• 2^nd March 2019, Keynote Lecture on Scientificapplications in Art and Archaeology some insights from archaeometallurgy, International conference on Strengthening synthesis for better understanding Archaeology of Sri Lanka, at the Postgraduate institute of Archaeology, Sri Lanka
• June 29, 2017, Nataraja framed by Betelguese and Syrius: Explorations in early medieval Tamil stone and bronze iconography, Paper presented for 15th Annual International Conference on History & Archaeology: From Ancient to Modern 26-29 June 2017, Athens, Greece
• Sharada Srinivasan and Vijayluxmi Panray, 4^th Sept 2016, The intangible aspect of ‘artefact’ as ‘heritage’: explorations within artisanal communities from southern India and Mauritius',Invited Paper presented at Conference of SOAS South Asia Institute, SOAS, London, The Past before us: Heritage and History of South Asia, 4^th-6^th Sept 2016.
• Srinivasan, S. 2015, Comparisons between megalithic and early historic Indian vessels & high-tin bronzes with early examples found in Thailand, 15^th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, 6^th-10^th July, University of Nanterre, Paris
• Invited Lecture-dance performance, 10^th May, 2012 ‘Under the Hampi Skies’, Planetarium Vaulx-en-Velin, Lyon, France
• ‘Telanganaarchaeomaterials’, Royal Society and DST supported India-UK scientific seminar as collaboration between NIAS and Exeter University on ‘Indian iron and steel – developing interdisciplinary applications in archaeometallurgy and geospatial archaeology’ at Exeter University between 7-9^th March 2012 (co-organiser)
• ‘Cosmic Dance of Siva: exploring art, science and dance aspects of Indian sculpture’, In celebration of the re-installation of the Asian Galleries, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA, Sept 2011 (lecture-performance)
• ‘Cosmic inspiration and art in relation to the Shiva Nataraja bronze’, ‘Seventh International Conference on Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena’, INSAPVII, Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, UK, 25-29, Oct., 2010, p. 41, organized by the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales and Royal Astronomical Society.
• ‘Archaeometallurgical insights on high-carbon wootz/Damascus steel from southern India', Department of Materials Processing and Tribilogy, Purdue University, May 14th, 2010
• ‘Art & Science of Chola bronzes’, organized by Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop & TAPSA, University of Chicago, May 13, 2010
• ‘Dancing Shiva Nataraja: art-science insights’, UC Berkeley, USA, May 6, 2010 (dance)
• “Cosmic Dance of Shiva’, Norton Simon Museum, USA, Apr. 30, 2010 (Dance demonstration)
• ‘Wootz steel: pioneering metallurgy from southern India’, CISAC, Stanford, USA, May 3^rd 2010
• Srinivasan, S. and Balasubramaniam. R.. 2009, Crucible steel and phosphoric iron: Issues of Innovation and Technology from the Indian/Asian context., World of Iron Conference, 16-20 Feb 2009, Natural History Museum, London, p. 23.
• Selected for international La Novela Festival, Toulouse, First Festival of Knowledge as speaker and performer of unique intercontinental, interactive, internet-streamed duet performance ‘Danse e-Toile: Nataraja et le Cosmos’, across Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and Cite de L’espace, Toulouse, Oct 17^th 2009, for La Novela Festival, Toulouse, live-streamed on website of X-Réseau of Théâtre Paris-Villette also supported by Observatoire de Midi-Pyrenees and Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, ISRO and JSW Foundation
• ‘Southeast Asian and peninsular Indian statuary: stylistic and technological comparisons’, 12^th International conference, European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeology, Leiden,Sept. 2008.
