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Dr. Pradip Sarma did his research in the temple architecture of Assam and received in 1982 his Ph.D. from the Gauhati University. He served for thirty-six years in different capacities in the Directorate of Archaeology, Assam, and retired from this Directorate as the Deputy Director. A diploma holder in Civil Engineering, he was trained in 1964 in the methods of the conservation of old monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India and got the rare chance of visiting most of the archaeological sites of the country where major work of conservation was in process at that time. Presently, he is the Director of the Research Council, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati, and has been looking after research projects pertaining to the survey, documentation and preservation of the ethnic culture of North-east India. He has published a good number of research papers as also a few books on varied subjects pertaining to the cultural heritage of North-east India.