ACADEMICS
EXPERIENCE, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS & RESEARCH
• Awarded Emeritus Fellowship 2013-14 by University Grants Commission, India in 2014 on ‘Significance of Colour in Creation: An Aesthetic Apperception’.
• Honoured by the award of ‘Indo-Hungarian Educational Exchange Programme 2006-07 fellowship by the Hungarian Govt. with the award of a Long-Term Scholarship through the courtesy of University Grants Commission, India. Subject entitled ,’A Scenario of Hungarian Painting in 19th & 20th Century : An Aesthetic Apperception’.
• Offered Senior Fellowship 2012-13 by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New-Delhi in 2014 on ‘New Possibilities in Fresco Painting’.
• Awarded Minor Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission, India in 2011 on ‘Aesthetic Vision of Rabindranath Tagore.
AWARDS:
• Certificate of Merit by Government of West Bengal in 1986 for Painting
• Award from Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta in 1979, 80 & 81 for Sketch and Graphics.
• Award from I.I.T., Kharagpur (Inter-College & University contest in All India basis) in 1980 & 81 for Painting, Sketch and Portrait.
• S. Mukherjee award from Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta in 1980 for Graphics (Etching).
• Awarded ‘Shiksha Rattan Puraskar’ 2010 for outstanding Services, Achievement & Contribution by I.I.F.S. (India International Friendship Society), New Delhi on 7.01.2010.
AREA OF RESEARCH
• Aesthetics
• Visual Art, Culture and Communication
• Global peace
• ‘Rasha’ (suggestiveness) and nonverbal communication
• Education through Art.
EXHIBITIONS
• Solo-Exhibition: 16 Solo-Exhibitions including one Retrospective Exhibition since 1989 at Kolkata, Mumbai and Budapest (Hungary).
• Group Exhibition: 25 Group exhibitions at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad including 4 Charukala Utsab at Kolkata.
• Sponsored Group Exhibition: 68 Exhibition at different parts of India.
• International Exhibition: 11 exhibitions in India and abroad including five Exhibitions on World Peace.
CAMP/WORKSHOP
National:
• Participated 22 workshop and camp on Natural dye (textile), Metal Casting, Enamel Painting, Painting.
• Conducted 6 workshops as Resource Person in Oil Painting, Colograph, Jaipur Fresco, Enamel Painting, Water colour and Clay Modeling.
International:
• Participated One International Mural Painting camp on Mural on the wall at Kottayam, Kerala in 2013.
• Conducted one Workshop on Jaipur Fresco at Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary in 2007.
SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE
National:
• 33 seminars & conferences including Alliance Françoise, Calcutta; D.A.V. College, Abohar, Punjab; Patna, Bihar; Ranchi University; Gujarat University, Pune University, The Indian College of Arts & Draftsmanship, Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata; Sri Ganganagar Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Research Institute, Rajasthan, I.S.I.S.A.R, I.S.A.A., Kolkata, M.H.R.D., etc.
International:
• 8 International Conferences at Kolkata, Kottayam, Ahmadabad, Budapest including 6 world peace conferences, 2nd International Hindi Conference at Budapest, etc.
RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION OF ART WORK
1. Supervised and worked on a project of restoration of Heritage Oil Painting at the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, Calcutta University sponsored by the National Museum, Delhi from 2000 to 2006.
2. Successfully done Restoration of 140 years old Marble Sculpture of Rev. Alexander Duff and some old oil paintings from a seriously damaged condition at Scottish Church College, Calcutta
3. Restored an old oil painting by Sri Satyen Ghosal (Institute collection) at Govt. College of art & Craft, Calcutta
4. Restored some Folk Art collection and stone sculpture at the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, Calcutta University, Kolkata
5. Successfully done Restoration of Mural painting in Egg-tempera on the wall of ‘Jewellery Museum”, Gariahat, Kolkata. The painting is quite old (about 80 years) painted in Indian Painting style
6. Restoration of Portrait painting of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee of Asutosh College, 92, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata – 700 026.
EXTRA–CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Social Work: Honorary Secretary and Council Member of Indian Society for Art & Aesthetics, Kolkata and Honorary Course Director of Fresco Training Course of the Society.With an eye to focus attention on Indian antiquity and its heritage and to revive indigenous artistic propensities in creation Indian Society for Art & Aesthetics introduced its certificate course on Fresco Painting which includes three processes Viz.-
(i) Jaipur Fresco,
(ii) Italian Fresco and
(iii) Tempera Fresco
• Founder Secretary of Indian Society for Art & Aesthetics, Kolkata
• Life Member:
1) The Asiatic Society, Kolkata.
2) Rabibasar, Kolkata.
3) International Society for Intercultural Studies and Research, Kolkata.
4) The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
5) Artists’ Centre, Mumbai
6) Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
7) Canvas Artist’s Circle, Kolkata
8) Association of Indian College Principal, Ahmedabad
9)Indian National Forum of Art and Culture, Kolkata
OCCUPATION
1) Ex-Principal, School of Creative Art & Design, Seacom Skills University, Santiniketan, Bolpur, W.B. (2018 – 2020).
2) Emeritus Fellow, U.G.C., Govt. of India (2014 – 2016).
3) Former Principal, The Indian College of Arts & Draftsmanship, Kolkata.(2009 -2013.
4) Formerly Reader, Govt. College of Art & Craft, Calcutta (1985 – 2009).
Several Paintings, Murals, Sculptures, Graphics, Water Colour, Fresco, Drawing and Sketches are in private and Govt. (Ministry of External Affairs, Embassies, State Govt. W.B.) collections in India and abroad.