Madhukar Dhavalikar

Who is Madhukar Dhavalikar?

Professor Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar was born on 16 May 1930. He served the Archaeological Survey of India as Technical Assistant from 1953 to 1965. He was a Lecturer in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology at the Nagpur University from 1965 to 1967. He served Deccan College, Pune, as Reader in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology from 1967 to 1982, and as Professor from 1982 to 1990. He held the positions of Joint-Director and Director. He was awarded the fellowship of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and the Ravindranath Tagore Fellowship in Cultural Research by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He received India's fourth highest civilian award, "Padma Shri".