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Small Study and Research Grant (India)
Richa Modawel
A study of traditional cloth paintings of Rajasthan
Soumhya Venkatesan
To study the mat and silk weaving traditions of Pattamadai village and Kanchipuram town in Tamil Nadu
I would like to thank the Trustees for their timely and generous awards. In the year following my Cambridge M Phil I returned to India and was given a second grant to conduct ethnographic research among weaving communities. This work formed a pre-PhD pilot study and I returned to Cambridge in 1996 to commence work on my PhD entitled "Crafting discourse: mat weaving in Pattamadai, South India". I was awarded the PhD in 2002.
Dr K Rajan
A study of the traditional bead-making industry of Periya district of Tamil Nadu
The grant served as seed money to carry out the preliminary studies which helped to take up the major work in the selected field. For instance the feasibility study helped to get major research project funding from the Indian National Science Academy.
Anupam K Sah
A survey of wall paintings conservation in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, and other sites
This was the first award that came my way when I was embarking on a professional career in India. I was full of hope and a vision of all I could do for art conservation in India and the award helped me take my first step in that direction without having to wait or lose steam. It reinforced my confidence in myself and in my belief that if there is a worthy idea and sincere effort then there are people to support you.
Sathyabhama Badreenath
Iconography of Narasimha as portrayed in literature, sculpture and painting
Rita Ghyanshyamsinh Sodha
An interpretative study of the text and paintings of Sursagar from the Mewar School
I received the award at the outset of my research for the doctoral thesis. The timely award enabled me to travel to museums and document the set of paintings which formed a good portion of my research material. It also facilitated the correspondence with various other museums abroad and in India, enablng me to gather information regarding their collections and most specifically the Sursagar set of Mewar that I was working on. I could also use the money of the award on processing of photographs of the paintings, copies of which I evenutally sent to the Trust as part of my project report.
Dr Kamal Giri
Ritual objects and temple accessories in Varanasi
Ganga Joshi
To study temple architecture and sculpture of the Kajuri dynasty in the Kumaon hills of Uttar Pradesh
Madhabi Katoch
To research the influence of the philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism on Buddhist art
Sathyabhama Badhreenath
Iconography of Narasimha as portrayed in literature and sculpture with special reference to Tamilnadu
The topic chosen for the first award was not a usual one and I had to visit most of the places from where I had drawn reference. The fieldwork done for this award was a very exciting experience it helped me to look into many other aspects connected with t. The study has actually resulted in a source book for future reference and this is in my opinion the most satisfying part of the Study Grant.