Yadubir Singh Rawat appointed as DG of ASI ; Dholavira, Vadnagar among his excavations

December 08, 2023
Ahmedabad Central Government Gujarat

New Delhi: Former Director of the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Gujarat, Shri Yadubir Singh Rawat, a senior archaeologist, has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

Shri Rawat who hails from Uttarakhand has been living in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He has worked at the excavation of Dholavira in Kutch, Vadnagar in North Gujarat, and other important sites. He is especially known for his excavations at Vadodara under then Chief Minister Narendra Modi-led government in Gujarat. Vadnagar is also the native town of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shr Rawat has been appointed as DG ASI on a contract basis for three years. The decision on his appointment has been taken by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet. DeshGujarat

 

Name 

 

 

Educational Qualification

 

 

 

 

Professional Training           

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 YADUBIR SINGH RAWAT

 

 

M. A.

(Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology)

University of Garhwal, Srinagar, UP (1980),

(Now Uttarakhand)

 

Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology,

School of Archaeology (1982 Batch),

Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India

 
Positions held in Government                      :

 

 

 

 

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 Director

Directorate of Archaeology & Museum,

Government of Gujarat

(From 17th April 2001 to till retirement on 31st March 2015)

 

Competent Authority Gujarat under National Monument

Authority, Govt. of India (From 2010 to till 31st March 2015)

–

–          Director (In Charge)

–          Gujarat State Archives, Government of Gujarat

–          (From 1st September 2012 to 31st March 2015)

–

–          O.S.D & Consultant (Archaeology) from June 2015 to

–          December 2019, State Archaeology & Museums, under

–          Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities Department

–          Government of Gujarat.

 

CEO of the Vadnagar Heritage Society from December 2019

to Feb 2020.

 

Served as Technical Assistant and Assistant Archaeologist,

in Archaeological Survey of India, GOI, from

25th June 1984 to 16th April 2001

 
Official Training

 

 1.

 

 

 

2.

 Member of the Study Tour to Western Indian Caves at

Ajanta, Ellora and Pithalkhora organized by the University of Michigan, USA, under Prof. Walter Spink, August, 1992.

 

Trained in the use of Satellite Remote Sensing Data in

Archaeology at the National Remote Sensing Agency,

Hyderabad, Department of Space, Government of India
(1st – 30thMay, 1997)

 
Affiliation with the professional bodies/societies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member of various committees of ASI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member of various committees under Govt. of Gujarat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Association with Universities

 

 

Association with Heritage Trust

 

 

Association with World Heritage nomination of the four UNESCO listed sites of Gujarat (as Member Secretary/ of concerned committees/resource person and expert

 

 

Award/Scholarships/Official Appreciation

 

 -Life Member, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary

Studies, Pune.

 

-Life Member Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi.

 

-Life Member, Gujarat Itihas Parisad, Ahmedabad

 

-Life Member Epigraphy Society of India, Mysore.

 

– Life Member of the Journal of Historical,

Archaeological and Anthropological Studies (JHAAS),

Srinagar (Uttarakhand).

 

 

-Expert Member for Gallery Content Reviewing,

National Maritime Heritage Complex Lothal (2020).

 

-Member of the ‘Advisory Committee for the

Multidisciplinary Study of River Saraswati’, Ministry of

Culture, Government of India (2016 -2018).

 

-Member of the group of Eminent Archaeologists related to

the Archaeological issues.

 

-Member of the Expert Committee for finalizing the Site

Nomination Dossier of Dholavira for UNESCO, for its

inclusion in the World Heritage (2019-21).

 

-Member of the Committee constituted by Ministry of

Culture, Government of India in 2018 to ‘Evaluate the

findings of ongoing excavation at Vadnagar and interpret

it in the light of all Buddhist and Jain Sites situated in the

vicinity of Vadnagar and Taranga Hill’.

 

-Member of the Committee for the Content for the

Proposed Maritime History Museum, Mumbai.

Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India (2015).

 

-Member of the Advisory Committee constituted by the

Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities Department, for MOU

with universities for research projects from 30 May 2022.

 

 

-Member of the Review Committee for Curation & Exhibit

Agency (CEA) for curation, Content development, Exhibit

Design and Supervision for Archaeological Experiential

Museum at Vadnagar from 12th September 2022.

 

-Honorary member of the Advisory Committee of

Museologists to advise the Member Secretary- Sardar

Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust on aspects of

Museum exhibits etc.

 

– Co-opted Member of Heritage Conservation Committee

(HCC) constituted under General Development

Control Regulation (GDCR) of Urban Development &

Urban Housing (UD & UH) Department of GOG.

 

: External Examiner for MA & Ph.D., in the M.S. University

of Baroda; Rajasthan Vidhyapeeth, Udaipur and Gujarat

Vidhyapeeth Ahmedabad till year 2018.

 

: Presently one of the Trustees of the Ahmedabad World

Heritage City Trust (AWHCT).

: Member of the Expert Committee of the AWHCT.

 

1.   Champaner- Pawagadh World Heritage Archaeological

Park.

2.   Rani Ki Vav, Patan

3.      Ahmedabad World Heritage City

4.      Dholavira

 

 

 

 

1.      Nominated-Member, Board of Studies for Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, the Maharaja Sayairao University, Broda. Vadodara.

2.      Awarded ‘Certificate of Reviewing’ by the Editors of Archaeological Research in Asia, in recognition of the

review contribution to the journal ‘ELSEVIER’.

3.      Member, Executive Committee, Indian Society for

Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Pune

4.      Member, Joint Editor, Journal of History,

Archaeological and Anthropological Studies, Srinagar.

5.      Member of advisory Board of Atulya Varso (A Gujarati

Magazine), Ahmedabad.
Name 

 

 

Educational Qualification

 

 

 

 

Professional Training           

:

 

 

:

 

 

 

 

:

 YADUBIR SINGH RAWAT

 

 

M. A.

(Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology)

University of Garhwal, Srinagar, UP (1980),

(Now Uttarakhand)

 

Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology,

School of Archaeology (1982 Batch),

Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India

 
Positions held in Government                      :

 

 

 

 

:

 

 

:

 

 

 

:

 

 

 

 

:

 

 

:

 

 Director

Directorate of Archaeology & Museum,

Government of Gujarat

(From 17th April 2001 to till retirement on 31st March 2015)

 

Competent Authority Gujarat under National Monument

Authority, Govt. of India (From 2010 to till 31st March 2015)

–

–          Director (In Charge)

–          Gujarat State Archives, Government of Gujarat

–          (From 1st September 2012 to 31st March 2015)

–

–          O.S.D & Consultant (Archaeology) from June 2015 to

–          December 2019, State Archaeology & Museums, under

–          Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities Department

–          Government of Gujarat.

 

CEO of the Vadnagar Heritage Society from December 2019

to Feb 2020.

 

Served as Technical Assistant and Assistant Archaeologist,

in Archaeological Survey of India, GOI, from

25th June 1984 to 16th April 2001

 
Official Training

 

 1.

 

 

 

2.

 Member of the Study Tour to Western Indian Caves at

Ajanta, Ellora and Pithalkhora organized by the University of Michigan, USA, under Prof. Walter Spink, August, 1992.

 

Trained in the use of Satellite Remote Sensing Data in

Archaeology at the National Remote Sensing Agency,

Hyderabad, Department of Space, Government of India
(1st – 30thMay, 1997)

 
Affiliation with the professional bodies/societies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member of various committees of ASI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member of various committees under Govt. of Gujarat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Association with Universities

 

 

Association with Heritage Trust

 

 

Association with World Heritage nomination of the four UNESCO listed sites of Gujarat (as Member Secretary/ of concerned committees/resource person and expert

 

 

Award/Scholarships/Official Appreciation

 

 -Life Member, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary

Studies, Pune.

 

-Life Member Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi.

 

-Life Member, Gujarat Itihas Parisad, Ahmedabad

 

-Life Member Epigraphy Society of India, Mysore.

 

– Life Member of the Journal of Historical,

Archaeological and Anthropological Studies (JHAAS),

Srinagar (Uttarakhand).

 

 

-Expert Member for Gallery Content Reviewing,

National Maritime Heritage Complex Lothal (2020).

 

-Member of the ‘Advisory Committee for the

Multidisciplinary Study of River Saraswati’, Ministry of

Culture, Government of India (2016 -2018).

 

-Member of the group of Eminent Archaeologists related to

the Archaeological issues.

 

-Member of the Expert Committee for finalizing the Site

Nomination Dossier of Dholavira for UNESCO, for its

inclusion in the World Heritage (2019-21).

 

-Member of the Committee constituted by Ministry of

Culture, Government of India in 2018 to ‘Evaluate the

findings of ongoing excavation at Vadnagar and interpret

it in the light of all Buddhist and Jain Sites situated in the

vicinity of Vadnagar and Taranga Hill’.

