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Dr. Vibha Tripathi (b. 1948) is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology. She has worked extensively in Proto-historic and Early Historic Archaeology, contributing nearly 200 papers and ten books on various aspects of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. Although she specializes in the field of ancient Indian technology, especially in ceramics and metallurgy, she emphasizes on holistic reconstruction of the past through her works. She is widely travelled participating and chairing sessions in National and International conferences, seminars and symposia. As a member of several National and International academic bodies, she contributes to National policies. Presently she is member of several societies and important national bodies for History of Science, Indian National Science Academy (INSA); Science and Heritage Research Initiative, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

In recognition to her sustained contributions to the field of Ancient Indian Culture and archaeology, she has been bestowed several prestigious awards like the ‘Bharatiya Manisha Sutram’ Award and V.S. Wakankar Award (2017). More recently, she received Newton Funding award by STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research to undertake in-depth research in the field of archaeo-metallurgy.

Dr. Prabhakar Upadhyay is engaged in study and researches in the field of history of science and technology in ancient India for nearly a decade in Banaras Hindu University. He has done research on ancient mining and mineral resources of cultures of Ganga Plains (700-600 BC to 100 BC/AD) with an ethnoarcheological and technological angle. Presently engaged in a Department of Science and technology (DST) sponsored project, he is working on an in-depth study of a selected areas of mining and metallurgy in Sonbhadra-Sidh region. The present work incorporates certain aspects of his researchers taken up recently.  Dr. Upadhyay is a dynamic young scholar with a bright academic carrier. He actively participates in academic activities in progress in recent years, especially on the archeology and technology of Gangetic Plains. He has participated in a good number of archeological excavations, such as at Khairadih, Agiabir, Anai and explored several areas OF Varanasi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Sidhi, Singhbhum etc. He has participated and contributed in national and international seminars and symposia. His research articles are published in journals of repute.