Birendra K Jha is an independent researcher, Marine Archaeological expert. He discovered underwater sites of Dwarka, Kavatapuram and Rama-Setu. The major reporting of the Dwarka discovery is published in his book the “Discovery of Lost Dwarka”. His father, Dr N Jha, a leading archaeologist, paleographist- historian trained him traditionally on the missing skill gap of the Indian Archaeology and history. His first book “Vedic Glossary on Indus Seals”, on the Harappan Paleography was written jointly with his father in 1996. This received wide appreciation and recorded reference in more than 100 journals and reference books in English, French, German and other languages. After this work he collaborated in his father’s grand joint work with Dr NS Rajaram. This appeared under the title “Deciphered Indus Script” in 2000. This book received worldwide appreciation with major criticisms from the Harvard University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

By training and profession, Jha is a management expert with wide experience in Human Resource Administration. He served as General Manager in several MNC and Indian Companies. Currently he is a practitioner on Social Audit. He is Member of the

Institute of Social Auditors of India (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India).