Born: 1961

Education:

* Post-Experience Diploma in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
* M.F.A. (Sculpture) M.S. University, Baroda
* B.F.A. (Sculpture), Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santlniketan.

Scholarships I FeliowshipS:
* French Govt. Scholarship
* Henry Moore Fellowship
* Charles Wallace Grant
* Jr. Research Fellowship
* National Cultural Scholarship,

Artist-in-Residence:
* Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts, Le Mans, France
* Queens Park High School, Chester, UK
* Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK.
* Gridzedale forest, Lake Dist. U.K.
* Harmony Art Foundation, Mumbai.

Solo-Exhibitions:
* Grosvenor museum, Chester, UK.
* R. C. A. London, UK
* Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
* Art-Heritage, New Delhi.

Curated Shows:
*Edge of Desire - Idioms of Indian & Italian contemporary Art, organized by NGMA, Kolkata, Bombay, Delhi
* "The human figure. organized by gallery Threshold, New Delhi
* "Entrusted" organized by Charles Wallace Trust, Delhi
* "Continuity, Disjuncture, Creativity" organized by Akar Prakar, Calcutta
* " Tale of two cities., organized by Birla Academy, Kolkata & Bombay
* "Hundred and Fifty years of Art of Bengal", by CIMA, Calcutta & Bombay
* "Multi Media Art of the 90's", by CIMA, Calcutta
* "Aesthetic Redefined" organized by Birla academy Bombay
* "Vision Recaptured" organized by British High Commission, Delhi, Madras, Calcutta
* " Sculpture - 95" organized by gallery Espace, Delhi.

Awards:
* National Award for Sculpture, 47th National Exhibition, LKA, Delhi
* All India Exhibition Sculpture Award, L.K.A. Lucknow.
* Nomura Sculpture Award, Nomura International, London.

Camps I Workshops:
* Harmony International Sculpture symposium/residency, Mumbai
* India-Thai Art workshop, Shilpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
* Conducted Sculpture workshop at Kohima, Nagaland, organized by LKA.
* Scottish Sculpture workshop, Lumsden, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
* All India Sculpture Camp, Garhi Studios, New Delhi, by Lalit Kala Academy
* All India Sculptor's camp, Javahar Bhavan, Jaipur
* All India Young Artists camp, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
* Commissioned to create an open air Sculpture at Gridzedale Forest, Lake Dist, UK.

Collections:
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi / Lalit Kala Academy, N. Delhi / Art Heritage, Delhi / Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal/ CIMA, Calcutta / Nomura International, London / Grosvenor Museum UK / Grizedale Forest & Gallery UK, / Galerle Schoo -Amsterdam, Holland / Shllpakorn University Thailand / Gallerie-Kunsthalle Hosp, Austria / Ecole superior des Boax-Art, Le Mans France / and several private collections

Occupation:
Professor & H.O.D. Sculpture, Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan

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