• “Nataraja: art, science, dance perspectives’, 2018, Dance Demonstration, Leiden University
• ‘Skilled metal craft of delta bronze mirrors at Aranmula, Kerala’, University of Toyoma, Japan, Seminar on Asian high-tin bronzes, July 2008
• ‘Siva as Cosmic Dancer: Archaeoastronomical studies on Nataraja bronze’.  Royal Academy of Arts, London for exhibition ‘Chola: Sacred bronzes from Southern India’, Jan 19^th 2007
• ‘Art & Science of Chola bronzes’, Royal Asiatic Society, London, coinciding with the exhibition ‘Chola: Sacred bronzes from southern India’, Feb 6^th 2007
• 'The musical pillars of Hampi', INTACH-Belgium, Leuven, coinciding with the exhibition at BOZAR ‘Tejas: 5000 years of Indian art’, in Brussels, 16^th Jan 2007.
•  ‘Archaeometallurgical and archaeo-astronomical insights on south Indian bronzes’, International Workshop on Science in Culture, sponsored by UNESCO, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 23-28 Oct 2006
• ‘Dholavira, Insights from metal analysis’. 19^th International Conference on European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, Ravenna, Italy, July 2007
•  ‘Indian wootz steel’, Centre de Rechercheet de Restauration des Musees de France, Louvre, Paris, Feb 2007.
• 'Technology as social construct: Chola bronzes', Nottingham University, UK, 24th Jan 2007‘
• South Indian bronzes: concepts of inner and outer space’, Indian Arts Circle, London, Jan 30 2007
•  ‘Stone architecture and musical pillars of Hampi’, China Conservatory of Music, Beijng, Sept. 2006
• ‘Dialogue between Science and Religion: A case study of the Hindu Nataraja bronze’, 22^nd International Conference of History of Science, Beijing, July 23-28 2005
• ‘Investigating martial arts swords from Kerala’, International conference on ‘Metallurgy: A touchstone for cross-cultural interactions’ at British Museum, London, April 28-29, 2005‘Archaeometallurgy of bronzes from South India and Sri Lanka’ Uppsala University, Sweden, Nov 2002 as Visiting Faculty, Dept. of Archaeology, Uppsala University.
• ‘From temple to mantelpiece: changing paradigms in the art and craft of south Indian metal icons’.  Presented at international seminar on ‘South Asian Arts: Past Practice, Living Traditions’ at PRASADA, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, June 2002. 
• ‘Lead isotope analysis on south Indian bronzes’ International Seminar on Proposed Asian Institute of Museology and Culture in Development, organized by UNESCO and Central Cultural fund, Sri Lanka at Habarana (May 2002)
• ‘Image casting and high-tin bronze traditions in south India’, Presented at international conference on Metals in Antiquity: Founders, Platers and Smiths at Oxford (Sept. 1999)
• ‘Ethnographic metal working in India’, Research School for Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Nov. 1999
• ‘Finger-printing south Indian images using lead isotope analysis’, at conference of COST-G1 committee on Ion Bean Analysis in Art and Archaeology, European Commission & University of Oxford (Nov. 1998)
• ‘High-tin bronzes from south India from prehistory into present day: making of beta bronze vessels and delta bronze mirrors’, at Dept. of Materials Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA, Oct. 1998.
• ‘Aspects of continuity in copper-base metallurgy and finds of bronzes of high tin from Indus Valley into present day southern India”, Presented at conference The Present and Future of Indus Valley Archaeology, held at 27^th Annual Conference on South Asia held at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998.
• ‘Archaeometallurgy of South Indian bronzes’ at Nehru Centre, London and Institute as part of seminars organized by ‘Festival of India’s South’ in UK, June 1996
• Paper presented as co-author (Srinivasan, Sharada&Sarma, Nataraj.) on ‘History of Measurement and Calibration of Time in Bombay’ for the Eighth International Scientific Instrument Symposium of the Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, London, at Burlington House, Society for Antiquaries, 12-16, Sept. 1988

           Conferences, seminars, workshops organised

• Co-organiserwith Prof Mark Kenoyer, Experimental Iron Smelting and Wootz Steel Making Workshop, NIAS, Aug 2018.
