Ms Jyotsna Arora

Ms Jyotsna Arora, Small Study and Research Grant UK (1999-2000), while a student, Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, New Delhi, for materials for a project on a computerised cataloguing system for the National Museum, Delhi.

Ms Sina Panja

Ms Sina Panja, Small Study and Research Grant UK (2000-01), Fellow, Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Kolkata,  for materials relating to her study of archaeological research in 1930-1950, the era preceding and immediately following India’s independence. Dr Panja taught at Vishva Bharati University, Santiniketan for over 10 years and is now an independent researcher.

Dr Bishnupriya Basak

Dr Bishnupriya Basak, Small Study and Research Grant UK (2001-02), Research Fellow, Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Kolkata, to study different methods of interpreting human behaviour from archaeological artefacts, taking stone tools in the Indian context as the focus, at the Institute of Archaeology, London. Dr. Bishnupriya Basak is Professor in the Department of […]

Mrs Satarupa Dutta

Mrs Satarupa Dutta, Small Study and Research Grant UK (2002-03), Co-ordinator and Research Scholar, Crafts Council of West Bengal, Kolkata, for a study of Satgaon quilts (Indo Portuguese Trade Textiles from Bengal) and related materials in the Victoria and Albert Museum and other  UK institutions.

Dr J Raja Mohamed

Dr J Raja Mohamed, Small Study and Research Grant UK (2002-03), while Curator, Government Museum, Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu, for a study of ritual objects, vessels, tools etc of South India, in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Dr Rangachar Vasantha

Dr Rangachar Vasantha, Small Study and Research Grant UK (2002-03), while Professor of History, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, for materials pertaining to research on the contribution of Krishnadevaraya Wodeyar III to the field of board games and chess, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum and the British Library, London.

Dr Sangeeta Dasgupta

Dr Sangeeta Dasgupta, Small Study and Research Grant UK (2003-04), while Lecturer, Department of History, Vishva Bharati University, Santiniketan, to study the concept of the ‘tribe’ by means of an analysis of images of the orient in European museum and colonial records. Dr Dasgupta is now (2026)  Associate Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of […]