2019
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Sudarshan Shetty, best known for his enigmatic sculptural installations, has long been recognised as one of his generation’s most innovative artists in India. Sudarshan Shetty was the curator of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016. He has exhibited widely in India and internationally. His recent shows include ‘A Song A Story’ for the RollsRoyce Art Programme (2016); ‘Shoonya Ghar – Empty Is This House’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and at the 20th Biennale of Sydney (2016); ‘Mimic Momento’ at Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels (2015); ‘Constructs Constructions’, at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (2015); ‘A Passage’ at Staatliche Museum, Schwerin, Germany (2015); ‘The pieces earth took away’, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 2012, ‘Critical Mass’, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2012, ‘Indian Highway’, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2012, and several others.
2019
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A choreographer, an educationist and a creative entrepreneur—Mayuri Upadhya’s career has foraged beyond the conventional dance network. Her canvas of work depicts a wide range. Her two decades long journey is marked by a beautifully balanced mix of efforts towards visual interpretations, cultural sensitivity, conditioning future generations and capacity building. Among many others, Mayuri has received awards such as The ‘International Competition of choreography for Asian Dance Productions’ (South Korea) and the BROADWAY WORLD Best Choreographer Award for the epic musical ‘Mughal-e-Azam’. Her transformation from a simple girl-next-door to a visionary entrepreneur is attributed to her grounding in Indian classical forms, complemented by contemporary training. But most of all, her enthusiasm to enable this entrepreneurship stems from her vision of making dance a sustainable industry in India, which she believes, when woven with innovation, has the potential to reach all segments of society. She currently heads Bangalore-based premier dance organization Nritarutya.
2019
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Jyotindra Jain is a Member of the International Advisory of the Humboldt Forum, a multi-arts complex in Berlin; a Tagore National Fellow; and Editor of Marg Publications, Mumbai. Prior to this, he has served as the Director of the National Crafts Museum (New Delhi); Professor of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi); and Member Secretary of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. He was a Visiting Professor at Harvard University and a Rudolf-Arnheim Professor at Humboldt University (Berlin). An eminent scholar of Indian art and popular visual culture, Jain has extensively published in the areas of his specialisations, and curated exhibitions shown in some of the most prestigious cultural institutions and museums in India and abroad. He has received the Prince Claus Award for Culture in 1998, and the Cross of Merit—the highest civilian award of Germany—in 2018
2019
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Leela Samson taught at the Sriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra from 1975 – 2005 and privately in Delhi, and choreographed a body of work titled ‘Spanda’, which is known for its innovations in Bharatanatyam. Leela has performed at leading festivals of dance in India and abroad. She had served as Director of Kalakshetra from 2005 to 2012; as Chairperson, Sangeet Natak Akademi from 2010 to 2014; and as Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification from 2011 to 2015. Leela has also authored books on dance: Rhythm in Joy (1987) and Rukmini Devi – a life (2010) are a select few titles. She is the recipient of the Sanskriti Award in 1982, the Padmashri Award in 1990, the Nritya Choodamani Award in 1997, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2000, and the Natya Kala Acharya Award from the Music Academy (Chennai) in 2015
2019
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Arundhati Nag is Creative Director of Ranga Shankara (Bangalore), a theatre dedicated solely to dramatics. Only the second such space in India, Ranga Shankara, with its show-a-day policy, has changed the way theatre is viewed and performed in Bangalore. Arundhati has also pioneered a unique Theatre For Children programme called ‘AHA!’ She is the Managing Trustee of Sanket Trust. For over 40 years, Arundhati has also been an actor. She has performed over 1000 shows in five languages. Arundhati also served as David Lean’s Assistant Director for the production of the film A Passage to India (1984). She also assisted and wrote Hindi dialogues for the legendary TV serial Malgudi Days (1987), based on R K Narayan’s novel. She serves on the advisory boards of several national level institutions.
2019
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Atul Kumar is the Founder Member and Artistic Director of The Company Theatre. With more than 25 years of stage experience, Atul has dabbled with different languages and forms of theatre and has showcased his work globally. His basic performance training was in the traditional Indian dance and martial art forms of Kathakali and Kalaripayattu in Kerala. He also worked with Compagnie Philippe Genty (Paris) and Sacramento Theatre Company (California). Atul was recently invited by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the UK to direct for their International Theatre Festival. Few of the many grants he has been awarded include the French Cultural Fellowship, Charles Wallace Scholarship and Chevening Fellowship. He has served as a steering committee member of the International Network for Cultural Diversity, Canada and occasionally works in film and television.
2019
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Rahaab Allana is Curator/Publisher of the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts (New Delhi); Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (London) and Honorary Research Fellow at the University College (London). He has curated various exhibitions, working in institutions such as The Brunei Gallery (London), Rencontres d’Arles (Espace Van Gogh, France), Museum Folkwang (Berlin), the Rubin Museum (New York), Banco de Brazil (Rio), the Royal Fine Art Museum (Brussels); National Museum (New Delhi); The British Council (New Delhi); the Bhau Daji Lad City Museum (Mumbai). Rahaab is the author of Inherited Spaces, Inhabited Places (2010); and has served as Guest Editor for Marg and the Lalit Kala Akademi. He has written and edited volumes on photography for the Alkazi Collection and Mapin. He is the Founding Editor of PIX, a theme-based photography quarterly and exhibitionary platform.
2019
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Ravi Agarwal has an interdisciplinary practice as an artist, photographer, environmental campaigner, writer and curator. His work explores contemporary questions around ecology, society, urban space and capital. His work has been showcased widely, including at the Kochi Biennial (2016), Sharjah Biennial (2013) and Documenta XI (2002). He co-curated the ‘Yamuna-Elbe’, an Indo German twin city public art and ecology project in 2011 and ‘Embrace our Rivers’, a Public Art Ecology project in Chennai (2018). Agarwal is also the founder of the Indian environmental NGO Toxics Link, which has pioneered work in waste and chemicals in India. He serves on several high-level policy committees, and writes extensively on sustainability issues in journals and books. He was awarded the UN Special Recognition Award for Chemical Safety in 2008 and the Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship in 1997
2019
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Sneha Khanwalkar has played a significant role in changing perceptions of Hindi film music by digitally mixing disparate noises, sounds of local instruments and voices to produce a track. Thriving on taking the composition of music beyond the studio, Sneha conceptualised and hosted the MTV mini-series ‘Sound Trippin’. Some of her key projects include Gangs of Wasseypur, Khoobsurat, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex aur Dhoka in her repertoire. She won Filmfare’s R.D Burman Award for the best music director for the film Love Sex aur Dhoka (2011) and was nominated in the Best Music Director category at the 58th Filmfare Awards for Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & Part 2. She has composed the music for the acclaimed film, Manto (2018).
2019
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One of India’s leading tabla players, Aneesh Pradhan is a disciple of the maestro Nikhil Ghosh from whom he inherited a varied repertoire. Aneesh is the recipient of awards such as the Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award (2000), the Natyadarpan Award for ‘Best Background Score’ (1998), the Vasantotsav Award (2012), and the Saath Sangat Kalakar Award (2013). He is also a frequent participant in cross-cultural musical collaborations both in the capacity of performer and composer. He has been awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Chair in Indian Studies at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University. He is also the Director of Underscore Records Pvt. Ltd which he established with vocalist Shubha Mudgal. He co-curates an international music festival ‘Baajaa Gaajaa: Music from 21st Century India’.
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