Notable Alumni
Dr Anubhav Preet Kaur Nirankari
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Anubhav is a Palaeolithic Archaeologist, specialising in the Soan Industry. She was a member of Citizen Archaeology, after a brief involvement with Research Wing in 2015. She completed her Doctoral Degree from IISER, Mohali.
Abhimanyu Kalsotra
Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services
One of the most promising researchers of Batch 5 at the Speaking Archaeologically Research Wing, Mr Kalsotra is a Civil Servant and remains actively engaged with heritage and culture.
Nidhi Patel
Institute of Archaeology,
University College London
University College London
Nidhi Patel is pursuing her Doctoral Degree at the University College London. Her areas of expertise are Indigenous Archaeology and Public Archaeology. She remains the most published Member at the Research Wing with the Maximum Number of Paper Presentations.
Rutuja Sahasrabuddhe
Department of Heritage Management,
Ahmedabad University, Gujarat
Ahmedabad University, Gujarat
Rutuja worked as a Citizen Archaeology Intern and scriptwriter for the Speaking Archaeologically YouTube content for 6 months before completing her membership as a Research Wing Member at Speaking Archaeologically.
Rattan Kaur Rainu
Assistant Conservator
INTACH
INTACH
A Research Wing Member from 2018-2020, Rattan was a Member of the Student Editorial Board for Speaking Archaeologically Journal Volume II and has done seminal work on the classification of the Shalabhanjikas from the SGL-5 Stupa of Sanghol, Punjab. She has also been involved in directly organising events such as Scavenger Hunt and Skhédios 2019 at Speaking Archaeologically.
Tarannum Caur Sodhi
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune
Tarannum Caur was the former Head of the Art and Design Wing of Speaking Archaeologically and has conducted Workshops. She is the Chief Designer of the Official Speaking Archaeologically Logo and was instrumental in bringing the Art Revival Project at Kandaghat to fruition. She is a Doctoral Researcher in Deccan College, Pune.
Ira Bhatnagar
ASI Institute, Delhi
Ira is a Post-Graduate Student of Archaeology and briefly headed the Citizen Archaeology Wing at Speaking Archaeologically for the year 2022.
Aditi Joshi
Research Associate at the CIS Department of Indus University.
Aditi Joshi holds a Master's Degree in Ancient Indian History. She is a Research Associate at the CIS Department of Indus University.
Lakshay Verma
Department of Anthropology, Punjab University, Chandigarh
A highly active former member of the Research Wing, Lakshay Verma has been the real brain behind kickstarting the Speaking Archaeologically Explore with SA Heritage Walks.
Vanshika Poddar
Alumna
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
A former Research Wing Member, Vanshika briefly served as the Official Head of the Citizen Archaeology Wing in 2022 and formerly headed the Speaking Archaeologically YouTube Channel Content Creation.
Mrinalini Sampat
Institute of Archaeology,
University College London
University College London
Mrinalini worked as a Citizen Archaeology Video Developer and scriptwriter for the Speaking Archaeologically YouTube content for 6 months alongside her membership at the Research Wing at Speaking Archaeologically.
Anmol Chacko
Department of Archaeology, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai