Dr. N. Chandramouli is working as Associate Professor in the Department of History, Pondicherry University since December, 2006. Before shifting to Pondicherry University, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology & Architecture, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Srisailam Campus, Andhra Pradesh. He took his post-graduate degree in Ancient Indian History and Archaeology from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur; Master of Philosophy degree from University of Hyderabad; and Doctoral degree from P.S. Telugu University for his thesis on the ?Rock Art of Andhra Pradesh?. His research interests are in prehistoric and historical archaeology, field archaeology, Indian rock art, votive terracottas, early Indian history and religious studies. Dr. Chandramouli has published more than 30 research papers in various national and regional research journals, and edited many volumes. He also has to his credit a book on the Rock-art of South India and is presently writing on Bhairava Iconography and Votive Terracottas of Andhra Pradesh. During the two decades of his research and teaching career, 10 M.Phil. and one Ph.D. degrees were awarded under his guidance. He has completed two major research projects on Palaeolithic Archaeology of the Nallamalais and Votive Terracottas of Andhra Pradesh and one minor research project on the Rock Art of Telangana. Acting as the coordinator, he has organized three National Seminars in Pondicherry University. As the regional coordinator of the National Project (Adi Drishya) on the Documentation of the Rock Art initiated by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, he has conducted extensive and intensive studies of the rock-art sites in Andhra Pradesh from a multi-disciplinary perspective, leading a team of experts from various disciplines such as geology, botany, folklore, history, archaeology, art history, etc.
