Lectures/Presentation (by invitation):
 
Watch TEDx Talk by Dr M B Rajani titled Clues in the Landscapes
1.       ‘Archaeological sciences for understanding past settlements: Buddhist structures at Nalanda’Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi,
           October 16th 2017
2.       ‘Remote sensing perspectives of Buddhist sites in India' to MA students at Courtauld Institute of Art, London, July 6th 2017
3.       ‘Using Remote Sensing to understand and preserve our cultural heritage ‘ Dhwani series, JNCASR, Bangalore, May 24th 2017
4.       ‘Buddhist sites in India: Geospatial insights into their past and future’ in a workshop on 'Indian roots of global Buddhism'UCLA April 29th 2017
5.       ‘What can satellites reveal about our past?’ As part of a UG course on ‘History and Future of Science and Technology in India’ APU, Bangalore, April 18th
           2017
6.       ‘Archaeological Landscape of Nalanda and Environs: Persepectives from Remote Sensing and GIS’at the Bihar Heritage Development Society, Patna, on
           Dec 15th 2016
7.       ‘Remote Sensing Applications for Archaeological Research’to the faculty members at MVJ college of Engineering, Bangalore, on Dec 20th 2016 about my
           research and also about setting up remote sensing lab in their institution.
8.       ‘Use of Geo Spatial Technology in Heritage Conservation’in a Two day workshop organised by ASI, Bangalore, as part of World Heritage Week
           (Nov 19-25 2016).
9.       ‘Landscape Archeology: Revealing our past using satellite images’ International Centre for Theoretical Studies, Bengaluru, Sept 19th 2016
10.   ‘Revealing the Past Using Satellites: Buddhist Structures at Nalanda’Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre, Bangalore, Aug 21st 2016
11.   ‘What can satellites reveal about our past?’ At IIIT Bangalore (Nov 18th) to their students (course MTech Digital Society) and faculty
12.    ‘What can satellites reveal about our past?’ Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, Sept 21st 2015
13.   ‘Satellites’ gaze into the past: the Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram and Nalanda Mahavihara’, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, (IGCAR),
         Kalpakam, Sept 4th 2015
14.   ‘Nalanda Mahavihara: landscape perspectives’ Nightingales, Malleshwaram, July 28th 2015
15.   Nottu Svara: Western influences in late 18th and early 19th century South Indian Classical Music, Nightingales, Malleshwaram, June12th 2015
16.   Wednesday Seminar, Department of History, Delhi University ‘Satellites’ gaze into the past: the Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram and Nalanda
        Mahavihara’ on Aug 6th 2014
17.   Public talk, Centre of Earth Science, IISc, Banglaore ‘Remote Sensing Applications to Archaeology’ on Sept 12th, 2013
18.   Public talk, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, title ‘Satellite's Gaze Into The Past’ on July 3rd 2013
19.   Presentation at Teri University, New Delhi, title ‘Application of geoinformatics in archaeology’ on July 10th 2012
20.   Presentation at Kumaraguru Collage of technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, title ‘space based remote sensing and GIS applications’ on October 15th
        2011.
21.   Presentation to students and faculty at NIIT University (NU), Neemrana, Rajasthan, title ‘Remote sensing and GIS for archaeological investigations’on
        Sept 8, 2011.
22.   Presentation at Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Janpath, New Delhi, on the multidisciplinary studies in the field of archaeology, title ‘Space-based
        archaeological investigations’ on 30 Aug 2011
23.   Presentation to Sri Sam Pitrida (Chairman, National Innovation Council, and, Advisor to PM, Public information, infrastructure and Innovation) and his
        team members at Planning Commission on 29 March 2011.
24.   As part of ISRO Induction Training Programme (IITP) at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, on the topic ‘Applications of space based remote sensing
        to archaeology’ on 07 Dec 2009
25.   At ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, on the topic ‘Applications of space based remote sensing to archaeology’ on 11 Sept 2009
26.   At Institution of Engineers, Bangalore, on the topic ‘Applications of space based remote sensing to archaeology’ on 28 May 2009.
27.   At Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in the Asia Pacific on the topic ‘Remote Sensing Application to archaeology’ on 03 Feb 2009.
28.   At Department of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore, on the topic ‘Remote Sensing and Archaeology’ on 31 May 2008
Public Lectures at NIAS:
1.       The Untold Tales of Srirangapatna's  Myriad Monuments (Aug 30th 2017); Wednesday Discussion Meeting
2.       The search for Odantapuri: Evidence from Landscape Archaeology (July 20th 2016); Wednesday Discussion Meeting
3.       Nottu Svara: Western influences in late 18th and early 19th century South Indian Classical Music (April 29th 2015); Wednesday Discussion Meeting
4.       Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram (5 November 2008); Wednesday Discussion Meeting