• Co-organiser of Royal Society and DST supported India-UK scientific  seminar as collaboration between NIAS and Exeter University on ‘Indian iron and steel – developing interdisciplinary applications in archaeometallurgy and geospatial archaeology’ at Exeter University between 7-9^th March 2012 (co-organised with Gill Juleff)
• Co-organiser of British Council supported UKIERI Dissemination seminar Nov 14^th-18^th 2011 (with S. Ranganathan, G. Juleff), on ‘Pioneering metallurgy’ involving international and national speakers and inaugurated by British Minister for Science and Technology, David Willets.
• Co-organiser, International Workshop on Material Culture, co-organised by NIAS with Jain University, Bangalore, ASI and Exeter University (11^th-14^th April 2014)
• Co-organiser, ‘Sessions and practicals in experimental archaeology’ and ‘Insights into experimental archaeology: lithic technology and archaeometallurgy’, UKIERI supported seminar and workshop at NIAS in collaboration with Exeter University, Feb 23-25^th, 2011
• Co-chair and Co-organiser, International Conference on Beginning of Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA VII), Sept 2009, NIAS
• Indian Subcontinent Session Chair, World of Iron Conference, Natural History Museum, London, Feb 2009
• Co-organiser, international seminar on ‘Tangible and intangible heritage of Hampi’, NIAS, in association with Global Heritage and Friends of Hampi, Jan 2009 Co-organiser, Sixth NIAS-DST Training Programme on ‘Multi-Disciplinary perspectives in science and technology’, NIAS, Jul 21-Aug 2, 2008.
• Co-organiser, Fifth NIAS-DST Training Programme on ‘Multi-Disciplinary perspectives in science and technology’, NIAS, Aug 19-31, 2007.
• Session chair, Sixth international conference of ‘Beginning of Use of Metals and Alloys’ at Beijing, China, Sept 2006
• Organiser, Sahitya Academy Seminar on ‘Sangam: Poetry-Theatre interactions’, NIAS, Sept 2005.

Published abstracts from conferences (excluding those published as full papers listed above)

• Srinivasan, S., Feb 9  2018, 'Artisanal metal technologies: historical trajectory and survival', Session on Traditional Knowledge Systems', Conference on 'Dialogues at the Science-Society Interface' (8th-10th Feb) in memory of Prof C.V. Seshadri, organized by Anna University and PPST Foundation at IIT-M Research Park, Chennai 
• Srinivasan, S. 3^rd November 2016, Material Culture in Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial India. Venuse JNIAS. New Delhi, “Iconic Traditions, enigmatic alloys: Ethnometallurgy of Swamimalai “Panchaloha’ icons and Aranmula ‘Kannadi’ mirrors”
• Poster for International ICOM Metals-2016 conference, at IGNCA, New Delhi, 26^th-30^th Sept, 2016 on ‘High-tin bronzes from peninsular India: some corrosion and conservation issues’’
• Srinivasan, S., 2012, Ranganathan, S. and Suwas, S.,  ‘Ultra-high carbon steels and high-tin bronzes: insights into mechanical properties and processing from Indian traditional knowledge’, ICSMA-16, 16^th International Conference on Strength of Materials, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, p. 57.
• Srinivasan, S. 2012, ‘The Nataraja Bronze: Insights on Art, Technology and Philosophy’, Indian Art and Religion: An Interactive Approach, 21^st Session of Indian Art History Congress, Kolkata, 2012, p 113
• Srinivasan, S. Balasubramaniam, R. and Jaikishan, S. 2007.  On the common microstructural features of wootz steel crucibles from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Metallo 2007, International conference on Metals and Alloys: Past, Present and Future, IIT Kanpur, 7-10 Dec 2007, p. 194
• Srinivasan, S. Nov 2011, ‘Telangana archaeomaterials’, Dissemination seminar, NIAS-Exeter UKIERI Pioneering Metallurgy Project.

Chair/ keynote speaker/key conference talks, special lectures (excluding those published and listed before)

• Feb 28^th 2019, Archaeotechnological insights on south Indian metals heritage, Keynote Address, National Science Day, ISRO Satellite Centre.
• 7^th October 2018, Crafts and Artisan Demo Session on Development and promotion of Arts and Crafts, VVIP Lounge Earth Complex IGP, Lucknow. 
