Ms Poulomi Das
Ms Poulomi Das, UK Visiting Fellowship, 2015-16, while a Consultant with Lord Cultural Resources, Mumbai, for an internship at the British Museum, London, to study methods of making museum collections accessible for visually impaired visitors. Poulomi Das is a Curator for cultural heritage access and inclusion, educator, blogger and a cultural interpreter leader. She has over 20 years […]
Dr Parul Singh
Dr Parul Singh, UK Visiting Fellowship (Charles Wallace India Trust), 2015-16, while a PhD student, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, to carry out research in London for her study, Kings, lovers, mothers and others: notions of kingship and gender during the reign of Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh. She subsequently received her Ph.D. from the School of Arts […]
Dr Mahmood Alam
Dr Mahmood Alam, UK Visiting Fellowship, 2015-16, while Assistant Professor, Dept of Persian Studies School of Asian Studies, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, to document dispersed collections of Indo-Persian manuscripts of Bengal in UK collections.
Ms Kanika Mondal
Ms Kanika Mondal was awarded the UK Visiting Fellowship 2016-17, while a PhD student, Dept of Museology, MS University of Baroda, to study and gain hands on experience of learning programmes for young children in UK museums.
Ms Subhra Devi
Ms Subhra Devi was awarded the UK Visiting Fellowship 2016-17, while Assistant Curator, Museum and Archive, Dept of Cultural Studies, Tezpur, Assam, to study historic handloom textiles of Assam in museum collections in the UK, and operational aspects of museums, including documentation, publication and display practices.
Ms Pooja Saxena
Ms Pooja Saxena was awarded the UK visiting Fellowship (Charles Wallace India Trust) 2016-17, while Consultant, National Monument Authority, Delhi, to study museum displays and interpretation centres: media for social interaction and informal education in the UK.
Ms Tejshvi Jain
Ms Tejshvi Jain was awarded the UK Visiting Fellowship (Charles Wallace India Trust) 2017-18, while working with the ReReeti Foundation, Bangalore, to work with Leeds Museums and Galleries on museum education and to establish a long-term partnership with these museums.
Dr Kaushik Gangopadhyay
Dr Kaushik Gangopadhyay was awarded the UK Visiting Fellowship 2017-18, while Assistant Professor, Dept of Archaeology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, to participate in an excavation conducted by the Museum of London Archaeology unit (MOLA) and for advanced training in urban and community archaeology.
Dr V Selvakumar
Dr V Selvakumar was awarded the UK Visiting Fellowship, while Assistant Professor, Dept of Epigraphy and Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur. The award was for training on scientific analysis of ceramics at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London and the British Museum, in relation to his studies of ceramics in South India.
Ms R Vaishnavi
Ms R. Vaishnavi was awarded a UK Visiting Fellowship while Curator, Piramal Art Foundation, Chennai/Mumbai, for research in UK collections on drawings created for surgeons based in colonial Madras as part of a larger study on the relationship between art, science and economic value.