5.       Some thoughts on western classical and later geographers’ perspective of India (29 March 2006); Wednesday Discussion Meeting
Conferences
A.      International:
1.       International Conference on Karez on Cultural Borders 29th – 31st October 2017, Bidar, Karnataka, Inida
                                I.            KuiliSuganya and M.B.Rajani ‘Was there a Network of Karez at Bangalore?’
2.       The South Asia Regional Conference 2017 (27-29 Nov 2017), International Society for Music Education, Venue: NIAS, Bangalore
                                I.            M.B.Rajani ‘Cross-Cultural Musical Exchanges in the 18th and 19th centuries Colonial India’
3.       International Conference on Music and Dance ‘Harmonic and Melodic World Music’ from 24th June 2017 to 28th June 2017, organised by
          Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha (Regd. Trust), Bengaluru
                                I.            Naresh Keerthu and M.B.Rajani, 'The legacy of the noṭṭusvara-s – Diksitar and beyond'
4.       Workshop on 'Indian roots of global Buddhism' UCLA April 29th 2017
                                I.            M.B.Rajani‘Buddhist sites in India: Geospatial insights into their past and future’
5.       Spring Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, March 25 2016
                                I.            'Tracing geo-spatial location of Iron and Steel industry of Tipu Sultan', Presented by Prof S. Ranganathan
6.       Cultural heritage: Environment, ecology and Inter-Asian Interactions, Rajgir, Bihar, organized by Nalanda University and International Institute for
          Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, Netherland Jan 6-8 2014
                                I.            M.B.Rajani ‘Tracing the extent of the ancient site of Nalanda though satellite images’.
7.       Royal Society Indo-UK Scientific Seminar, March 7th to 9th 2012 at the Exeter University, UK
                                I.            M.B.Rajani ‘Space based remote sensing and its applications in India
8. ESRI India User Conference, Delhi, 7-8 December 2011
                                I.            M.B.Rajani and Asha Kuzhiparambil, ‘Epicenters of missing daughters: geospatial analysis of the Child Sex Ratio in India’
9.       Future of Past ICTS Mini Workshop on FUTURE OF THE PAST November 22-26, 2011, Gateway Hotel, Mangalore
                                I.            Satellite Image and India’s Past
10.   UKIERI Dissemination Seminar Nov 16-18, 2011, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore
                                I.            I.A.Oltean, M.B.Rajani and N.S.Nalini, ‘Pioneering metallurgy: Geospatial technologies’
11.   Conference on Space Information Technology, Beijing, China inNovember 26-27, 2009. Paper presented:
                                I.            Rajani M.B., ‘Space based remote sensing applications for archaeology’
12.   III  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Remote Sensing in Archaeology  17th - 21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Papers presented:
                                I.            N.S.Nalini and M.B.Rajani, ‘The importance of precision in georeferencing demonstrated in the case study of archaeological
                                              GIS of Chitradurga, Karnataka’
                              II.            M.B.Rajaniand S.Settar, ‘Application of multispectral remote sensing imagery in detection of ancient forts in South India’
13.   International Conference on the Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Hampi  National Institute of Advanced Studies,
        IISC Campus, Bangalore from January 16 to 18, 2009. Paper presented:
                                I.           M B Rajani ‘Applications of space based remote sensing to archaeology’
14.   1st international workshop on "Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management", Rome Sept 30th to Oct 4th 2008.
         Presented four papers:
                                I.            Rajani, M.B.,Patra, S.K., and Verma, Mamta, '3D perspective views and their applications to Archaeology: A case study on
                                              the site of Badami' (poster).
                              II.            Rajani, M.B., and Rajawat, A.S., 'Lost courses of River Sarasvati and spatial distribution of Harappan settlements – Observations based on
                                             multisensor satellite data'.
                            III.            Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., 2008. 'The applicability of image processing techniques for archaeological exploration using
                                            space imagery: Talakadu - a case study'.
                            IV.            Rajani, M.B., Rajawat, A.S., Krishna Murthy, M.S., Kamini, J., and Srinivas Rao, 'Archaeological exploration in the Talakadu region along the
                                            bank of the Cauveri river, Karnataka, Southern India using multi-sensor satellite data and Geographic Information System (GIS)' (poster).
 