 

-Member of the Committee for the Content for the

Proposed Maritime History Museum, Mumbai.

Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India (2015).

 

-Member of the Advisory Committee constituted by the

Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities Department, for MOU

with universities for research projects from 30 May 2022.

 

 

-Member of the Review Committee for Curation & Exhibit

Agency (CEA) for curation, Content development, Exhibit

Design and Supervision for Archaeological Experiential

Museum at Vadnagar from 12th September 2022.

 

-Honorary member of the Advisory Committee of

Museologists to advise the Member Secretary- Sardar

Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust on aspects of

Museum exhibits etc.

 

– Co-opted Member of Heritage Conservation Committee

(HCC) constituted under General Development

Control Regulation (GDCR) of Urban Development &

Urban Housing (UD & UH) Department of GOG.

 

: External Examiner for MA & Ph.D., in the M.S. University

of Baroda; Rajasthan Vidhyapeeth, Udaipur and Gujarat

Vidhyapeeth Ahmedabad till year 2018.

 

: Presently one of the Trustees of the Ahmedabad World

Heritage City Trust (AWHCT).

: Member of the Expert Committee of the AWHCT.

 

1.   Champaner- Pawagadh World Heritage Archaeological

Park.

2.   Rani Ki Vav, Patan

3.      Ahmedabad World Heritage City

4.      Dholavira

 

 

 

 

1.      Nominated-Member, Board of Studies for Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, the Maharaja Sayairao University, Broda. Vadodara.

2.      Awarded ‘Certificate of Reviewing’ by the Editors of Archaeological Research in Asia, in recognition of the

review contribution to the journal ‘ELSEVIER’.

3.      Member, Executive Committee, Indian Society for

Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Pune

4.      Member, Joint Editor, Journal of History,

Archaeological and Anthropological Studies, Srinagar.

5.      Member of advisory Board of Atulya Varso (A Gujarati

Magazine), Ahmedabad.

Research publications and Reports

 

  1. Reports:
  2. ‘Kanmer Excavation (2005-09)’. Kharakwal, J.S., Y.S. Rawat and Toshiki Osada.

Research    Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto (Japan):2012.

        (ISBN 978-4-902325-72-0.

  1.  Excavations at Hulas (1978–1983), 2020. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey

  of India no. 113. K.N. Dikshit with contributions from V.C. Sharma Y.S. Rawat

K.K. Sharma K.S. Saraswat I. Mahadevan. Archaeological Survey of India,

New Delhi.

  1. ‘Excavations at Kotada Bhadli (2010-13), District Kachchh, Gujarat’ by Prabodh

 Shirvalkar and Y.S. Rawat (in final stage of pre-publication proof reading).

  1. ‘Vadnagar Excavation (2006-12), District Mehsana, Gujarat’. S. Rawat

  (Report under final stage of preparation).

 

Rawat, Y.S., ‘Xuanzang’s Travels in Gujarat and the Vadnagar Monastery’. In INDIA Rediscovered: Re-assessing the legacy of Alexander Cunningham. Atul Tripathi (ed.). Aryan Book International, Delhi. 2023.pp.

2023:         Shirvalkar, Prabodh, Esha Prasad, Shashank Babu C. and Y.S. Rawat.

‘Archaeology and legend of Jakh: A medieval Kachchh’. In Animals in Archaeology: Integrating Landscapes, Environment and Humans in South Asia (A Festschrift for Prof. P.P. Joglekar) Volume 2. Pankaj Goyal, Abhayan G.S., and Sharada Channarayapatna (ed.). pp. 497-515. Thiruvananthapuram: Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala.

2015:        Rawat, Y.S., ‘Coastal Sites: Possible Port Towns of Harappan Time in Gujarat’. Port Towns of Gujarat. Primus Books, Delhi. 183-215. Sara Keller and Michael Pearson (ed).

2014:        Rawat, Y. S., ‘Archaeology of Kachchh in Gujarat defining Cultural Landscape’. Mausam Maritime Landscapes across the India Ocean, Himanshu Prabha Ray (ed), PP. 33- 48. Aryan Books International, New Delhi.

2011:        Rawat, Y.S., ‘Recently found ancient Monastery and other Buddhist Remains at Vadnagar and Taranga in North Gujarat, India’. Bujang Valley and Early Civilizations in Southeast Asia (Revised version). PP. 209- 242. Stephen Chia, Barbara Watson Andaya (ed.). Department of National Heritage, Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture, Malaysia. 2011.

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