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Y.S. Alone

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

School of Arts & Aesthetics

Room No

103

Residence

09968400095

ysalone[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in , aloneys[at]yahoo[dot]com

Personal Webpage

http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ysalone

Qualifications

MA (Fine) Art History, M S University Baroda

Mphil/PhD Centre for Historical Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Ancient Indian Art, Buddhist art, Popular Visual Culture, caste studeis and interpretations, modern Indian art.

Experience

16 years of teaching and research.

Awards & Honours

Awarded UGC Reasearch Felleowship 1989

Nominated as ICCR chair Visiting Professor in Shenzhen University China Oct 2012 to Jan 2013.

Member, Consultative/ Expert group on Culture, Planning Commission, Govt. Of India, New Delhi, 2004.

Member, Editorial Board of Te Journal of South Asian Archaelogy-Ancient Asia

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Research collaboration with Buddhist Research Academy, Haungzhou, China.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

"Forms and Patronage in Junnar Chaitya Caves" in Bulletin of Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Vol.: 56-57.

"Vakataka's Downfall: Ajanta. Harishena and Walter Spink" in Nirukta the Journal of Art History and Aesthetics, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, M. S. University Baroda, Vol-I , pp 9-19.

"Buddhist Monuments & Society: A Case Study of Western Indian Buddhist Caves", in Art of Ancient India: Contextualizing the Social Relations, Ed. by Shivaji k. Panikkar & Abha Sheth, M. S. University, Baroda, pp 48-53, 2004.

"Oberorbarthetens Ikonografi" in Detta Land Som Aldrig Var Var Moder Eds Eva-Maria Hardtmann & Vimal; Thorat, Fler Bocker Fran Indiska Biblioteket (Sweden), 2006.

"Tradition and Practices: Cultural Confronts" in Nirukta the Journal of Art History and Aesthetics, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, M. S. University Baroda, Vol-III., 2006.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

"Dr. Ambedkar’s Historicism: Confrontations and Inquiries" in Dr.Ambedkar in Retrospect, Ed. by S. K. Thorat and Aryama, I.I.D.S. & Ravat Publication New Delhi, 2007, pp- 261-291.

"Visual Tradition and Art Pedagogy: Perception of Exclusions" in The Journal of Interdisciplinary Policy Research and Action (IPRA), Vol. 2. Issue 4, Oct-Dec. 2008, pp34-43.

"Evoking and Re-evoking of Past: a Discursive Process" in Kala Traimasik, vol.no. 35, Rajya Lalitkala Academy, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 2009, revised version in art concern Aug-Sept. 2010.

Patents (if any)