Tamil Nadu

Mannu Gounder Gandhi

Study of South Indian sculpture in UK museum collections.

1995

I visited many museums in the UK during my stay there, and both documented South Indian sculptures and bronzes and display methods. I subsequently developed display methods for the Government Museums at Vellore and Cuddalore. Since then I have received a fellowship awarded by the Institute for Social Science and Research at Vellore. I delivered about 100 lectures in the period between 1994 and 2001 to college and school students, Rotary and other clubs, and groups of visitors to the Vellore museum.

Nehru Trust Awards

Soumhya Venkatesan

To study the mat and silk weaving traditions of Pattamadai village and Kanchipuram town in Tamil Nadu

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1995

Anthropology Craft Contemporary Tamil Nadu

I would like to thank the Trustees for their timely and generous awards. In the year following my Cambridge M Phil I returned to India and was given a second grant to conduct ethnographic research among weaving communities. This work formed a pre-PhD pilot study and I returned to Cambridge in 1996 to commence work on my PhD entitled "Crafting discourse: mat weaving in Pattamadai, South India". I was awarded the PhD in 2002.

Nehru Trust Awards

Dr K Rajan

A study of the traditional bead-making industry of Periya district of Tamil Nadu

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1995

Archaeology Anthropology Craft Tamil Nadu

The grant served as seed money to carry out the preliminary studies which helped to take up the major work in the selected field. For instance the feasibility study helped to get major research project funding from the Indian National Science Academy.

Nehru Trust Awards

Sathyabhama Badhreenath

Iconography of Narasimha as portrayed in literature and sculpture with special reference to Tamilnadu

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1994

Art History Tamil Nadu Sculpture Hinduism

The topic chosen for the first award was not a usual one and I had to visit most of the places from where I had drawn reference. The fieldwork done for this award was a very exciting experience it helped me to look into many other aspects connected with t. The study has actually resulted in a source book for future reference and this is in my opinion the most satisfying part of the Study Grant.

Nehru Trust Awards

Dr J Raja Mohamad

Islamic architecture in Tamil Nadu

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1994

Art History Architecture/monuments Islam Tamil Nadu

This award was instrumental to carry out a research study on a litte known subject - the Islamic architecture in Tamil Nadu, and was only possible to achieve because of the award.

Nehru Trust Awards

Mannu Gounder Gandhi

For the study of the architecture and sculpture of Saivite, Chola temples of South Arcot District

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1993

Art History Architecture / monuments Sculpture Hinduism Medieval Tamil Nadu

I was able to study 80 temples and their sculptures in South Arcot, thus increasing my knowledge of this subject. I subsequently registered for a PhD degree.

Nehru Trust Awards

Alok Tripathi

Ships in Ancient Indian Art

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1993

Archaeology Maritime Archaeology Art History Antiquity Tamil Nadu

There are a good number of ships represented in ancient Indian art, which are valuable evidence, capable of throwing light on ancient Indian shipping and shipbuilding technology. Some of these representations were referred to by scholars here and there, but no complete and systematic study of these ships was carried out.

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