Dr Ambika Bipin Patel, UK Visiting Fellowship (Charles Wallace India Trust) 2013-14 while Curator-Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sahajirao University of Baroda, for a study of museum educational programmes for school children in the UK.
Now Professor and Head of the Department of Museology at the MS University of Baroda, she holds a BSc in Chemistry, A Bachelor in Education, MAs in Museology, Tourism Management, Archaeology and Ancient History and a PhD in Archaeology and Ancient History. She became Associate Professor in 2014 and full Professor in 2017. She is a member of many professional organisations, including ICOM, ICOMOS, SOSSA, ISPOS, IAS, IHC, ISBS, MAI and IASC and is an editorial board member of several journals: Studies in Museology; Heritage; Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. She was Member of the University Granth Nirman Board, Government of Gujarat 2014-17.
She was Principal Project Investigator of UGC Major Rsearch Project: “Technology and the USe of COpper: Study of Harappan/Chalcolithic Copper Artefacts from Gujarat”, has supervised many PhD students, presented at many conferences, published many articles and, in 2022, the book: Buddhist Heritage of Gujarat : Representation, Preservation and Promotion.