• March 8^th 2019, Archaeometric and archaeotechnological insights on bronzes from southern India, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, International Women’s Day Lecture, Koramangala.
• National Conference on Science in Performing Arts, IUCAA, Pune, Jan 12^th 2019, The Nataraja bronze: perspectives on art, science and dance
• Feb 26^th, 2019, Valedictory Address on ‘Innovation of iron technology and its impact on society’, Dravidian University, Kuppam.
• 4-5^th September 2018, Ooty Literary Festival, Nilgiri Library.
• 11^th  August, 2018, Seminar Recording andDocumentation of Cultural Heritage. in CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
• 5^th June, 2018, Institute forOcean Management. Anna University. Chennai.
• 5th March, 2018, National Conference on EarlyIron Age in South Asia, in Department of Sanskrit & Indian Culture Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Kanchipuram.
• March 15, 2018, Invited Conference Presentation on Finely wrought high-tin bronzes from Iron Age/Megalithic Tamil Nadu, National Conference on Early Iron Age in South Asia, in Department of Sanskrit & Indian Culture,  Sri Chandrasekharendra SaraswathiViswaMahavidyalaya, Kanchipuram
• 3^rd November 2016, “Iconic Traditions, enigmatic alloys: Ethnometallurgy of Swamimalai “Panchaloha’ icons and Aranmula ‘Kannadi’ mirrors”, Seminar on Material Culture in Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial India, JNIAS, JNU New Delhi,
• 26^th October 2016. “Spectroscopic studies in the geological provenancing and stylistic finger-printing of Chola bronzes’. Mashelkar Lecture, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
• 22th June 2016, ‘Iron Age high-tin bronzes from Tamil Nadu and comparisons with southeast Asia’. In International Conference on Metal and Materials Research (ICMR 2016). Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• 23-25^th March 2016, High-tin bronzes and cast imags from southern India 171^st ISIJ Meeting, International Organized Sessions, Tokyo, Japan
• National Metallurgical Day, 28^th March 2015, Urban archaeology: reconcile past, present and future of our cities. Bell metal tradition. International seminar ON Cultural Heritage Management: A Global Perspective.The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
• Steering Committee Member, IDH-DST Digital Hampi Workshop and Exhibition, New Delhi 18^th-19^th November, India Habitat Centre
• Nov 26^th, 2013, ‘Metallurgy in Archaeology’, National seminar on South Indian Archaeology, World Heritage Week celebrations, ASI and Christ University
• 7^th Oct 2013, ‘Art history and inter-disciplinary interventions’, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Dept of Art History, College of Fine Arts
• Aug, 6, 2013, Metallurgical analysis: Role of Chemistry in Archaeology, Symposium on application of sciences in Archaeology, Indian Museum, Kolkata
• Aug 14^th-20^th, 2013, Three lectures for international workshop on ‘Personal Adornment from Pattanam and beyond’, organised by KCHR with British Museum and Pondicherry University.
• January 29^th, 2013, “Wootz and the Damascus Blade: Metallurgy in the 18th Century”, Centre for public History in association with the Visvesvaraya industrial & Technological museum for Tipu Series talks to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Archaeological survey of India
• Dec 9^th, 2012, Invited lecture-performance, ‘Cosmic dance of Siva’, 100 years of Cosmic Rays, International Conference, TIFR, Mumbai
• 14^th Nov, 2012, ‘Indian wootz steel: some archaeometallurgical insights on production mechanisms’, National Metallurgists Day, 50 years, Inaugural session, NMD conference organised by TataSteel and IIM, Jamshedpur
• Asiatic Society Endowment lecture 12 Jan 2012 on ‘Faces and phases: archaeometallurgical and art historical insights on south Indian bronzes’, Asiatic Society, Mumbai
• Keynote Address ‘A national workshop on preventive conservation of Manuscripts’ on behalf of National Manuscripts Mission, New Delhi, Government Museum, Chennai, 9^th Sept 2011
• Diamond Jubilee invited lecture at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, on ‘Archaeometallurgy: case studies on ferrous metals, bronze and high-tin bronze from Indian antiquity’, April 2011
• Chief Guest, National Science Day Celebrations, ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network, 10^th March 2010, Lecture on Art and Science
• ‘Cosmic Dance of Siva’, HomiBhabha Fellows Conclave, HomiBhabha Centenary celebrations, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Nov 20^th 2009 
• ‘Materials and Culture’, Special presentation, National Metallurgical Day, Nov 14^th 2008, Indian Institute of Metals, New Delhi, India Expo Centre.
