Small Study and Research Grants (India)

List of Award Holders :

1994-1995

1.	Mrs Sathyabhama Badreenath
	Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai, to research the iconography of Narasimha as portrayed in literature, sculpture and painting;
2.	Dr Kamal Girl
	Lecturer, Department of History, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, to study ritual objects and temple accessories in Varanasi;
3.	Miss Ganga Joshi
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, to study temple architecture and sculpture of the Kajuri dynasty in the Kumaon hills of Uttar Pradesh;
4.	Miss Richa Kamboj
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, to research the European influence on Mughal painting and decorative art in Indian museum collections;
5.	Ms Madhabi Katoch
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, to research the influence of the philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism on Buddhist art;
6.	Mr Ajit Kumar
	Assistant Archaeologist, Archaeolo~ical Survey of India, Madras, to document photographically, 2nd - 3r century western Indian cave sculpture;
7.	Mr S K S Kushwaha
	Archivist, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, for the study of 17th century miniature painting of Sahibdin and Manohar of the Mewar school;
8.	Mr J Raja Mohamad
	Curator, Government Museum, Pudukkottai. Tamil Nadu, to study Islamic architecture in Tamil Nadu;
9.	Mrs Jay At I Mukherjee
	Junior Research Fellow, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, Delhi, Vadodara, for the study of Baroda print-makers and their contribution to trends in modern Indian art;
10.	Mrs Preetha Snair
	Student, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, to study the Kerala ritual art form Kalam-Eluttu;
11.	Mr Sardari Lal Sharma
	Research Scholar, Jammu University, Jammu, to study the Buddhist monuments of Kashmir;
12.	Miss Rita Ghyanshyamsinh Sodha
	Research Scholar, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, to study the Sursagar text and paintings from the Mewar school

1995-1996

1.	Dr Atul K Bhowmick
	Reader, Department of Museology, Calcutta University, Calcutta, for a study of tribal wall painting of West Bengal;
2.	Mrs Smita Chakraborty
	Department of History of Art, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for a socio-religious study of rare icons of Brahminical deities;
3.	Mrs Sharmila Das
	Research Scholar, Department of History, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, for a study of the cultural contribution of the Gajapati rulers of Orissa;
4.	Dr V Jeyaraj
	Curator, Government Museum, Chennai, for a technical study of the coins of the Nawabs of Arcot;
5.	Miss Gina Kapur
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of the floral motif in Mughal decorative art;
6.	Mr Sudhir Kumar
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of Madhubani paintings;
7.	Miss Richa Modawel
	Research Scholar, James Cook University, Australia, for a study of traditional cloth paintings of Rajasthan;
8.	Dr K Rajan
	Senior Lecturer, Tamil University, Thanjavur, for a study of the traditional bead-making industry of Periya district of Tamil Nadu;
9.	Mr Anupam K Sah
	Co-ordinator, Sanskriti Pratishthan, New Delhi, for a survey of wall paintings conservation in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, and other sites;
10.	Mr Kamlesh Kumar Sharma
	Deputy Keeper, National Museum, New Delhi, for a study of arms and weapons in Indian collections;
11.	Mr S K Sharma
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for biochemical and petrographic stone analysis of Orissan temples;
12.	Mr Shanti S Sinha
	Research Scholar, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for a study of Anugraha images of Siva;
13.	Ms K B Surekha
	Art Teacher, Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, for a study of string wooden puppetry;
14.	Mr K Neelakandan T Anur
	Senior Draftsman, Trivandrum Museum, Kerala, for a survey of Ravi Varma paintings;
15.	Dr Usha Rani Tewari
	Department of Museology, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for a study of the art of the transition-phase in Northern India.