Sudeshna  Guha

Key Research Areas

Histories of ArchaeologyThe archaeology of South Asia and Early IndiaArt and Architecture of Pre-colonial IndiaHistoriographyVisual Histories

Dr Sudeshna Guha

Professor School of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Histories of Archaeology, The archaeology of South Asia and Early India, Art and Architecture of Pre-colonial India, Historiography, Visual Histories, Histories of Photography in South Asia, Materiality, Museum Studies, Cultural Heritage and Ethics, Archaeology and Nationalism Know more: Click here

Research Overview

Histories of Archaeology, The archaeology of South Asia and Early India, Art and Architecture of Pre-colonial India, Historiography, Visual Histories, Histories of Photography in South Asia, Materiality, Museum Studies, Cultural Heritage and Ethics, Archaeology and Nationalism Know more: Click here

Education

1990-1991: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge 1990. Ph.D. Archaeology. Deccan College, University of Poona (undertaken between 1985-1989) 1985. M.A. Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology. Deccan College, University of Poona 1983. B.A. (Hons.) History. Lady Sri Ram College, University of Delhi

Experience

07/2021-Present, Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR 01/2016-06/2021, Associate Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR 04/2015-05/2016, Tagore Research Scholar, National Museum, New Delhi 07/2010-30/2013, Research Associate, Digital Archives (ECLAP) and Redevelopment Project, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge 10/2005-09/2009, University Lecturer in South Asian History (Unestablished post), Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge 10/1997-09/2005, Research Associate, Photograph Collections, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge 08/1995-04/1996, Curatorial and Exhibition Assistant, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge 09/1994-07/1995, Curatorial Assistant, Indian and Southeast Asian Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 02/1993-06/1994, Assistant Staff, Conservation of Roman Bronzes, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge 01/1992-07/1992, Guest Lecturer,Department of History, LadySriRam College, University of Delhi 01/1990-04/1990, Assistant Arts Officer, British Council Division, New Delhi

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1 Article Open access
Unlocking Indazole Synthesis from α-Diazo-β-Ketoesters via Aryne Trapping: A Streamlined Approach
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Guha, S.; Crochet, A.; Sukumar, T.; Ravva, M.K.; Sen, S.; Gremaud, L. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 28(25) 2025 0
2 Article Open access
Eco-friendly anaerobic oxidation of aryl diazo esters with heterocyclic N-oxide under ball milling: synthesis of 1,2-dicarbonyl systems
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Guha, S.; Sen, S.; Gremaud, L. RSC Mechanochemistry, 2(1), 45-53 2025 2
3 Book chapter
CRAFT AND ITS REPRESENTATION: Thinking Through the Pre-Colonial Histories of Craft Practices in India
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Guha, S. The Routledge Handbook of Craft and Sustainability in India, 75-88 2024 0
4 Article Open access
Mechanochemical Metal-free N-Sulfonyl Transfer Reaction: Expedient Synthesis of N-Sulfonyl Amidines
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Guha, S.; Maheshwari, S.; Ravva, M.K.; Jacob, J.M.; Yadav, S.; Sen, S. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 12(10) 2023 4
5 Article
Blue LED Induced Three Component Reactions for the Generation of 4,6-Dioxo-hexahydro-1H-furo[3, 4-c] pyrrole: Their Evaluation as Anticancer Agents through PARP-1 Inhibition
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Khan, H.; Guha, S.; Baruah, M.; Yadav, S.; Maheshwari, S.; Sainani, S.; Maiti, D.; Sen, S. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 18(15) 2023 3
6 Article
Metal-free synthesis of N-sulfonyl imines from benzyl alcohol derivatives and iminoiodinanes via mechanochemistry
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Guha, S.; Bhattacharya, R.; Jacob, J.M.; Ravva, M.K.; Sen, S. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 21(27), 5592-5600 2023 0
7 Book chapter
IMAGINATION AND PRESENCE: Human–Animal Relations and the Arts of Pre-colonial Deccan
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Guha, S. Conversations With The Animate ‘Other’: Historical Representations of Human and Non-Human Interactions in India, 35-53 2023 0
8 Article
Blue Light-Emitting Diode-Induced Direct C-H Functionalization of 1,4-Quinones with Aryl and Alkyl Boronic Acids
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Guha, S.; Prabakar, T.; Sen, S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87(22), 15421-15434 2022 8
9 Article Open access
Capturing a Pentacyclic Fragment-Based Library Derived from Perophoramidine: Their Design, Synthesis and Evaluation as Anticancer Compounds by DNA Double-Strand Breaks (DSB) and PARP-1 Inhibition
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Guha, S.; Yussif El-Deeb, I.; Yadav, S.; Das, R.; Dutta Dubey, K.D.; Baruah, M.; Gremaud, L.; Sen, S. Chemistry - A European Journal, 28(63) 2022 1
10 Conference paper
Team Selection Using Statistical and Graphical Approaches for Cricket Fantasy Leagues
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Mohith, M.; Guha, R.; Khetarpaul, S.; Saurabh, S. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 446 LNBIP, 719-726 2022 0
11 Article Open access
A sustainable C-H functionalization of indoles, pyrroles and furans under a blue LED with iodonium ylides
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Sar, S.; Das, R.; Barman, D.; Latua, P.; Guha, S.; Gremaud, L.; Sen, S. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 19(35), 7627-7632 2021 18
12 Article
Blue Light-Emitting Diode-Mediated in Situ Generation of Pyridinium and Isoquinolinium Ylides from Aryl Diazoesters: Their Application in the Synthesis of Diverse Dihydroindolizine
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Sar, S.; Guha, S.; Prabakar, T.; Maiti, D.; Sen, S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 86(17), 11736-11747 2021 16
13 Article
Orthogonal Syntheses of γ-Carbolinone and Spiro[pyrrolidinone-3,3′]indole Derivatives in One Pot through Reaction Telescoping
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Guha, S.; Gadde, S.; Kumar, N.; Black, D.S.; Sen, S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 86(7), 5234-5244 2021 22
14 Article
Decolonizing South Asia through heritage-and nation-building
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Guha, S. Future Anterior, 16(2), 30-45 2019 2
15 Article
Tuning of transport properties of the double-step chemical bath deposition grown zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires by controlled annealing: An approach to generate p-type ZnO nanowires
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Das, A.; Saha, R.; Guhathakurata, S.; Pal, S.; Saha, N.R.; Dutta, H.S.; Karmakar, A.; Chattopadhyay, S. Thin Solid Films, 649, 129-135 2018 10

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Awards & Honors

  • 2015-2017, Tagore Scholar, National Museum 2005, British Academy, Small Research Grant 1999, Evans Fellowship Committee Grant, Cambridge 1994, India Travel Award, Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the V&A Museum, London 1990-1991, Commonwealth Visiting Scholar, Dept of Archaeology, Cambridge 1985-1989, Junior Research Fellow, University Grants Commission, India

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