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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham during the British Raj who also became its first Director-General.
This category contains a list of directors general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Pages in category "Directors general of the Archaeological Survey of India" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Sir John Hubert Marshall CIE FBA (19 March 1876, Chester, England – 17 August 1958, Guildford, England) was an English archaeologist who was Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. [1]
Debala Mitra (14 December 1925, Khulna – 2 December 2003, Kolkata) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1981 to 1983. She is the first woman archaeologist to head the ASI. She explored and excavated several Buddhist sites.
For the first time, he interpreted a Harappan stamp seal, with its unknown script, which he concluded to be of an origin foreign to India. [42] [43] Archaeological work in Harappa thereafter lagged until a new viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, pushed through the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904, and appointed John Marshall to lead the ASI. [44]
G. C. Anupama is a former Dean and Senior Professor (retired) at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bengaluru. She served as president of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) from 2019 to 2022, becoming the first woman to head this association of professional astronomers in India. [1]
The Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The agency cooperates with numerous national and international entities who are active in aerospace research and technology.
On November 1, 1966, the department by administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The Division of Far Eastern Affairs, established in 1908, was the first geographical division to be established in the Department of State. [1]