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DIGNITARIES

Juster, Kenneth I.United States Ambassador to the Republic of India

Kenneth I. Juster is the United States Ambassador to the Republic of India.

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Raghvendra SinghSecretary and CEO, Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Government of India

Raghvendra Singh is currently Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Government of India.

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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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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. Vidya DehejiaBarbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian Art, Columbia University, New York

Vidya Dehejia is Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian Art at Columbia University in New York, and author of a range of books on the history of Indian art that connect the literary and visual arts in meaningful ways.

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Dr. Debra DiamondCurator of South and Southeast Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

A specialist in Indian court painting and the visual culture of yoga, Debra Diamond received her PhD in South Asian Art History from Columbia University in 2000.

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WORKSHOP FELLOWS

Dr. Keka Banerjee AdhikariCurator, Museum

Keka Banerjee Adhikari is Curator of the Museum at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

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Deepak Bharathan AlathurAssistant Curator and In-charge of Paintings Section

Deepak Bharathan Alathur is Assistant Curator at Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, where he is in-charge of the Paintings section.

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Zahid Ali AnsariDeputy Curator (Arms & Armours) and In-charge of Decorative Arts, National Museum, New Delhi

Zahid Ali Ansari is the Deputy Curator of the Arms and Armours gallery at the National Museum, New Delhi.

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Anjali BharthariAnjali Bharthari, Independent Heritage Interpreter & Consultant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Anjali Bharthari is an independent Heritage Interpreter & Consultant. Over the last 25 years, she has worked on conservation of nature and culture by creating dialogues between communities in environment conservation and cultural heritage.

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Samira BoseSamira Bose, Programmes Coordinator, Asia Art Archive in India, New Delhi

Samira Bose is the Programmes Coordinator at the Asia Art Archive in India, an independent non-profit dedicated to documenting and making accessible recent histories of art from across Asia.

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Dr. Suruchika ChawlaDr. Suruchika Chawla, Supervisor of Projects, Promotion and Execution, Department of Archaeology and Museums, Chandigarh, Haryana

Suruchika Chawla is the Supervisor of Projects at the Archaeology and Museums Department, Haryana. For over a decade, she has worked in the field as a teacher, curator and museum professional.

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Dr. Tara Nath DowarahDr. Tara Nath Dowarah, Curator, Anthropological Museum of Indigenous Peoples, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University. Dibrugarh, Assam

Tara Nath Dowarah is Curator at the Anthropological Museum of Indigenous Peoples, Dibrugarh University, Assam.

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Vaishnavi KambadurVaishnavi Kambadur, Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Vaishnavi Kambadur is the Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru and researches on textile and craft collections, as well as permanent and special exhibitions.

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Manoj KumarCurator, Archaeological Museum, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Manoj Kumar is Curator at the Archaeological Museum, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, which is the oldest and largest university museum in India.

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Dr. Munmun MondalCurator, H.H. Maharaja Sir Jiwajirao Scindia Museum, Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Munmun Mondal is Curator at the H.H. Maharaja Sir Jiwajirao Scindia Museum, Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior.

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Sayali MundyeOutreach and Programming, Piramal Museum of Art, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sayali Mundye handles Outreach and Programming at the Piramal Museum of Art, Mumbai. She began her journey with museums with an internship at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in 2013.

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Shruti RamlingaiahIndependent Curator and Writer, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Shruti Ramlingaiah is an independent curator and art writer based in Mumbai. In the past five years, she has worked at the Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur and the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.

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Darshan Mekani ShahDirector & Founder Trustee, Weavers Studio, Kolkata & Weavers Studio Resource Center, Kolkata, West Bengal

Darshan Shah established the Weavers Studio in 1993 in Kolkata with the mission statement “use as many hands as possible”.

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Dr. Aprajita SharmaArchaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi

Aprajita Sharma works at the Museum Division of the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.

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Dr. Vishi UpadhyayCuratorial Associate, Collection Unit (Art, Culture and Youth Department), Bihar Museum, Patna, Bihar

Vishi Upadhyay is Curatorial Associate at the Bihar Museum, Patna, Department of Art, Culture and Youth, Government of Bihar.

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