About

Nehru Trust

The mission of the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum (NTICVA) is to encourage the study, preservation and display of India's art and cultural heritage.

The Trust aims to achieve its mission by making it possible for scholars and professionals from India and the UK to develop and share skills relevant to these subjects and to gain access to Indian cultural resources both in India and in the UK.

Mission

The mission of the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum  is to encourage the study, preservation and display of India's art and cultural heritage.

History

The NTICVA (Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the V&A) was constituted in India in 1990, as part of a project to make the Indian collections at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) more generally accessible.

The NTICVA was settled by its founder Chairman, the late Hon. Justice R. S. Pathak, and the programme of the Trust was made possible by generous donations from philanthropic individuals and organisations in India, to whom the Trustees of both the NTICVA and the V&A are very grateful.

Jain Art Fund

The Jain Art Fund at the Victoria and Albert Museum enables scholars and professionals from India and the UK to develop and share skills and to gain access to scholarly material relevant to the study, display and conservation of Jain art.

Working in collaboration with the NTICVA, the fund supports an annual awards programme for individuals to carry out research or undertake training in both India and the UK relevant to the Jain tradition.

Mission

The Jain Art Fund at the Victoria and Albert Museum's mission is to encourage the study, preservation and display of the art and cultural heritage of the Jain religious tradition.

History

The Jain Art Fund was set up at the V&A at the time of the V&A’s exhibition The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India (1995) as part of an ongoing project to increase understanding of the Jain religion and its artistic and cultural heritage. The V&A continues actively to work with the Institute of Jainology and other Jain organisations in the UK and maintains an advisory board for this purpose.

Study of Indian Art in India

A number of major organisations are responsible for India's artistic and cultural heritage, including the Archaeological Survey of India, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. India has many hundreds of museums, the oldest of which is The Indian Museum Kolkata, founded in 1814.

Advisory Board, Jain Art Fund

Mr. Nicholas Barnard (Secretary)
Mr. Nemubhai Chandaria
Ms. Anna Jackson (Chair)
Mr. Mehool Sanghrajka
Mr. Mahesh Shah
Professor Deborah Swallow
Mr. Ian White

Donors to Jain Art from India Exhibition

The programme of the Trust is made possible by generous donations from a number of philanthropic individuals and organisations.

Study of Indian Art in the UK

As Britain's national family of museums of Art, Design and Performance, the V&A houses internationally known collections of a breadth and richness unparalleled elsewhere in the world. Among them the V&A has the good fortune to be custodian of a magnificent collection of Indian Art.

The UK has many collections of Indian art and archaeology which may be of interest to applicants. Many universities, museums and galleries, and other cultural institutes are actively engaged with education, research and training in relation to India’s cultural history.

Trustees of the NTICVA

The work of the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum is directed and managed by a distinguished group of Trustees.

Donors to the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art

The programme of the Trust is made possible by generous donations from a number of philanthropic individuals and organisations.