• ‘Finger-printing of Bronzes’.  International Women’s Association (IWA), Endowment Lecture at Government Museum, Chennai, Aug 2008
• supported by SahityaAkademi at NIAS, Oct 2007
• ‘Cosmic Dance of Siva: archaeoastronomical connections in the art of Siva Nataraja’, International Astronautical Federation special event, International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, Sept. 2007

Selected other invited lectures& events/unpublished seminar or conference presentations

• March 12, 2018, Invited Honour Public Lecture on 'Indian primacy in crucible steel making' for ‘Steel Panorama: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ organised by SAIL (Steel Authority of India) with Indian Museum, Kolkata, at Indian Museum, Kolkatta
• Dec 16, 2017, Keynote Address on ‘The intangible and the contested in notions of heritage’ for Interlude Conference on Contesting Heritage of Shristi Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 14th-16th Dec 2017, at the Division of Biological Science Auditorium of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
•  Feb 20 2018, Lecture on ‘Peripherals of performance: the marginalized cymbal makers of Kerala’, NIAS-Exeter Workshop on ‘Performing the Periphery’ at NIAS, organized by NIAS, Exeter University, and MOD, Berlin.  
• Feb 1, 2018, Invited Honour Lecture on ‘Árt, Science and Dance Perspectives on Chola Bronzes',at the 2-day seminar at Government Museum, Chennai, 'Iyal Isai Museum Edutainment Series', celebrating UNESCO recognition of Chennai as Creative City in Music
• Feb 9  2018, Conference presentation on 'Artisanal metal technologies: historical trajectory and survival', Session on Traditional Knowledge Systems', Conference on 'Dialogues at the Science-Society Interface' (8th-10th Feb) in memory of Prof C.V. Seshadri, organized by Anna University and PPST Foundation at IIT-M Research Park, Chennai 
• Feb 9 2018 Speaker in Inaugural Session, Conference on Dialogues at Science-Society Interface, 8^th Feb, IIT-M Research Park, Talk on Prof Seshadri’s Contributions to Traditional Knowledge Systems
• Feb 20 2018,
• Jan 24, 2018, Invited Honour  Lecture on Chola Bronzes and Metal Technology, for Indian Council of Historical Research, Bangalore
• Nov 4, 2017, Plenary Special Invited Lecture ‘The Nataraja icon: Contemporary musings on design and cognition’ for conference on Culture, Cognition, Design organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts-Southern Regional Centre (IGNCA-SRC) with National Institute of Design, (NID), Bengaluru 
• Sept 15 2017, Paper on ‘Ramayana bronzes of the Chola and Vijayanagara era’, International Conference on Connecting Cultures: Ramayana Retellings in South India and Southeast Asia, Reva University
• July 12^th 2017, ‘Some Ethnoarchaeological Aspects of  Nilgiris’, NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting
• April 12, 2017, “Art of Making Kerala Mirror’, History of Science Project Investigators Meet, New Delhi.
• 25^th November 2016, workshop on Conservation of Excavated Remains with special Reference to Ancient Jaina Site Artipura. “Jain bronzes fromKarnataka-some historical & technical aspects”, Govt. of India. Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore Circle.
