The 'Third Voice' in early history-making processes in India
Management and care of Photographic Collections
Training in advanced photographic conservation techniques at the Centre for Photographic Conservation, London
Museological Developments in the UK
To make an analytical study of museum practices in Britain and assess their relevance to the Indian context
Indian arms in the UK
To study Indian arms and armour collections in the UK and their display and conservation
Digital Asset Management Systems
To study new developments in computer based documentation systems in the UK
Tribal & Pastoral peoples
To consult and study research materials in the UK relating to research on the history of tribal & pastoral peoples (18th - 19th century)
Past in Present: Care of the Gothic Revival
Although I had been in the UK for a year and had obtained an MA in Conservation Studies from the Institute of Advanced Arhitectural Studies, University of York on a Charles Wallace India Trust scholarship, and had formal qualifications, I was lacking practical training. This is where the Fellowship was tailor made. In India I had the distinction of being one of the earliest practicising conservation architectects, but in retrospect I feel that this fellowship made all the difference to my career.
Indian studio pottery movement
I work as a practising ceramic artist in New Delhi and Pondicherry. I began my research projects as self-initiated ones, because as a part time visiting faculty at the TVB School of Habitat Studies, IIT Design Centre, Bombay, and the MS University Baroda, I realised the lack of any scholarship in the area of ceramics by art historians. I wanated to teach about the Indian historical engagement with ceramics, seeing myself at the present end of a long line of makers.
An investigation of the medieval cities of Gaur and Pandua
For study and documentation of unpublished UK archives and collections relating to the medieval cities of Gaur and Pandua