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DIGNITARIES

David KennedyMinister Counselor for Public Affairs, The Embassy of the United States of America in New Delhi

David Kennedy, career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has served in a wide range of public diplomacy positions.

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Subrata NathAdditional Director General, National Museum, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi

Shri Subrata Nath is currently assigned as Additional Director General, National Museum, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi.

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AIIS OFFICIALS

Dr. Sumathi RamaswamyJames B Duke Professor of History, and International Comparative Studies Chair, Department of History, Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.

Sumathi Ramaswamy is James B Duke Professor of History at Duke University and Co-Director of Duke’s India Initiative.

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Dr. Susan S. BeanChair AIIS, Center for Art and Archaeology, former Senior Curator, South Asian Art, Peabody Essex Museum

Susan S. Bean, Ph.D. is an independent scholar and curator specializing in the visual arts of modern South Asia.

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Purnima MehtaDirector General, American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)

Purnima Mehta, who has served as AIIS Director-General for the past fifteen years, oversees all AIIS operations in India.

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EXPERTS

Dr. Madhuvanti GhoseAlsdorf Associate Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art, The Art Institute of Chicago

Madhuvanti Ghose is the Alsdorf Associate Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art at the Art Institute of Chicago where she is responsible for the exhibition, collection, preservation and research of the museum’s permanent collections in these areas.

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Dr. Vishakha N. DesaiSenior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of Columbia University, Formerly President and CEO, Asia Society, New York

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai is Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of Columbia University, Senior Research Scholar at its School of International and Public Affairs, and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University.

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Dr. Darielle MasonThe Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art and Head of the Department of South Asian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Darielle Mason has been The Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art and Head of the Department of South Asian Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for more than two decades.

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Ms Rachel FreemanAssociate Conservator, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, United States

Rachel Freeman is a paper conservator at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO.

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WORKSHOP FELLOWS

Ruta Waghmare BaptistaAssistant Curator–Education & Collections, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Ruta Waghmare Baptista is Assistant Curator heading the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum’s education activities, collections research, and management.

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Avijna BhattacharyaAssociate Curator, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi

Avijna Bhattacharya is Associate Curator at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi.

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Moumita DharAssistant Curator, Section Head (Pre-Historic Archaeology) National Museum, New Delhi

Moumita Dhar is Assistant Curator, Section head of Pre-Historic Archaeology section and collection in-charge of the Indus Valley Civilization and Pre-Historic Stone tools at the National Museum, New Delhi, since 2016.

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Dr. Baishali GhoshCurator Museum, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, West Bengal

Baishali Ghosh is Curator of the Museum at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. She has over six years of experience in curating and has worked in the museum field for over a decade.

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Moumita GhoshCurator (Collection), Bihar Museum, Patna, Bihar

Moumita Ghosh is Curator at Bihar Museum, under Art, Culture and Youth Department, Bihar Government.

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Ritwika MisraProject Manager, Weavers Studio, Kolkata, West Bengal

Ritwika Misra is Project Manager at the Weavers Studio, Kolkata for a multi-year project on the textiles of undivided Bengal.

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Pavithra MuddayaManaging Trustee and Chief Curator, Vimor Museum of Living Textiles–Vimor Handloom Foundation, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Pavithra is the Managing Trustee of the Vimor Handloom Foundation established in 2004 and the Chief Curator of the Vimor Museum of Living Textiles in Bengaluru.

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Shubhasree PurkayasthaEducation Officer Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bengaluru, Karnataka

Shubhasree Purkayastha is Education Officer at the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bengaluru.

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Dr. Kishore RaghubansAssistant Archaeologist (Museum In-charge) with additional charge of Underwater Archaeology Wing, Archaeological Museum, Velha Goa, Goa

Dr. Kishore Raghubans is the Museum in-charge at the Archaeological Museum, Velha Goa, with additional charge of the Underwater Archaeology Wing, Goa.

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Chelsea SantosAssistant Curator The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Chelsea Santos is Assistant Curator at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, with over two years of experience in the field.

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Krishna ShekhawatAssistant Curator Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Krishna Shekhawat is Assistant Curator at Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur.

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Pema Kesang SherpaBranch Inspector, Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom, Government of Sikkim, Namchi, Sikkim

Pema Kesang is Associate Curator at the upcoming museum in the Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom, Sikkim.

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Neeraj ThakurAssistant Curator, Himachal State Museum, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Neeraj Thakur is Assistant Curator at the Himachal State Museum, Shimla. 

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Dr. Jyoti TokasCurator, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Dr. Jyoti Tokas is Curator (In-charge exhibitions) at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

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Dr. Waman Anandrao WankhedeAssistant Curator Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Waman Anandrao Wankhede is Assistant Curator at the Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj.

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