Teacher from Malappuram to address World Archaeology Meet

R. Saravanan, history teacher at PSMO College, Tirurangadi, with specialisation in archaeology, will present a paper at the World Archaeological Congress being held in Australia next month.

Mr. Saravanan will present his paper titled ‘The maritime contacts of Pattanam: Locating the ancient remains in Kerala, India’ at Flinders University, Darwin, where the world meet will be held from June 22 to 28.

He had presented a paper on archaeology at Alcala University, Madrid, Spain, last year. With a diploma in archaeology from the Archaeological Survey of India, Mr. Saravanan is pursuing doctoral research under Manmathan M.R., head of the Department of History, Calicut University.