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 List
of Award Holders :1996-1997
| 1. |
Ms Shalini Arya |
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Research Scholar, Aligarh Muslim
University, to study illustrated manuscripts of Akbar's court; |
| 2. |
Mr J R Asokan |
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Curator, Design and Display
Section, Government Museum, Madras, to carry out research on visitor
response to museum displays; |
| 3. |
Mr N Athiyaman |
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Senior Lecturer, Tamil University
Thanjavur, for documentation of traditional diving for pearl and
chunk in Mannar Gulf, from the Sangam period onwards; |
| 4. |
Ms Smitha Car Lappa Artist |
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Bangalore, to study artistic
expressions of the Kodavas through artefacts, ritual and
performance; |
| 5. |
Ms Vibha Singh Chauhan |
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Senior Lecturer, University of
Delhi, to study the construction of indigenous gods and linkages
with the communities of eastern Uttar Pradesh; |
| 6. |
Ms Seema Gera |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to research the collections at the National
Museum and to construct school loan kits as an aid in teaching
history in schools; |
| 7. |
Ms S K Jha |
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Research Scholar, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study arms and weaponry of the Palaeolithic
period and rock painting of Central India with special reference to
Dhongarh, Madhya Pradesh; |
| 8. |
Dr C Maheswaran |
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Curator, Government Museum,
Udhagamandalam, to study the masking traditions in tribal India; |
| 9. |
Ms Nandit A |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study the depiction of Hindu mythological
themes and scenes in Mughal miniatures; |
| 10. |
Ms Annamika Pathak |
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Curatorial Associate, National
Museum, New Delhi, to study painted ivory collections in Indian
museums; |
| 11. |
Ms Jyotsna Sharma |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to carry out a comparative study of aqueous
and non-acqueous methods of de-acidification and its effects on
Indian paper; |
| 12. |
Miss Rekha T Andon |
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Research student, Laban Centre
for Movement and Dance, London, for a study entitled: Classification
on the threshold of modernity: expanding the physical parameters of
Odissi dance for contemporary audiences; |
| 13. |
Mr Atul Tripathi |
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Department of Ancient Indian
History & Archaeology, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, to
carry out a comprehensive and comparative study of solar temples; |
| 14. |
Mr P Venkatesan |
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Teacher, Government Higher
Secondary School, Kaveripakkam, to study relief sculptures as
reveals from hero-stones in Thirubanna Malai Samburaya and North
Arcot Ambedkardistricts; |
| 15. |
Ms Soumhya Venkatesan |
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M,Phil. Student, Faculty of
Archaeology and Anthropology,University of Cambridge; to study the
mat and silk weaving traditions of Pattamadai village and
Kanchipuram town in Tamil Nadu; |
| 16. |
Mr Anish Vohra |
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Research Fellow; Faculty of Fine
Arts, M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, to document and research
modern Indian art criticism at Santiniketan, Bengal. |
1997-1998
| 1. |
Mr Naman Ahuja |
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Ph.D. student, School of Oriental
and African Studies, University of London, to study the female form
in ancient Indian terra cotta art; |
| 2. |
Mrs Sathyabhama Badhreenath |
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Deputy Superintending
Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, to study Rashtrakuta
influences in Tamil Nadu; |
| 3. |
Mr R Balasubramanian |
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Curator, Government Museum,
Chennai, to study the documentation on wood carvings in the
collections of the Government museums in Tamil Nadu; |
| 4. |
Ms Swati Chatterjee |
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Research Scholar, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study the Lingaraja temple, Bhubaneswar,
Orissa; |
| 5. |
Ms Deepanjana Danda |
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Research Scholar, Faculty of Fine
Arts, MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, to study the emergence of
Brahminical cave architecture; |
| 6. |
Dr G Kulathuran |
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Senior Lecturer, Tamil
University, Thanjavur, to study the pillar sculptures of the
Mahamandapa of the Ramaswamy temple in Kumbhakonam; |
| 7. |
Mr Arvind Kumar |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study the terracottas of Bihar, from the
northern black polished ware period (600BC) to the Pala period; |
| 8. |
Miss Mrinalini Man I |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study the iconic paintings of the Thanjavur
and Mysore schools with regard to the materials and techniques
adopted to aid their conservation; |
| 9. |
Ms Vidya Murthy |
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Independent scholar, Bangalore,
for the study of folk arts of Karnataka; |
| 10. |
Mr Sudhanshu Nautiyal |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study wood-carving in Saharan pur, Panjab;
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| 11. |
Mr Hari Narayan Nilam |
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Retired Director of Museums,
Government Museum, Chennai, to study the formative years of the
Madras Museum; |
| 12. |
Mr Sumitabha Pal |
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Artist, New Delhi, To Study The
Pointing Method Of Stone Carving In Jaipur, Rajasthan; |
| 13. |
Dr K Rajan |
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Senior Lecturer, Tamil
University, Thanjavur, to study the documentation of rock art in
Tamil Nadu; |
| 14. |
Mr B Sekhar |
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In-charge, Audio-visual Centre,
Tamil University, Thanjavur, to produce video documentation of
museum objects in Tamil Nadu; |
| 15. |
Dr Harj Shanker |
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Lecturer, Rajasthan School of
Art, Jaipur, to study terracotta art of the Varanasi region; |
| 16. |
Mr Om Anand Sharma |
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MA student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to research and identify some indigenous
materials suitable for cold re-lining of oil paintings; |
| 17. |
Mrs Asiya Shervani |
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Ph.D, student, National Museum
Institute, New Delhi, to study the prehistoric cave art of the
Bhimbetka complex. |
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