Rakesh Tewari

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Rakesh Tewari (born 2 October 1953) now retired, served as the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (2014 - 2017),^[1] and was formerly Director, State Department of Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh from 1988 to 2013.^[2]^[3] He is an Indian citizen and was born in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. His chief archaeological contribution is to demonstrate that rice was cultivated in the Indian subcontinent as early as the 9th millennium BP, in the site of Lahuradewa.^[4] He has also done research on the use of iron in the middle Ganga plains. He was succeeded by Usha Sharma.^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "Pre-historic camping site found in Ladakh". The Hindu. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
↑ "Ayodhya verdict: Ex-ASI director's 'work' on disputed site may have proved crucial". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
↑ "Human beings have been the biggest threat to rock art sites: Dr Rakesh Tewari, former DG of ASI talks to Free Press". Free Press Journal. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
↑ http://archaeology.up.nic.in/doc/efl_rtrk.pdf ^{[dead link]}
↑ "Disgruntled lot digs dirt on ASI chief's appointment". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

Preceded by Pravin Srivastava	Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India 2014-2017	Succeeded by Usha Sharma

[1] "Pre-historic camping site found in Ladakh". The Hindu. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[2] "Ayodhya verdict: Ex-ASI director's 'work' on disputed site may have proved crucial". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[3] "Human beings have been the biggest threat to rock art sites: Dr Rakesh Tewari, former DG of ASI talks to Free Press". Free Press Journal. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[4] ttp://archaeology.up.nic.in/doc/efl_rtrk.pdf ^{[dead link]}

[5] "Disgruntled lot digs dirt on ASI chief's appointment". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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