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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Dr. Sharada Srinivasan<br />
| occupation = Professor, [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]](NIAS), [[Bangalore]]<br />
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| birth_date = 16 January 1966<br />
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| education = (PhD, 1996)<br /> (M.A. Art, [[Archaeology]], and [[Archaeometallurgy]], 1990) <br />(BTech [[Engineering Physics]], 1987)<br />
| known_for = Contributions in the field of Applications of scientific studies in art and [[Archaeology]], [[Indian Classical Dance]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] {{small|(2019)}}<br />
| website = http://www.sharadasrinivasan.com/<br />
https://www.nias.res.in/professor/sharada-srinivasan<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of London]] , [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], London , [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]]<br />
| spouse = Digvijay Mallah<br />
| parents = {{unbulleted list|[[M.R.Srinivasan]]}} and Geetha Srinivasan<br />
}}<br />
'''Sharada Srinivasan''' (born 16 January 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sharada Srinivasan {{!}} National Institute of Advanced Studies - Academia.edu|url=http://nias.academia.edu/SSrinivasan/CurriculumVitae|access-date=2020-11-05|website=nias.academia.edu}}</ref> is an [[archaeologist]] specializing in the scientific study of art, archaeology, archaemetallurgy and culture. She is associated with the [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]], [[Bangalore]], [[India]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sharada Srinivasan {{!}} National Institute of Advanced Studies|url=https://www.nias.res.in/professor/sharada-srinivasan|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.nias.res.in}}</ref> and an [[Honorary title (academic)|Honorary University Fellow]] at the [[University of Exeter]], [[UK]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor of Archaeology|url=https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/ssrinivasan/|access-date=5 November 2020|website=Department of Humanities at Exeter}}</ref> Srinivasan is also an exponent of classical [[Bharata Natyam]] dance. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Shri Awardees 2019|url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
The younger of two siblings, Srinivasan was born on 16 January 1966 in [[Bangalore]] to [[M. R. Srinivasan]] and Geetha Srinivasan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Family|url=http://www.asset.org.in/Archtechts%20of%20Indian%20Nuclear%20Programme.pdf}}</ref> Her father is an Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer and her mother is nature conservationist and a wild life activist. Sharada received her Higher Secondary Certificate from [[Jai Hind College]], Mumbai in 1983<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=IIT Bombay Alumni Prof. Rohini M. Godbole And Prof. Sharada Srinivasan Conferred Padma Shri {{!}} IIT Bombay|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/breaking-news/iit-bombay-alumni-prof-rohini-m-godbole-and-prof-sharada-srinivasan-conferred-padma|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.iitb.ac.in}}</ref> and obtained her BTech from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] in 1987.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1986, Sharada along with four IIT batchmates codirected, acted in and choreographed for the English feature film, Nuclear Winter which won the Cannes Award in the Special Category for 1988. The movie was produced by Homi Sethna and directed by Zul Vellani. The starcast included Vijay Crishna and Mishu Vellani. The movie was shot in the IIT Powai campus and marked the launch of a successful dance career for Sharda''.'' After completing her master's degree at the [[University of London]] in 1989,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> she continued to research South Indian bronze sculptures during her [[PhD]] at [[University College London]], which she completed in 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Sharada Srinivasan is a Professor in the [https://www.nias.res.in/programme/heritage-science-and-society Programme of Heritage and Society] in the [https://www.nias.res.in/school/humanities School of Humanities] at the [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]] (NIAS), [[Bangalore]], [[India]] since 2012. Srinivasan started her journey as NIAS as a Fellow (2004-2006), became Assistant Professor in 2006 and served in the role till 2012.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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She is first author of the book 'India's Legendary Wootz Steel: An advanced material of the ancient world'. Prof. Sharada Srinivasan is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and World Academy of Art and Science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/breaking-news/iit-bombay-alumni-prof-rohini-m-godbole-and-prof-sharada-srinivasan-conferred-padma|title=IIT Bombay Alumni Prof. Rohini M. Godbole And Prof. Sharada Srinivasan Conferred Padma Shri {{!}} IIT Bombay|website=www.iitb.ac.in|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref><br />
