Palm leaf manuscripts of Orissa, a socio-cultural study
The award was very timely and the grant was utilised in visiting different manuscript repositories and libraries to collect material for the research. This prestigious award encouraged me in fulfilling my ambition which was long cherished in furthering my research activities.
Dokra Bronzes of Tribal India
This award gave me an opportunity to do fieldwork and learn the technique of lost-wax process in Dokra bronze-casting. As a student of Design (BFA) I was able to use the technique to make jewellery and incorporate the Dokra Bronze tribal forms in two dimensional textile design. Having graduated from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University Santiniketan, I am embarking (2001) on History of Art at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. I have also made a proposal for research for a Junior Fellowship in Visual Art from the Department of Culture (Govt of India).
A study of the culture of colonial cities
After a general introduction to the South Asian collections at the V&A, I mainly devoted my time in the UK to refer to both printed and unprinted documents relating to my study mainly at the British Library and partly in other places like School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the Centre for South Asian Studies at Cambridge University.
