LIAVH Researcher

Pallavee Gokhale

PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)

Pallavee’s research involves interdisciplinary approaches ranging from archaeological theories to GIS and DS for possible alternate interpretations of archaeological material, especially Harappan/ Indus culture artifacts. Her work on Historic aqueducts in Pune, India has appeared on multiple scientific and public platforms. She is a founding member of the Indian Chapter of CAA International (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) and geospatial data consultant to archaeological projects in India.

With diverse backgrounds in geospatial data, software quality engineering, Indology, and archaeology, her interest lies in the critical use of these disciplines to build contextual and data-driven narratives of archaeological data. With PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences from IISER, Pune, India, she holds postgraduate degrees in GIS-RS from the University of Greenwich, UK, Indology from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV), Pune, and Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology from Deccan College, Pune. She has contributed to books, conference proceedings, and commemorative volumes. Her individual and collaborative research has appeared in multiple journals including South Asian Studies, American Journal of Numismatics, Ancient Asia, Heritage, Critical Collective, Blue Papers, and BAR International Series publication. She has been a resource person at IISER Pune, Instucen Trust Mumbai, CEPT (Ahmedabad), DCPGRI (Pune), UCC (Meghalaya), Pratt Institute (NY) and ASI.