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Srinivasan was awarded a [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha Fellowship]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Homi Bhabha Fellowship |url = http://homibhabhafellowships.com/HomiBhabhaFellow.aspx?id=59 |publisher = Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council |accessdate = 20 July 2016}}</ref> during which time she visited the UK and USA as a visiting scholar at the [[Smithsonian]], the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Museum of Applied Sciences Centre for Archaeology (MASCA), [[University of Pennsylvania]], Conservation Analytical Laboratory, [[Smithsonian]] & Conservation Department, Freer & Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian, and presented papers at a Conference on Indus Archaeology, [[University of Wisconsin Madison]] and The Cost Committee Meeting on Ion Beam analysis in Art and Archaeology at [[Oxford]] organised by European Commission.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<br />
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She was co-recipient (with Exeter University) of a British Council funded UKEIRI research awards (2009-2011), of a Royal Society-DST award, as well as an ongoing UKIERI-II Award related to developing joint PhD. Programmes in intangible histories including archaeology and performance studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharadasrinivasan.com/|title=Dr Sharada Srinivasan|website=www.sharadasrinivasan.com|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref><br />
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In 2009, Srinivasan co-chaired the seventh Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA) international conference in Bangalore. The proceedings were published in 2015 in the volume ''Metals and Civilizations'', of which Srinivasan was co-editor.<ref>{{cite book |title = Metals and Civilizations: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Beginnings of the use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA VII)(NIAS Special Publication No. SP7-2015) |url = http://eprints.nias.res.in/756/ |publisher = e-print@NIAS |date = 20 October 2015 |isbn = 9789383566112 |accessdate = 20 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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Srinivasan was co-investigator on a 2010 UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI)<ref>{{cite web |title = UK India Education and Research Initiative |url = http://www.ukieri.org/ |publisher = UKIERI |accessdate = 20 July 2016}}</ref> funded project with Professor S. Ranganathan and the [[University of Exeter]]'s Dr [[Gill Juleff]]. The project was titled ''Pioneering Metallurgy: Origins of Steel Making in the Southern Indian Subcontinent''.<ref>{{cite web |title = New research into origins of iron and steel in India |url = http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title,76061,en.php |publisher = University of Exeter |date = 23 March 2010 |accessdate = 20 July 2016}}</ref> She undertook further research on technical evidence for high carbon steel by ancient crucible processes and ancient high-tin Bronzes and the surviving groups in Kerala for manufacture of high-tin bronze vessels and mirrors and lost wax casting.<ref>[http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/~hbfc/cv/DR_SHARADA_SRINIVASAN.html From Sharada Srinivasan's profile page on the official website] of [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]] Fellowships Council. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20090211104551/http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/~hbfc/cv/DR_SHARADA_SRINIVASAN.html |date=11 February 2009 }}</ref> Sharada was recently featured in this site Trowel blazers of [[University College London]] on women archaeologists.<ref>[https://trowelblazers.com/sharada-srinivasan/ Archaeotechnology and dance]</ref><br />
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==Dance==<br />
In the International Year of Astronomy photo-montage exhibition 'Danse e-Toile: Nataraja et le Cosmos' curated by Sharada Srinivasan, scientist-dancer is featured at Alliance Française Bangalore Atrium. It explores cosmic sensibilities and the art, metallurgy and science of the Nataraja bronze and from the evocative lens of both the Bharata Natyam and French contemporary dance forms. It will be at Cité De L'Espace, Toulouse for the Festival La Novela as a prelude to an internet-streamed dance event between Sharada Srinivasan and K.Danse, France.<ref>[http://www.k-danse.net K-Dance Website]</ref><br />
