Publications

	S Udayakumar Exploring the secondary funeral rite (dry funeral) of Kota tribal community in Nilgiris: Their social structure and cultural identity Udayakumar, S., & Simone, D. D. (2026). Exploring the secondary funeral rite (dry funeral) of Kota tribal community in Nilgiris: Their social structure and cultural identify. In K. Rajan, R. Sivanatham, V. P. Yeathees and K. Bakilashmi (Eds.), Proceedings
	Sharada Srinivasan Craft Ecology: Traditional Ironworking in the Chotanagpur Plateau and The Impact of Industrial Mining and Environmental Change https://newliteraria.com/articles/v07i2/v07i2-07.pdf Rupsa, K. & Srinivasan, S.(2026). Craft Ecology: Traditional Ironworking in the Chotanagpur Plateau and The Impact of Industrial Mining and Environmental Change.New Literaria-An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 7:2, 51-62. This paper examines the impact of environmental change on traditional ironworking societies in the Chotanagpur Plateau, in Eastern India, particularly in Purulia (West Bengal) and Hazaribagh and Chatra (Jharkhand). Part of the Iron Belt due to the rich mineral resources, traditionally these regions were home to communities of indigenous iron smelters and blacksmiths such as the Asur, Lohra, Karmakar, and Karmali. The paper explores the ecological sustainability of traditional ironworking in the light of decline due to factors such as past forest laws, deforestation, industrial mining activities, changing climatic patterns, and technological change.
	Rupsa Karmakar Craft Ecology: Traditional Ironworking in the Chotanagpur Plateau and The Impact of Industrial Mining and Environmental Change https://newliteraria.com/articles/v07i2/v07i2-07.pdf Rupsa, K. & Srinivasan, S.(2026). Craft Ecology: Traditional Ironworking in the Chotanagpur Plateau and The Impact of Industrial Mining and Environmental Change.New Literaria-An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 7:2, 51-62. This paper examines the impact of environmental change on traditional ironworking societies in the Chotanagpur Plateau, in Eastern India, particularly in Purulia (West Bengal) and Hazaribagh and Chatra (Jharkhand). Part of the Iron Belt due to the rich mineral resources, traditionally these regions were home to communities of indigenous iron smelters and blacksmiths such as the Asur, Lohra, Karmakar, and Karmali. The paper explores the ecological sustainability of traditional ironworking in the light of decline due to factors such as past forest laws, deforestation, industrial mining activities, changing climatic patterns, and technological change.
	Prabhakar Sangurmath A strategic race for critical minerals https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/a-strategic-race-for-critical-minerals-3870317 Deccan Herald
	Sarah Mahajan Women, city and conflict in two texts from Kashmir https://www.iitbhilai.ac.in/index.php?pid=Gendered_modalities Mahajan, Sarah. (2026, January 15-16). Women, city and conflict in two texts from Kashmir [Paper Presentation]. National Conference on Gendered Modalities of Remembering in South Asian Literatures, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technolog
	Prabhakar Sangurmath Critical minerals wealth in India: Challenges and opportunities. https://meai.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MEAI-Belgaum-Seminar-2026-Brochure.pdf Sangurmath, Prabhakar. (2026, January 10). Critical minerals wealth in India: Challenges and opportunities. National Seminar on Rare Earths Mining in India: Opportunities Challenges, Mining Engineers’ Association of India, Belgaum.
	Srikumar M Menon The cosmic alignments of Nilaskal https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/the-cosmic-alignments-of-nilaskal-3854674 Deccan Herald
	Samayita Banerjee Flooded and Forgotten: A Geospatial Study of Archaeological Sites of Deltaic Bengal https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-95-0117-5_4 Banerjee, S. (2025). Flooded and Forgotten: A Geospatial Study of Archaeological Sites of Deltaic Bengal. In: Rajani, M. (eds) Spatial Narratives of India's Heritage: Integrating Geospatial Analysis in the Humanities. Springer, Singapore.