Faculty Bio

Dr. Tanashree Redij currently serves as Assistant Professor at Amrita Darshanam (International Centre for Spiritual Studies) at Bengaluru campus. She holds her doctoral degree in Archaeology from Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune. Having a background of Archaeology, Sanskrit and Museology, she is working on the rituals of Goddess Jyeṣṭhā from the sociological, historical and anthropological point of view to get into the complexities of the ritual and the possible reasons behind it. Her extensive ethnographic fieldworks in the various parts of Maharashtra have given her good insight in understanding the various layers of cultural beliefs and their possible reasons supporting to the textual and historical dynamics of rituals.

Education

• 2019: Ph. D. in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology
  Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Deemed University Pune
• 2012:  P. G. Diploma in Museology & Conservation
  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Mumbai University
• 2011: Masters of Arts in Sanskrit
  Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune
• 2010: Masters of Arts in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology
  Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Deemed University Pune
• 2010: Bachelors of Arts in Sanskrit
  Ramnarayain Ruia College, Mumbai University