• 15^th November 2016, ‘Metal craft traditions and intangible heritage some cases studies from Southern India and Andhra’, Intangible Heritage Festival, Amravathi
• 25^th- 30^th September 2016, Special Session on Delhi Iron Pillar, ICOM-Metals 2016 Conference, New Delhi, IGNCA
• 22th June 2016, ‘Iron Age high-tin bronzes from Tamil Nadu and comparisons with southeast Asia’. In International Conference on Metal and Materials Research (ICMR 2016). Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• 20-21^st June 2016, Authentication of bronzes, “Illicit Trafficking of Indian Cultural Wealth’, Seminar organized by Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore.
• 12-13 April 2016, ‘Art of making Kerala Mirror’, History of Science Project Investigators Meet. Inian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi
• 19^th March 2016,  Lecture on ‘Technology of traditional crafts and design’, DFrost Festival, National Institute of Design, Bangalore
• 12^th March 2016, TEDX talk PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore South CampusPES Institute of Technology, Bangalore South Campus
• 8^th March 2016, Women's Day, Keynote Speaker at Jain University, Bangalore
• 17^th December 2015, Metallurgy and Culture, NIAS Course for Ishan Vikas- Udhan Programme, NIAS, Bangalore
• 11^th December 2015, Presided by Vijayanagar - Krishna Devaraya& ‘Amuktamalyada’. 50th Year of Art Education, Karnataka ChitrakalaParishath, Bangalore.
• 5^th December 2015, Intangible Heritage Festival 2015, SSUS Kalady.
• 15^th November 2015, High-tin bronze metallurgy and South Indian & Tamil innovations. National Metallurgists Day 2015, 4^th December 2015, Coimbatore
• 10^th October 2015, “Art of Making Kerala Mirror”. History of Science Seminar and Project Investigators’ Meet. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
• 7^th October 2015, “Archaeometallurgy –An Emerging Science”. The Bangalore Science Forum, The National College Basavanagudi, Bangalore
• 28^th March 2015, ‘Bell metal tradition’, Urban archaeology: reconcile past, present and future of our cities. International seminar on Cultural Heritage Management: A Global Perspective.The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
• 11^th April 2014, Lecture-demonstration, ‘Dance and material culture’, Jain University, Material Culture Workshop, NIAS, with ASI.
• 21-23^rd  January 2014, Cultural Anthropology of Bronze Casting, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 7th-9th January 2014, Arguing for a role for ‘scientific cultural anthropology’ in contributing to greater ‘societal awareness’‘How can liberal arts and sciences help address some of the societal problems within India and promote equity in society’: The Future of Liberal Arts in India, Yale-India Initiative and Raman Research Institute.
• 9th-11^th  2013, December, Cultural and artisanal landscapes: insights from the World heritage zones of Tanjavur and Kumbakonam, Workshop on World Heritage Sites and cultural landscapes, ASI, National Monuments Advisory, India International Centre, New Delhi
• 29, Nov 2013, Vanishing heritage of Kammalar and Vishwakarma, workshop on Worldview of Viswakarma, Consultative meeting, IGNCA, New Delhi
• Aug 14^th-20^th, 2013, Three lectures given as invited expert for international workshop and training programme on ‘Personal Adornment from Pattanam and beyond’, organised by KCHR with British Museum and Pondicherry University:
• 14^th December, 2012, “The Dance of Siva: The Nataraja Bronze, Coomaraswamy’s Legacy and Archaeometallurgical and Stylistic Insights”, Bangalore International Centre
• 1^st Oct 2012, ‘Perspectives on Technology in Ancient India’, NIAS-DST course on Multi-disciplinary perspectives in Science and Technology.
• 17th October, 2012, “Old gold and copper workings from Karnataka: Observationsfrom archaeometallurgical field visits of 1990-91”, NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting
• 18^th October, 2012, “Indian Contribution to Metallurgy”, Seminar on Indian contribution to the world, Kaveri Auditorium, KSOU, Mysore
• 13^th September, 2012, 'Metallurgy and materials characterisation of ancient artisans and commercial utilization',organized by Karnataka Council for Science and Technology, Golden Jubilee Seminar Hall, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, IISc
• TITAN,22^nd  Feb 2012, Invited Talk for TITAN Co-Creation Workshop, Innovation Journey ‘Chola bronzes: Some insights into the development of iconography and religious and social history from technical and archaeometallurgical studies’, Early Indian Art Lectures, Art History Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 26^th Sept 2011
• Talks related to ‘TelanganaArchaeomaterials’ and ‘Theatre and Art of South Indian bronzes’, June 2011, High level Delegation meet, Exeter University
• ‘Archaeometallurgical studies on ferrous metal finds from megalithic site of Kadebakele’, for National Geographic Society, (USA), Grant Committee visit to Bangalore Jan 7^th 2011.