B.      National

1. National Symposium on Geomatics for Digital India, Jaipur Dec 16-18 2015
   1. Ekta Gupta, Sonia Das and M.B.Rajani, ‘Tracing the historical vestige of Srirangapatna through old maps and satellite images’
   2. Ekta Gupta, Sonia Das and M.B.Rajani, ‘Geo-spatial Inventory of Archaeological Landscapes: an important aspect for a comprehensive Digital India’ 
   3. Sonia Das, Ekta Gupta and M.B.Rajani, ‘Geo informatics as a powerful planning tool for sustainable land management and protection of cultural heritage’
2. DST-National Meeting on Airborne LiDAR at IIT Kanpur 19-20 January 2015
   1. Airborne LiDAR application for archaeological research
3. Workshop on Excavated Site of Nalanda, jointly organised by Nalanda University and ASI, Nov 11-12, 2013
   1. M.B.Rajani ‘Ongoing investigations on Nalanda using remote sensing and GIS’
4. ESRI India User Conference, Delhi, 7-8 December 2011
   1. M.B.Rajani and Asha Kuzhiparambil, ‘Epicentres of missing daughters: geospatial analysis of the Child Sex Ratio in India’
5.  Workshop  by TIFR, Mumbai, in association with the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore, held in Mangalore from November 21 to 26, 2011
   1. M.B.Rajani ‘Satellite Image and India’s Past’
6. The Annual Convention of the Society and Geomatics 2009: National conference on "Geomatics and Impact of Climate Change with specific reference to Mountain Ecosystem" at Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun during 4th-6th February 2009. Papers presented:
   1. Rajani M.B., Sea-level changes and its impact on coastal archaeological monuments: Mahabalipuram, a case study
7. Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) Symposium on “Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and Applications with Special Emphasis on Microwave Remote Sensing” 18-20 Dec 2008, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Papers presented:
   1. Rajani, M.B., Bhattacharya,Satadru and Rajawat, A.S., ‘Synergistic Application of Optical and Radar Data for Archaeological Exploration in the Talakadu Region, Karnataka’, presented
   2. Rajani, M.B., and Patra, S.K., ‘3D analysis using DEM generated using CARTOSAT1 stereo data for archaeological exploration in Talakadu’ presented (poster)

C.     Articles published in conference proceeding:

1. M.B.Rajani, and K.Kasturirangan, ‘Satellite image and India’s past’, Futute of the past: a workshop organized under the aegis of ICTS, Nov 22-26, 2011, Mangalore (http://www.tifr.res.in/~archaeo/FOP/fop.icts_table.htm). 
2. M.B.Rajani and Asha Kuzhiparambil, ‘Epicenters of missing daughters: geospatial analysis of the Child Sex Ratio in India’ ESRI India User Conference, Delhi, 7-8 December 2011
3. I.A.Oltean, M.B.Rajani and N.S.Nalini, ‘Pioneering metallurgy: Geospatial technologies’, UKIERI Dissemination Seminar Nov 16-18, 2011, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore.
4. N.S.Nalini and M.B.Rajani, ‘The importance of precision in georeferencing demonstrated in the case study of archaeological GIS of Chitradurga, Karnataka’ in In Stefano Campana, Maurizio Forte and Claudia Liuzza (Eds.), BAR –S2118, 2010  Space, Time, Place Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 17th-21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India,  ISBN 978 1 4073 0659 9, pp.173-177.
5. M.B.Rajani and S.Settar, ‘Application of multispectral remote sensing imagery in detection of ancient forts in South India’ In Stefano Campana, Maurizio Forte and Claudia Liuzza (Eds.), BAR –S2118, 2010  Space, Time, Place Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 17th-21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India,  ISBN 978 1 4073 0659 9, pp.123-127.
6. M. B. Rajani, "Space based remote sensing applications for archaeology", Proc. SPIE 7651, 76511O (2009); doi:10.1117/12.855565
7. Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., and Verma, Mamta, '3D perspective views and their applications to Archaeology: A case study on the site of Badami' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
8. Rajani, M.B., and Rajawat, A.S., 'Lost courses of River Sarasvati and spatial distribution of Harappan settlements – Observations based on multisensor satellite data' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
9. Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., 2008. 'The applicability of image processing techniques for archaeological exploration using space imagery: Talakadu - a case study' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
10. Rajani, M.B., Rajawat, A.S., Krishna Murthy, M.S., Kamini, J., and Srinivas Rao, 'Archaeological exploration in the Talakadu region along the bank of the Cauveri river, Karnataka, Southern India using multi-sensor satellite data and Geographic Information System (GIS)' in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.