Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri's qualifications include a M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Delhi. Her research interests include Indian archaeology, archeological theory, heritage studies and ancient India.She has several research papers and publications to her credit. Prof. Lahiri has authored many books such as Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization Was Discovered, The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization, The Archaeology of Indian Trade Routes (up to c. 200 B.C.) and Resource Use, Resource Access and Lines of Communication and Pre-Ahom Assam: Studies in the inscriptions of Assam between the fifth and the thirteenth centuries A.D.She won Infosys Prize in 2013 for Humanities – Linguistics category.