• ‘Nataraja: art, science, dance and gender perspectives’, DST-NIAS course on ‘Gender in Science and Technology’, Nov 2010
• ‘Vijayanagara bronzes: ICT, digital and analytical approaches’, GeoICT PAMC Meeting, Sept, 14^th 2010, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, organized by DST.
• ‘Wrought and quenched high-tin bronzes from south Indian megaliths’, National workshop of Archaeological Sciences, organized by Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, Aug 2010.
•  ‘Phases and faces: Bronze and high-tin bronze metalware traditions from southern India’, Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 4^th Feb 2010,
• ‘Phases and faces: Splendours of South Indian bronzes’, NIAS-DST course on Dimensions of Nanotechnology, NIAS, Bangalore, 15^th Dec 2009
• ‘High-tin bronzes and mirrors: Archaeometallurgical and ethnoarchaeological insights on continuing traditions’, History Panel, HomiBhabha Fellows Conclave, HomiBhabha Centenary celebrations, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Nov 20^th 2009
• ‘Report on Dholavira; studies on Harappanarchaeometallurgy’, SERC-DST Projects Review, 6^th April, NIT, 2008, Raipur.
• ‘Nataraja bronze: Art, Science & Dance perspectives’ Event for World Heritage Week, Brhadiswara  Temple, Tanjavur, 2008, organized by Tamil Nadu Tourism, Nov, 22, 2008,
• ‘Communicating Science: the place of traditional knowledge, crafts and arts’, World Academy of Art and Science, General Assembly Sept. 16-19 2008, Hyderabad, supported by UNESCO.
•  ‘Ancient Indian Metallurgy and Technology’, Symposium on Classical Indian Sciences, Poornapragnya Institute, Feb 2008
• ‘Poetry, theatre and arts nexus in Tamil and South Indian traditions, National Seminar supported by SahityaAkademi, New Delhi at NIAS on ‘Sangam: Interactions of Poetry and Theatre’, Oct 26^th 2007
• ‘Lead isotope studies on Jain bronzes’, Symposium on Jain bronzes from Karnataka, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University & National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Feb 3^rd, 2007
•  ‘Authenticating art objects and metal artifacts: global perspectives.’ Proceedings of conference on ‘Authenticity of Art’ at Government Museum, Chennai, Dec 2006
•  ‘Dance as ritual in negotiations of ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ space: insights from prehistory to present day in south India’ Conference on Change and Stability in Rituals, Heidelberg University, at Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, 11-14^th Oct 2006
• MRSI Medals Lecture: ‘Phases and faces of bronze: archaeometallurgical studies on ancient Indian high-tin bronzes’, Materials Research Society of India-AGM, Feb 12^th, 2006, Lucknow
• ‘Megalithic high-tin bronzes’, National conference on History of Science and Technology, Hyderabad University, Sept 2004
• ‘Early Historic bronzes and metal artefacts from southern India: technical insights’, National conference on Early Historic Archaeology, CASTEI, Kolkatta, Oct 2003.
• ‘High-tin bronze vessels and mirrors from south India’, Symposium on Indian contributions to History of Science, MAHE, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, May 2003
• ‘Aesthetics and Foundations of Science’, seminar on Foundations of Science at NIAS, supported by PHISPC series, Feb 2003
•  ‘Finger-printing and authentication of metal icons’, at C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyer Indological Foundation, Madras/Chennai, Feb 1999
•  ‘Authentication and finger-printing of metal artefacts’ at seminar on ‘Authentification of Museum Artefacts’ at National Museum, New Delhi as part of Enduring Image exhibition from British Museum, UK, Dec 1997.
•  ‘Crucible steel from South India’ at Seminar on ‘Early Production of Steel’, at Institute of Archaeology, University College London, June 1996. 
• ‘High tin mirrors from Kerala’, World Archaeology Congress (WAC-3), New Delhi, 1994.

Others, co-authored/co-presented papers at conferences etc

• Takekazu.Nagae, Sharada Srinivasan, SrinivasaRanganathan, R.M.Pillai, Yasuji Shimizu and HaruhisaMifune, 2013 ‘Thermographical Analysis of Continuing Tradition of Mirror Casting in Kerala’, BUMA VIII, Japan, Sept 11^th-14^th 2013 (Conference on Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys)
• Bharat Dixit, Satyam Suwas, Sharada Srinivasan, S Jaikishan and S Ranganathan, 2013, ‘Microstructural analysis of a wootz steel blade from contemporary northern Telangana, BUMA VIII, Japan, Sept 11^th-14^th 2013, (Conference on Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys)
• S Ranganathan, Sharada Srinivasan, K Nagata and M Inaba, Cultural Heritage Science- Examples from Japan and India, India-Taiwan Bilateral Seminar on Technology for Preservation of Heritage Artefacts and Architecture Design Taichung, June 2012
• S, Srinivasan, K. Morrison, C. Sinopoli, K. Gopal and S. Ranganathan ‘South Indian iron age complex of Kadebakele and iron and steel finds’, European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Paris, France, July 2-6, 2012
• Srinivasan, S. 2012, ‘The Nataraja Bronze: Insights on Art, Technology and Philosophy’, Indian Art and Religion: An Interactive Approach, 21^st Session of Indian Art History Congress, Kolkata, 2012
• Srinivasan, S. 2012, Archaeometallurgy of wootz steel: insights from some productions sites in southern India, Archaeometallurgy of the Deccan, organised by S. Jaikishan, supported by S. Jaikishan. 1^st Nov 2012
• S Ranganathan, Satyam Suwas and Sharada Srinivasan, Thermomechanical processing of highly alloyed ultrahigh carbon steels and high tin bronzes in ancient Indian traditions,Ancient  and premodern production of iron and non-ferrous metals in Europe, Middle –east and Asia, ISIJ, Ehime Prefecture, Vol 25 (2012)
• R. Balasubramaniam, Sharada Srinivasan  and S Ranganathan, Ancient Indian Iron and Steel and Modern Scientific Insights,Seventh International Conference on the Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA-VII) National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore , September 14-17, 2009
• G. Juleff, S. Srinivasan, S. Ranganathan, S. Jaikishanand B. Gilmour, ^, Pioneering Metallurgy: iron and steel making in southern India – survey fieldwork in Andhra Pradesh, IAAH
• ‘Survey of iron and steel production in northern Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, India and typological classification of archaeometallurgical remains’, H. Thakur, S. Srinivasan, S. Ranganathan, G. Juleff, B. Gilmour, J. Sriperumbudur, Third SOSAA Congress of the Society for South Asian Archaeology, held in University of Kelaniya, Sri-Lanka, 20 – 22 August 2010.
• ‘Application of Geographical Information System in Archaeometallurgy: A Case study of Telenganawootz production’, N S Nalini, M B Rajani, S. Srinivasan, S. Ranganathan, Gill Juleff, Brian Gilmour, J. Sriperumbudur, Third SOSAA Congress of the Society for South Asian Archaeology, held in University of Kelaniya, Sri-Lanka, 20 – 22 August 2010
• ‘Mammayee Festival in the Northern Telengana Region: Insights of a fading tradition’, T. Neogi, S. Srinivasan, S. Ranganathan, G. Juleff, B. Gilmour, J. Sriperumbudur, Third SOSAA Congress of the Society for South Asian Archaeology, held in University of Kelaniya, Sri-Lanka, 20 – 22 August 2010.