DR K M Suresh

Dr. K.M. Suresh (born 1952), former registrar and retired professor and director (museum) of the Kannada University, Hampi in Karnataka, obtained his M.A. from Karnataka University, Dharwad, in 1974, and his P.G. diploma in archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, in 1986. He obtained a PhD degree from Utkala University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, in 1992 on “Sculptural Art of Hampi” under the guidance of the late Prof. K.S. Behera, Department of History. 

At present, I am working as a visiting professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore, on the Indian Digital Heritage Research Project on Hampi.

Since his inception in the Archaeological Survey of India from 1976 to 1996, he served in various capacities in the Archaeological Museums at Bijapur, Hampi, Aihole, and Badami in Karnataka and Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. He has been an active field worker and excavator in Excavations Ranch IV of the Archaeological Survey of India, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. 

Dr. Suresh has published more than 20 books on Sculptures and Temples from Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, which include Sculptural Art of Hampi; Saivite Sculptures of Khajuraho; The Iconography of Vishnu from Khajuraho; Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho; Karnataka Devalaya Kosha: Bellary District; Karnataka Devalaya Kosha: Koppala District; Temples of Hampi; Temples of Karnataka Vol. I & II; Archaeology of Hampi; Ramayana Sculptures from Hampi; Vijayanagara Sculptures at Hampi; Encyclopedia of Indian Architecture—Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Islamic, Vol. I, II.III, and IV; Hemakuta—Recent Research in Archaeology and Museology; Panchatantra—Recent Research in Archaeology; Raghusmriti—Recent Research in Archaeology, Temple Architecture of Orissa. 

He is a member of many academic societies, a guide for PhD and M.Phil. scholars at Kannada University, Hampi, and an examiner for other universities. He is a UGC Expert Committee Member for Museology, Conservation, and Archaeology, as well as an Expert Committee Member for History and Archaeology.