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She is also a performing artist specialising in the South Indian classical dance of [[Bharatanatyam]]. She has performed and lectured at the [[Royal Asiatic Society]], the Royal Academy of Arts, for the Chola exhibition, the International Academy of Astronautics, the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]], Trieste, INTACH-Belgium, Nehru Centre, London, China Conservatory of Music, National History of Science Seminar, Hyderabad, University of Toyoma, Japan and others. She had a photo-exhibition in June 2008 at Alliance Française Bangalore entitled 'Cosmic Dance of [[Shiva]]' on art-science-dance perspectives related to South Indian bronzes and the [[Nataraja]].<ref>[http://www.narthaki.com/info/prv08/prv171.html Sharada Srinivasan performs Bharatanatyam At international conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology 1 September 2008 Leiden, Holland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428204359/http://www.narthaki.com/info/prv08/prv171.html |date=28 April 2009 }}</ref><br />
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Danse e-Toile: Nata-raja et le Cosmos (Dance of stars: Nataraja and the Cosmos) was the first ever live, internet-streamed interactive dance and music programme between India and Europe. The event was held in Bangalore on 17 October 2009 as part of the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. What made it more noteworthy were the creative choreography and the amazing synthesis of art, science and advanced technology.<ref>[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?sectionName=Entertainment&contentId=6170688&programId=1073754907&pageTypeId=1073754893&contentType=EDITORIAL&BV_ID=@@@ Cosmic Ball- The Week, Nov8 2009]</ref><br />
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Sharada Srinivasan was conferred with the Dr. Kalpana Chawla State Award for Women Scientists 2011 instituted by the Government of Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kscst.org.in/awards_2011/S&T_Awards_2011.html|title = KSCST : State Science and Technology Awards - 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Honors==<br />
* Dr. Kalpana Chawla State Award for Women Scientists 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title = Dr. Kalpana Chawla Young Women Scientist Awardees |url = http://www.kscst.org.in/awards_2011/S&T_Awards_2011.html |publisher = Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology| date = 22 February 2013| accessdate = 20 July 2016}}</ref><br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091109192700/http://www.ironsmelting.net/WIC2009/abstract.php Chairperson, Regional Sessions, Indian subcontinent, World of Iron Conference, London; 16–20 February 2009.]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324033155/http://passeursdarts.blog4ever.com/blog/index-123770.html 'Les pierre chantantes' 28 Feb 2009, a classical south Indian dance performance and talk on the theme of the stone 'musical' pillars in some south Indian temples such as Hampi and the scientific and artistic aspects by Sharada Srinivasan in Haber Poche, France.]<br />
* Materials Research Society of India Medal 2006<br />
* Malti B. Nagar Ethnoarchaeology Award<br />
* Indian representative for project for [[UNESCO]] Chair in [[History of Science]]<br />
* Member, International Committee, Conference of Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys<br />
* Junior Research Fellow, Ministry of Culture (1999–2000)<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130507085834/http://www.asia.si.edu/research/dcsr/dcsrForbes.asp Forbes Fellowship 1999]<br />
* Post-Doctoral [[Smithsonian]] Fellowship ( April 1999– September 1999)<br />
* Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award 1996<br />
* [https://archive.today/20090211104551/http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/~hbfc/cv/DR_SHARADA_SRINIVASAN.html Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1996–98)]<br />
* Petrie Award (1989)<br />
* JN [[Tata Group|Tata]] Endowment(1988)<br />
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==Publications==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090408073902/http://www.nias.res.in/faculty-sharadasrinivasan.php Complete listing of publications]<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
* ...''Talking about cosmic dance she said: "It is a metaphor of movement. There is also a personal metaphor – creation emerging out of destruction. I use the dance of the cosmos or the dance of science to discover aspects of ancient art that art historians have not been able to find ..''<ref name="hindu.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020053812/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/18/stories/2007101851050300.htm From the leading Indian National Newspaper in English – The Hindu]</ref><br />
