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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Researcher |
| Location | Hazaribagh, Jharkhand |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Convener, Hazaribagh Chapter, INTACH since 1987 campaigning to save the upper Damodar Valley from coal mining. He has brought to light 14 new rockart sites in Jharkhand. Started Sanskriti Museum, Hazaribagh 1992, established Tribal Women Artists Cooperative 1993. Nominated for Goldman Award, USA shortlist, 2006. Led TWAC teams to major mural painting events in Australia (Casula, 1997, Australian Museum, 2000); Germany (Asia Pacific Weeks, 2003); Italy (Udine, 2007, Rome, 2007). Presented Indian cultural heritage at Vicino Lontano conference, Udine, May 2007). In March 2011 he helped set up the Two Rivers Alliance (Danube-Damodar) in Austria, In April 2011 held exhibition at SOAS Brunei Gallery, Univ.of London; participated in a seminar on the Indian Art Traditions at the La Sapienza, Univ. of Rome and held exhibitions of Tribal Art at the ISIAO, Rome and Milan. In June 2011 contributed to rockart symposium at Valcamonica, Italy. On Nov.09 attended the Gandhi Foundation seminar at Amnesty International, London. On 12th June 2012 he was presented the Gandhi International Peace Award 2011 at The House of Lords. He is a regular contributor to ICOMOS, Paris. |
| Interests | Has written several monographs on ethnic societies, rockart, archaeology, tribal art as well as recently the Antiquarian Remains of North Jharkhand. He devotes himself to writing, poetry, painting and research, and work on conservation projects, and lives with his family at his Sanskriti Centre at Hazaribagh. |
| Favorite books | Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu), Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore), Sand and Foam (Khalil Gibran), Holy Bible, Small is Beautiful (Fritz Schumacher) |