Cuddapah Basin Palaeoanthropology Field School ( IIT Gandhinagar, December 2025)

Explore the Origins of Humanity: Cuddapah Basin Palaeoanthropology Field School,

Do you have an interest in science and the world around you?

Would you like the remarkable opportunity to visit one of the most remote and interesting Prehistoric sites in the Cuddapah Basin?

The Archaeological Science Centre (ASC), Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), invites applications for its Winter 2025 Field School program.

Program Overview & Dates Organized By: Archaeological Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar, founded in 2008, is known for its student-centric philosophy and unique educational experience, and is India's first 5-star GRIHA LD (Green) campus).

Location: Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh Program Dates: December 17-21, 2025

What You Will Experience

The Cuddapah Basin Palaeoanthropology Field School is a multidisciplinary field-training program focusing on Palaoanthropology and Quaternary Studies. The Cuddapah Basin is renowned for its wealth of fossils and artifacts documenting all major stages of human development.

This field school addresses critical knowledge gaps that often remain outside formal academic curricula. While the Indian subcontinent holds invaluable clues to understanding the Quaternary period (2.58 million years ago to the present)—a time that profoundly shaped human evolution—the hands-on methods required to study this period are rarely taught in universities.

Participants will examine the paleontology, archaeology, and ancient environment surrounding the Cuddapah Basin.

Participants gain rare, experiential training in:

1. Palaeoanthropology, Geology, and Archaeology.

2. Practical training in surveying sites.

3. Interpreting geological stratigraphy.

4. Collecting scientific samples for dating and paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

These tools empower participants to study human–climate interactions in a holistic way. The Cuddapah basin is an ideal location due to nearly a decade of robust, multidisciplinary research conducted there, focusing on sedimentology, stratigraphy, Palaeontology, Stone tools, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

Experts

The program attracts faculty from across India and draws internationally acclaimed experts, giving participants direct exposure to global best practices.

1. Convenor: Anilkumar Devara

2. Co-convenor: V N Prabhakar

3. Resource Persons include: Prof. Ravi Korisettar, Prof. Vijay Sathe, Dr Naveen Chauhan, Dr Prabhin Sukumaran, and Dr Anilkumar Devara.

Accepting applications for the Winter 2025 Field School program.

To get the most up-to-date information on the Field School programs, please email: fieldschool.asc@iitgn.ac.in

For questions about the program, please contact: Dr Anilkumar Devara, Assistant Research Professor, Archaeological Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar

1. Phone: +91-079 2395 2638

2. Email: fieldschool.asc@iitgn.ac.in

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Apply now

Registration fees: INR 5000 per person

The registration fees cover local travel, accommodation and food. Participants has to make their own travel arrangements to reach the town Pamuru, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh .