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Dr. Kamalakar Gundepudi obtained his Master’s Degree in 1975 from Andhra University and Ph.D. in 1985 from Nagarjuna University. He is with Birla Archaeological & Cultural Research Institute (BACRI) Hydera-bad since 1978 and presently he is the Director of BACRI. He did his P.G. Diploma in Museology from Osmania University in 1995 and is the recipient of Salar Jung Gold Medal for that year. From the same University he obtained his P.G. Diploma in Archival Science & Manuscriptology in the year 1999. He is a recognized supervisor for guiding Ph.D. students in the field of Archaeology and allied subjects and examiner for Post Graduate and Doctoral examinations for many universities. To his credit he has organized several national and inter-national seminars as Director of BACRI on different topics. He has edited and published several publications apart from several research articles on archaeology and conservation. He has participated and directed several excavations since 1978 which include Veerapuram, Vaddamanu, Gara-padu, Pudur etc. He has also participated in under-water explorations off Arabian Sea at Dwaraka and Betdwaraka under-taken by National Institute of Oceanography (Goa) in collaboration with BACRI.