Name:	Y. S. Alone
Designation:	Professor
Centre:
School:	Arts & Aesthetics
Room No.:	SAA-II, 103
Residence:	+91-9968400095
Email:	aloneys@yahoo.com, ysalone@mail.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications:

MA (Fine) Art History, M S University Baroda
Mphil/PhD Centre for Historical Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization:

Ancient Indian Art, Buddhist art, Popular Visual Culture, caste studeis and interpretations, modern Indian art.

Experience:

16 years of teaching and research.

Awards & Honours:

Awarded UGC Reasearch Felleowship 1989
Nominated as ICCR chair Visiting Professor in Shenzhen University China Oct 2012 to Jan 2013.
Member, Consultative/ Expert group on Culture, Planning Commission, Govt. Of India, New Delhi, 2004.
Member, Editorial Board of Te Journal of South Asian Archaelogy-Ancient Asia

Internationa Collaboration/Consultancy:

Research collaboration with Buddhist Research Academy, Haungzhou, China.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5):

"Forms and Patronage in Junnar Chaitya Caves" in Bulletin of Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Vol.: 56-57.

"Buddhist Monuments & Society: A Case Study of Western Indian Buddhist Caves", in Art of Ancient India: Contextualizing the Social Relations, Ed. by Shivaji k. Panikkar & Abha Sheth, M. S. University, Baroda, pp 48-53, 2004.

"Oberorbarthetens Ikonografi" in Detta Land Som Aldrig Var Var Moder Eds Eva-Maria Hardtmann & Vimal; Thorat, Fler Bocker Fran Indiska Biblioteket ( Sweden), 2006.

"Vakataka's Downfall: Ajanta. Harishena and Walter Spink" in Nirukta the Journal of Art History and Aesthetics, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, M. S. University Baroda, Vol-I , pp 9-19.

"Oberorbarthetens Ikonografi" in Detta Land Som Aldrig Var Var Moder Eds Eva-Maria Hardtmann & Vimal; Thorat, Fler Bocker Fran Indiska Biblioteket ( Sweden), 2006.

"Tradition and Practices: Cultural Confronts" in Nirukta the Journal of Art History and Aesthetics, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, M. S. University Baroda, Vol-III., 2006.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3):

"Dr. Ambedkar's Historicism: Confrontations and Inquiries" in Dr.Ambedkar in Retrospect, Ed. by S. K. Thorat and Aryama, I.I.D.S. & Ravat Publication New Delhi, 2007, pp- 261-291.

"Visual Tradition and Art Pedagogy: Perception of Exclusions" in The Journal of Interdisciplinary Policy Research and Action (IPRA), Vol. 2. Issue 4, Oct-Dec. 2008, pp34-43.

"Evoking and Re-evoking of Past: a Discursive Process" in Kala Traimasik, vol.no. 35, Rajya Lalitkala Academy, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 2009, revised version in art concern Aug-Sept. 2010.

"Neo-Buddhist Movement & the Formation of Dalit Identity in Art & Culture" in 'Articulating Resistance: Art and Activism' Eds. Deeptha Achar and Shivaji Panikkar, Tulika Publishers New Delhi, 2012, pp-127-144.