Dr. S. K. Aruni is Regional Director of the Southern Regional Centre of ICHR, [under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi]. Dr. Aruni has got his Masters Degree in History and Archaeology from Karnatak University, Dharwad (1989). Later, he joined Deccan College, PG Research Institute for his Doctoral Research, topic of the research was ‘History and Culture of Surapura Samsthana, 1650-1857, North Karnataka’. Professor K. Paddayya of Deccan College was his research supervisor. Dr. Aruni has Twenty years of service in Research and Administration in the ICHR. He headed the Southern Regional Centre of ICHR of Bangalore from 1998 to 2015 and from 2015 to 2017 he served as Officiating Member Secretary of ICHR. He has attended several national and international conferences and seminars. His areas of Research specialization include: Architectural History, Archaeology, and Urban History of Medieval South.
