Devendra Handa holds postgraduate degrees in Sanskrit, History and Education ? all in First Class and with top positions in the University. He obtained his Post-graduate Diploma in Archaeology from the School of Archaeology (ASI, New Delhi) in 1964 with Distinction. He is the recipient of Maulana Azad and Archaeological Centenary Commemoration Medals, Sir Mortimer Wheeler Prize and various other awards. He is known to the indologists through more than three hundred research papers and numerous monographs.? Osian: History, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Delhi, 1984; Studies in Indian Coins and Seals, Delhi, 1985; Indological Studies: Essays in Memory of Shri S.P. Singhal, Delhi, 1987 (Ed.); Ajaya-Sri: Recent Studies in Indology (Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri Felicitation Volume), 2 Vols., Delhi, 1989 (Ed.); Praci-Prabha: Perspectives in Indology (Essays in Honour of Prof. B.N. Mukherjee), New Delhi, 1989 (Ed. jointly with Prof. D.C. Bhattacharyya); Ratna-Chandrika: Panorama of Oriental Studies (Shri R.C. Agrawala Festschrift), New Delhi, 1989 (Ed. jointly with Prof. Ashvini Agrawal); Heritage of Haryana: Buddhist Remains, Chandigarh, 1989; Vishvambhara: Probings in Orientology (Prof. V.S. Pathak Festschrift), 2 Vols., New Delhi, 1995 (Ed. jointly with Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri and C.S. Gupta); Numismatic Studies, Vols. 1-3 (1991-93), New Delhi (Ed.); Oriental Numismatic Studies,Vols. 1-2 (1994 & 1996), Delhi (Ed.); He has attended numerous national and international conferences and delivered lectures in various institutions. In 1992, he got the Lowick Memorial Grant of the Royal Numismatic Society, London for studying the tribal coins of India. He was honoured for his contributions to the science of numismatics at Calcutta in 1994. After a teaching career of more than thirty years, he finally retired from the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1999. He is a Fellow in the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
