Ms Nilanjana Som
Ms Nilanjana Som, UK Visiting Fellowship, 2014-15, while consultant on a documentation project, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai, to study documentation and display, particularly of arms and armour, in UK museums. Nilanjana Som is now the Curator of the Arts collection at CSMVS, overseeing a diverse range that includes costumes-textiles, jewellery, arms-armour, and decorative arts. She also holds charge of […]
Mr Parjanya Sen
Mr Parjanya Sen, UK Visiting Fellow, 2014-15, while a PhD student, Centre for Studies in Social Science, Kolkata, to consult archives at the British Library, British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A), for his study “Documenting early Islamic Monuments of Eastern India—Architectural Antiquities and the Colonial Archive”.
Dr Bina Gandhi Deori
Dr Bina Gandhi Deori, UK Visiting Fellow, 2014-15, while Lecturer, Dept of Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, to study ethnographic collections from north-east India in the Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, and other museums in the UK. Bina Gandhi Deori was awarded her PhD from Deccan College, Pune in 2013. That same year […]
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.