Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies
The Society & its Activities

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Brief Overview of the Society Philosophy Activites Awards Offered Awards Recepients Current Office Bearers Past Office Bearers

Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS) was founded in 1976. It was registered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 3rd. July, of that year.

The society is dedicated to supporting and promoting research on prehistory and the quaternary period of the Indian subcontinent.

Currently the society has about five hundred members, including members from foreign countries.

The society's annual conferences are held in December of each year in different cities of India.

The society's journal Man and Environment, published bi-annually, is one of the very few standard journals dedicated to archaeological research in India. It is well known in the academic community worldwide. The society also publishes occasional monographs.

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1. Plan and Organize an Annual Congress, and also from time to time arrange seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, and discussion meetings for academic purposes.
2. Undertake a programme of publications of academic and general nature.
3. Encourage and organize Prehistoric and quaternary expeditions.
4. Establish liaison with foreign scholars pursuing Prehistoric and Quaternary investigations and arrange study tours to areas of interest outside India.
5. Special Lectures
   • Presidential addresses at the annual conference.
   • Professor H. D. Sankalia Memorial Lecture at the annual conference.

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1. Professor R. K. Sharma award for Excellence in Archaeology (awarded once in 2 years).
2. Professor H. D. Sankalia Young Archaeologist Award (age upto 35 years).
3. Dr. Malti Nagar Ethnoarchaeology award.

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