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 List
of Award Holders :2000-2001
| 1. |
Mr. R Balasubramanian |
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Curator, Government Museum,
Chennai, to study the Amaravati marbles and other South Indian
Buddhist sculptures, and methods of conservation and display in the
British Museum, the V&A and other UK museums; |
| 2. |
Dr Damayanti Datta |
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Lecturer, Jadavpur University,
Calcutta, to carry out research on the diffusion of English language
and the rise of the bilingual intelligentsia of 19th century Bengal,
at the British Library and other UK institutions; |
| 3. |
Dr Buddha Rashmi Man I |
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Director of Archaeology,
Archaeological Survey of India, Srinagar Circle, to study terracotta
and clay materials of the Kushan period (1st to 4th centuries) in
the V&A and other UK collections; |
2001-2002
| 1. |
Dr Bishnupriya Basak |
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Research Fellow, Centre for
Archaeological Studies & Training, Kolkata, to study different
methods of interpreting human behaviour from archaeological
artefacts, taking stone tools in the Indian context as the focus, at
the Institute of Archaeology, London; |
| 2. |
Miss Vasudha Joshi |
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Conservator, Indian National
Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, to do research and
receive training in conservation and restoration of easel paintings,
at the Conservation Centre, National Museums & Galleries on
Merseyside; |
| 3 |
Mrs Sujata Parsai |
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Curator, T API (Textiles &
Arts of the People of India) Museum, Surat, for professional
training in modern methods of storage and preventive conservation,
documentation and museum interpretation, at the V&A, London. |
2002-2003
| 1. |
Ms. Arundhati Banerjee |
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Deputy Superintendent
Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, to study
collections in the UK as part of a study of the chronology of
terracotta figurines of Pre-Kushan times from the Gandharan region
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| 2. |
Mrs Satarupa Dutta |
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Co-ordinator & Research
Scholar, Crafts Council of West Bengal, Kolkata, to study Satgaon
quilts (lindo-Portuguese trade textiles from Bengal) and related
materials in the V&A and other UK institutions. |
| 3. |
Dr Sarita Khettry |
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Research Fellow, The Asiatic
Society, Kolkata, to study the collections of Gandharan art in UK
museums and institutions in relation to a planned monograph on
Mahayana iconography in Gandhara |
| 4. |
Dr Padmanabh Samarendra |
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Lecturer, Department of History,
SA Jaipuria College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, for a research
study entitled: Science, colonial state and indigenous opinions:
enumeration of caste by H.H.Risley, at the British Library and other
UK institutions |
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