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Ramakrishna Vedala
A study of the influence of Matisse upon Indian Modern Art
Soumhya Venkatesan
The process and results of the commercialisation of Warli tribal Painting
I would like to thank the Trustees for their timely and generous awards. The first award allowed me to conduct research among the Warli tribe in Maharashtra and to write up the results of this research for my MA dissertation at the National Museum Institute in Delhi. After my MA and spurred on by my work on the Warlis I moved to Cambridge (UK) in 1994 to do an M Phil in Social Anthropology.The M Phil was funded by a Cambridge ODASS award. I subsequently took a PhD on matweaving in South India at the University of Cambridge and now teach at the University of Manchester.
Sathyabhama Badreenath
Iconography of Narasimha as portrayed in literature, sculpture and painting
Dr Kamal Giri
Ritual objects and temple accessories in Varanasi
Ganga Joshi
To study temple architecture and sculpture of the Kajuri dynasty in the Kumaon hills of Uttar Pradesh
Richa Kamboj
A study of the European influence on Mughal painting and decorative art in Indian museum collections
The award helped me tremendously in completing my dissertation as part of my studies and research programme while doing my MA final in History of Art at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. It helped me visit various museums and monuments in Delhi, Agra, Varanasi, Jaipur, and Rampur, to study the original works and also obtain the photographs. It enriched my work in quality as well in the comprehensiveness of my analysis and conclusions. Some of the visuals were included for the first time ever in my report.