAR, P.RADHIKA, K.P. RAJESH and SREELATHA DAMODARAN, ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION AT THE MEGALITHIC SITE OF ANAKKARA, PALAKKAD DT, KERALA, SOUTH INDIA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF 2008 SEASON, Tamil Civilization Vol.25, Issue 1-4  (April  2013 - Jan 2014). 

• Ettukudukka: a rock engraving site-published in adharam of Keraleeya Puratatva Samithi, School of Social Sciences, MG University, Kottayam, 2006 December.

• Report of Trench PT07 III, Pattanam Excavation Interim Report of First Season 2007 ,Prof. P.J Cheriyan (Ed).Published by Kerala Council For Historical Research , Thiruvananhapuram.2015.pp 49- 68.

• Report of Trench PT08 IX, Pattanam Excavation Interim Report of Second Season 2008 ,Prof. P.J Cheriyan(Ed).Published by Kerala Council For Historical Research ,Thiruvananhapuram.2015.pp 37- 52.

• The boat tradition of Lower Chaliyar Basin, Kerala: An Ethnographic approach Jaseera C.M in Human and Heritage: An Archaeological Spectrum of Asiatic Countries .New Delhi:New Bharatiya Book Corporation.