Memorial Lectures in Honour of well-known Scholars of the Past

Dr. Y. D. Sharma Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2005	Shri M.C. Joshi	Institute of Archaeology, New Delhi
2006	Prof. M.R. Mughal	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2007	Prof. Dilip K. Chakrabarti	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2008	Prof. K.M. Shrimali	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2009	Prof. V.D. Misra	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2010	Prof. V.H. Sonawane	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2011	Prof. Monica L. Smith	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2013	Dr. R.S. Bisht	Indian Museum, Kolkata
2014	Prof. Vasant Shinde	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2016	Prof. Indra Bir Singh	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2018	Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi

Prof. B.P. Sinha Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2008	Prof. R.D. Choudhury	Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar
2009	Prof. U.P. Arora	University of Allahabad, Allahabad
2010	Prof. G.B. Deglurkar	University of Lucknow, Lucknow
2011	Dr. B.R. Mani	University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
2012	Prof. Kuldeep K. Bhan	M.S. University, Baroda, Vadodara
2013	Dr. C. Margabandhu	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2014	Prof. M.K. Dhavalikar	Deccan College, Pune
2015	Prof. K.P. Rao	University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
2016	Prof. Vibha Tripathi	Audrey House, Ranchi
2017	Prof. P. Ajithprasad	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2018	Dr. K.N. Dikshit	Gyan Bhawan, Patna (February 2019)

Dr. S.P. Gupta Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2008	Amb. L.L. Mehrotra (Retd.)	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2010	Prof. M. Tosi	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2018	Prof. Satish Chandra Mittal	National Museum Institute, New Delhi
2018	Prof. Vasant Shinde	Gyan Bhawan, Patna (February 2019)

Dr. A.P. Khatri Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2008	Prof. D.K. Bhattacharya	Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar
2010	Dr. R.K. Varma	University of Lucknow, Lucknow
2011	Prof. Ravi Korisetter	University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
2012	Prof. J.N. Pal	M.S. University, Baroda, Vadodara
2013	Dr. P. Ajithprasad	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2014	Dr. Shanti Pappu	Deccan College, Pune
2015	Dr. Sheela Mishra	University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
2016	Prof. J.N. Pal	Audrey House, Ranchi
2017	Shri S.B. Ota	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2018	Dr. Prakash Sinha	Gyan Bhawan, Patna (February 2019)

Shri M.N. Deshpande Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2009	Prof. B.B. Lal	University of Allahabad, Allahabad
2012	Dr. S.K. Mitra	M.S. University, Baroda, Vadodara
2015	Dr. Ajit Kumar	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2016	Prof. A. Sundara	Audrey House, Ranchi
2017	Dr. S.K. Manjul	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2018	Dr. Alok Tripathi	Gyan Bhawan, Patna (February 2019)

Shri J.P. Joshi Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2009	Dr. G.L. Possehl	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhii
2011	Prof. P. Rajendran	University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
2014	Dr. K.S. Saraswat	The Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi
2017	Dr. Y. Sudershan Rao	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2018	Dr. K.C. Nauriyal	Gyan Bhawan, Patna (February 2019)

Raibahadur Dr. Hira Lal Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speaker	Venue
2013	Prof. R.K. Sharma	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2014	Prof. S.K. Tewari	Deccan College, Pune
2015	Dr. Suresh Mishra	University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
2016	Prof. S.C. Panda	Audrey House, Ranchi
2017	Prof. Maheshwari Prasad	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2018	Dr. B.R. Mani	Gyan Bhawan, Patna (February 2019)

Prof. M.K. Dhavalikar Memorial Lecture

Year	Name of the Speake	Venue
2018	Prof. A.P. Jamkhedkar	National Museum Institute, New Delhi