* ...''There are fascinating interfaces between art and science. I returned to dance because of science. Dance injects an element of normalcy where I can enjoy contact with human emotions while science has an alienating quality. Bharatanatya is liberating and constricting at the same time because of its set forms and structure. I would have found it very limiting had it not been for science. Now I see the dance form as an element of movement of art forms..''<ref name="hindu.com"/><br />
* ...''Capra was certainly not the first in portraying the Nataraja as a universal metaphor for the interface between science,spirituality, dance and art. But he definitely helped the idea to catch on.''<ref>The Sensuous and the Sacred – Article from Tamil Nation.org Website</ref><br />
* ...''There is also something a bit Jungian in the Nataraja imagery that it somehow holds out a positive message of hope for coming to terms with loss through artistic endeavours or through acts of dedication.''<ref>[https://microsite.accenture.com/vaahini/different-strokes/Pages/Doing_the_Cosmic_Tango.aspx Doing the Cosmic Tango]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1431954.ece Kalpana Chawla State Award for Women Scientists 2011, Government of Karnataka]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0syeIr0z-c Video : Danse e-toile: Nataraja et le cosmos' between Sharada Srinivasan and K.Danse, France]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091220123149/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/12/13/stories/2009121350050200.htm Breaking art-science divide – The Hindu Article]<br />
* [https://microsite.accenture.com/vaahini/different-strokes/Pages/Doing_the_Cosmic_Tango.aspx Doing the Cosmic Tango – Interview]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090408073902/http://www.nias.res.in/faculty-sharadasrinivasan.php NIAS Faculty Home page]<br />
* [http://leonardo.info/rolodex/srinivasan.sharada.html Leonardo Electronic Directory]<br />
* [http://www.tamilnation.org/culture/sharada.htm Sharada Srinivasan's article ''The Sacred and the Sensuous'']<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020053812/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/18/stories/2007101851050300.htm Feature article on Sharada Srinivasan in the leading english news paper ''The Hindu'']<br />
* [http://www.sharadasrinivasan.com/data/week.pdf Rhythm Divine – Sharada on Nataraja and Metaphysics – The Week, April1, 2007]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090428204359/http://www.narthaki.com/info/prv08/prv171.html Sharada Srinivasan performs Bharatanatyam At international conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology 1 September 2008 Leiden, Holland]<br />
* [http://www.the-week.com/23jun22/life2.htm Heritage: The Nataraja catapulted onto the global stage form sacred environs]<br />
* [http://materials.iisc.ernet.in/%7Ewootz/heritage/WOOTZ.htm "Wootz steel: an advanced material of the ancient world", in Iron & Steel Heritage of India]<br />
* [http://www.sharadasrinivasan.com/data/mirror%20marvel.pdf Heritage: Kerala's mirror gets patent protection. The Week Sept 12, 66–8]<br />
* [http://www.met.iisc.ernet.in/heritage.html "Metallurgical Heritage of India" in Golden Jubilee Souvenir, Indian Institute of Science, pp. 29–36. Bangalore]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2003/07/13/stories/2003071300200600.htm Heritage: Simmering Cauldrons, The Hindu: Sunday Mag – 13 July 2003]<br />
* [http://materials.iisc.ernet.in/%7Ewootz/heritage/WOOTZ.htm Textures of wootz: technocultural insights on steel, cast iron and ferrous metals from south Indian antiquity]<br />
* [http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?sectionName=Entertainment&contentId=6170688&programId=1073754907&pageTypeId=1073754893&contentType=EDITORIAL&BV_ID=@@@ Cosmic Ball- The Week, 8 Nov 2009]<br />
* [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/25363/combination-art-dance.html A photo-montage and a multimedia exhibition is currently on display at the Alliance Francaise – Deccan Herald Report]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrire4qPFpY YouTube ''video'' on Casting Nataraja and Metal Images at Swamimalai, Tanjavur district, Southern India, narrated by Sharada Srinivasan and shot by Peter Vemming, Middelaldercentret, Denmark]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpEeqWqYBi0 ''Video'' of Bharata Natyam dance performance by Sharada Srinivasan of Mahadeva Shiva Shambho, at the event and exhibition 'Cosmic Dance of Siva' at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore, June 2008, video by Rakesh and Digvijay Mallah]<br />
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9tl3k_pierres-chantantes_music ''Video'' Danse et percussions. Sharada Srinivasan et Sébastien Sauvage ont réalisés une performance musicale et danse baratha natyam]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHFysszMAOQ Pierres Chantantes ''Video'']<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ps0WJ1jBjM Interview with Sharada on Nataraja bronze ''Video'']<br />
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