Richa Jhaldiyal
Contact Information
Job Title
Lecturer of South Asian Studies
- jhaldiyal.1@osu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Archaeology of South Asia
- Indian prehistory
- Histories of Archaeology in South Asia
Education
- Ph.D. in Archaeology, Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
- M.A. in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
- B.A. (Hons) History, Delhi University, India
Richa received her Ph.D. in Archaeology from Deccan College, Pune, India. Her doctoral and post-doctoral research investigated the formation processes of the prehistoric record in the Hunsgi and Baichbal basins in the state of Karnataka, India. Her research interests also include historiography and histories of archaeology, specially in the Indian princely states in colonial India.
Richa has taught courses in Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, and Biological Anthropology.