Devara Anil
Shiv Nadar University, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
0000-0002-3293-660X
About
Dr. Devara Anil is an archaeologist specializing in Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, and human–environment interactions during the Late Pleistocene, with extensive field and analytical experience in South Asia. His research interests include Palaeolithic archaeology, Field archaeology, Luminescence Chronology, Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, Palaeontology, lithic technology, and Geoarchaeology. He was awarded the U.G.C. Junior Research Fellowship and the U.G.C. Senior Research Fellowship for the perusal of his PhD research. He is also the recipient of the Early Career Grant (2018) awarded by the National Geographic Society, the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (2020) and post PhD grant (2025) by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Research Grant by the Leakey Foundation, Advanced Research grant (2025) from ANRF, Government of India and the Small Study and Research Grant (2017), Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria, and Albert Museum. He has participated in several explorations and excavations by various organizations in South Asia. He directed one season of excavations at a Upper Palaeolithic (Ardhaveedu) site and two seasons of excavations at another Middle and Upper Palaeolithic site (Motravulapadu) in India and step trenching/trail trenching at several other sites in Southeast India and Western India.
Employment
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Shiv Nadar University Assistant Professor2026 - Present
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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Assistant Research Professor2025 - 2025
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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Faculty of Arts Assistant Professor2021 - 2025
Education
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Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Doctorate2017 - 2024
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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Masters in Archaeology2014 - 2016
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (12)
- Middle Pleistocene occupations at Chhajoli, Rajasthan, India Save
- Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) beds as a Late Pleistocene isochron in the Indian subcontinent? New geochronological and sedimentological insights Save
- Seasonally resolved stratigraphy at Jwalapuram India shows regional surface warming after the Toba volcanic super-eruption Save
- Stone by Stone: V.D. Krishnaswami and Building of the Indian Prehistory Save
- Deep-rooted Indian Middle Palaeolithic: Terminal Middle Pleistocene lithic assemblage from Retlapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India Save
- Diversity of MIS 3 Levallois technology from Motravulapadu, Andhra Pradesh, India‐implications of MIS 3 cultural diversity in South Asia Save
- Palaeolithic assemblages associated with Youngest Toba Tuff deposits from the upper Gundlakamma River basin, Andhra Pradesh, India Save
- Youngest Toba Tuff deposits in the Gundlakamma River basin, Andhra Pradesh, India and their role in evaluating Late Pleistocene behavioral change in South Asia Save
- An Early Presence of Modern Human or Convergent Evolution? A 247 ka Middle Palaeolithic Assemblage from Andhra Pradesh, India Save
- Discovery of Youngest Toba Tuff Localities Associated with Palaeolithic Assemblages in the Gundlakamma and Adjoining River Valleys, Southeast Andhra Pradesh: Preliminary Observations Save