Vibha Tripathi

Prof. Vibha Tripathi is the head of the Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology at Banaras Hindu University. During the last two decades she has specialized in the Iron Age, covering both its archaeology and technology. Though she is not a professional metallurgist, she has specialized in the metallurgy of iron to understand its evolution. Besides the Iron Age technology, she has contributed to the fields of geo-morphology, palaeo-environment, settlement systems, and even to the study of the terracotta art of the Indus Civilization