D. P. Agrawal

This article is about the science and technology historian. For the chairman of the Union Public Service Commission, see D.P. Agrawal (academic).
Dharampal Agrawal with Rajiv Dixit

D. P. Agrawal (Dharma Pal Agrawal) is a historian of Indian science and technology, archaeologist,[1] and author. He has published works on Indian archaeology, metallurgy, the history of science, and palaeoclimate.

Career

Dharma Pal Agrawal was born on 15 March 1933 at Almora, United Provinces of British India (presently in Uttarakhand).[2][3]

He has worked with the Archaeological Survey of India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Physical Research Laboratory, all of which are All-India institutions. At the Physical Research Laboratory, he was a Senior Professor and Area Chairman of the Quaternary Paleo-Climate Study Area, a large multi-disciplinary research group.[4][5] He has been a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and at the International Research Center at Kyoto,[2]

Agrawal has made significant contributions to the fields of paleoenvironment, pre-historic archaeology, radiocarbon dating, the archaeology of metallurgy, and the history of science and technology in India. He has edited the journal Man and Environment for a number of years, and served on the advisory board of journals World Archaeology and Le anthropologie. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.[5] and a member of the National Commission on the History of Science.[4][6]

After retirement from the Physical Research Laboratory in 1993, he has been working as the Honorary Director of the Lok Vigyan Kendra in Almora, where he coordinates research on "traditional knowledge systems," codifying the accumulated folk knowledge on the crops, medicinal plants and biodiversity. He is also the chief editor of a multi-volume international project on the history of science and technology.[4]


Works

Books
Edited works

Views and reception

The 1971 book Copper Bronze Age in India reports an integrated study of the Copper-Bronze Age carried out at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, covering its chronology, technology and ecology.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "UPSC questions poorly framed, says Indian History Congress". The Hindu. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 Dharma Pal Agrawal, Brief Bio-Data, Infinity Foundation, Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  3. ↑ Dharma Pal Agrawal, researcher, archaeologist, Prabook, Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  4. 1 2 3 Traditional Knowledge Systems and Archaeology, About the Author, Amazon India.
  5. 1 2 Fellows, National Academy of Sciences, India,
  6. ↑ Dharma Pal Agrawal, Participant detail, 2002 Indic Colloquium, Infinity Foundation.
  7. ↑ Aspects of Ancient Indian Technology, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1979, pp. 7–, ISBN 978-81-208-3040-0

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