Dr Madhuvanti Ghose was awarded a Small Study and Research Grant (India) 1993-94, when a PhD student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, for research on the origins of anthropomorphic iconography in Hindu and Buddhist art.
Dr Ghose completed her Ph.D. from London University and was then Lecturer in South Asian Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.
Dr Ghose is the inaugural Alsdorf Associate Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan, and Islamic Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has curated tradition–based as well as modern and contemporary exhibitions including the site-specific Public Notice 3 by Jitish Kallat (2010–11); Gates of the Lord: The Tradition of Krishna Paintings (2015–2016); Vanishing Beauty: Asian Jewelry and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection (2016); and India Modern: The Paintings of M.F. Husain(2017–18).
Between 2012–16 she led the Vivekananda Memorial Program for Museum Excellence with the Government of India that was designed to foster professional exchanges between the Art Institute and various museums in India. It resulted in the introduction of a uniform database platform across India’s national museums and the creation of the Museums of India web portal. She serves on the executive committee of the board of trustees of the American Association of Art Museum Curators and is Vice President of its Governance and Nominating Committee.