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Srikumar M. Menon

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Srikumar M. Menon is an architect with a keen interest in astronomy as well as the archaeology of the Indian subcontinent. After working in research and architectural practice for 6 years he joined Manipal University where he taught from 1999 to 2014. He has, in the past, worked on a project to set up a modern observatory for an astronomy research institute in India and is now working on a research project to identify possible ancient observatories among the megalithic monuments of southern India. He has received the Prof. D. S. Achyutha Rao Memorial History Research Fellowship for the year 2007 for research on megaliths and has recently been awarded a Homi Bhabha Fellowship to work on “Ancient Landscapes in South India”.

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Srikumar M. Menon Tough one! I usually do something else for a while, sometimes, quite a while! Fortunately, there are sufficiently large number of things that engage m…moreTough one! I usually do something else for a while, sometimes, quite a while! Fortunately, there are sufficiently large number of things that engage my interest, so it is not difficult to find something to do.. But at times (especially when beset with deadlines), one has to just be stern with oneself and grind it out..(less)
Srikumar M. Menon I am currently working on a book about the beautiful Badami region in Karnataka, India. A stunning landscape inhabited from the Stone Age onwards and …moreI am currently working on a book about the beautiful Badami region in Karnataka, India. A stunning landscape inhabited from the Stone Age onwards and some of the earliest examples of temple architecture in southern India make it spectacular. However, this region is also important that it might contain clues about the link between prehistoric cultures, their practices such as erection of megaliths and later monumental architecture. I am writing this book as a culmination of extensive field work in this area. The book will be written for general readers.(less)
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