Small Study and Research Grants (India)

List of Award Holders :

2000-2001

1.	Mr K M Balasubramanian
	Preserver, Saraswati Mahal Library, Thanjavur, for a study of the art of temple gateways (gopuras) of Tamil Nadu;
2.	Ms Deepra Bhattacharya
	Research Scholar, Deccan College, Pune, for a study of the Pithora paintings by the Rathua Bhils of Chhota Udaipur;
3.	Ms Poulomi Das
	Student, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Calcutta, to study textile collections in western India;
4.	Ms Anuda Jagdish Geetali
	Ph.D. student, National Museum Institute, to study the headless goddess in the Indian pantheon;
5.	Miss Baishali Ghosh
	MA student, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, to study terra cotta sculpture and its interaction with other mediums from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD;
6.	Ms Nandini Ghosh
	Research Scholar, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, for the study, Contemporary arts in Bengal: modernity and status;
7.	Dr N Jayavidhya
	Project Associate,Tamil University, Thanjavur, for the study and documentation of Araiya Cenai, the Divya Prabandham hymns sung by priestly dancers in Vaishnavite temples in South India;
8.	Dr M Nambirajan
	Assistant Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai, for a study of rock art in Goa;
9.	Ms Meghali Goswami Nandi
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of textiles and jewelry of the Khashi and Garo tribes of Meghalaya state;
10.	Mr Dorji Namgyel
	Curator, National Museum of Bhutan, and MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study: The National Museum Museum of Bhutan: Present and Future Prospects;
11.	Mr Madhvendra Narayan
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of problems in the care and handling of stone objects;
12.	Mr Shrikant Arvind Pradhan
	Artist draftsman, Deccan College, Pune for a study of miniature paintings of the Shorapur school of South India;
13.	Mr Sumangal Roy
	Lecturer in Sculpture, Government College of Art, Chandigarh, for a project to record and document folk art and craft in the villages of Chandigarh;
14.	Mr T M Sarafoji
	Technical Assistant, Saraswati Mahal Library, Thanjavur, for a monograph on Sendalai temple, Thanjavur;
15.	Ms Ratna Sharma
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a comparative study of Brahmin, Kayastha and Harijan painters in Mithila, Bihar;
16.	Mr K S Srinivasa Murthy
	Art Critic & author, the New Indian Express, Bangalore, for a study of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and other Orientalists' views on pre-modern art objects;
17.	Ms V Subashini
	Independent student, Thanjavur, for a study of Pazhayarai, near Kumbhakonam, and temples surrounding it;
18.	Ms S Vasanthi
	Archaeologist, Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, for a study of the rock paintings at Kilvalai, Settavarai, Alambadi and Villupuram, Tamil Nadu;
19.	Mr Veluswamy Suthanthiran A
	Professor and Head of Department of Sculpture, Tamil University, Thanjavur, for research on the Nageswaraswamy temple at Kumbakonum, Tamilnadu;

2001-2002

1.	Mr N Athiyaman
	Centre for Underwater Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur, for a study of building and sailing of Vattai, a traditional boat of the Tamil Nadu coast;
2.	Ms Sangeeta Dutta
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of the sacred complex in Majuli, Assam;
3.	Mr S Girikumar
	Independent conservator, Gurgaon, Haryana, for research into developing a treatment for mirroring in gelatin based photographic prints;
4.	Miss Pallavi Hazarika
	Student, National Museum Institute, Janpath, New Delhi, for research on sericulture heritage in Assam;
5.	Dr P Jayakumar
	Department of Epigraphy and Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur, for research on recent findings of boat and ship motifs in Tamil Nadu;
6.	Dr Richa Jhaldiy Al
	Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune, for a study of the contributions of the Nizam's government (Hyderabad State) to the growth of archaeology in the Deccan region;
7.	Mr Sachin Kirkire
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of the conservation of the monuments of the Mandu-Rewakund group;
8.	Dr J Raja Mohamad
	Curator, Government Museum, Pudukkottai, for a study of the coinage of the European trading companies on the Coromandel coast from the 1 ih century;
9.	Miss Kritica K S Namchu
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a cultural contextual study of the architecture of Kalimpong and Darjeeling;
10.	Dr Sima Roy Chowdhury
	Research Scholar, Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training for Eastern India, for a survey of the Jaina sculptural tradition in Bengal;
11.	Mr Navajyoti Saharia
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a study of the bell-metal industry of Assam - its past, present and future;
12.	Miss Deepthi Sasidharan
	MA student, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, for a case study of Christian art at Rachol, Goa;
13.	Mr D K Sebak
	Student, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for documentary study of temples of the upper Mahanadi and Tej valleys, Orissa;
14.	Dr V Selvakumar
	Research Scholar, Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune, for a critique of rock art research in India;
15.	Mr R Selvam
	Technician, Audio Visual Centre, Tamil University, Thanjavur, for video-documentation of ornamental shell industries of the Ramanathapuram coast of Tamil Nadu;
16.	Dr Amrendra Kumar Singh
	Senior Lecturer, Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, A.P.S. University, Rewa, for exploration and documentation of architectural remains in eastern India;
17.	Mr Subbiah Thangavelu
	Deputy Director (Retd), Government Museum, Chennai, for research on iconometry and icon makers.
18.	Mr P Umachandramaheshwari
	Music teacher, L.R.R. Vidyalaya, Srivilliputtur, for a study of the musical heritage of Sriandal temple at Srivilliputtur, Tamilnadu.