Mannu Gounder Gandhi

Mannu Gounder Gandhi

Study of  South Indian sculpture in UK museum collections.

Professor of Art History, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

I visited many museums in the UK during my stay there, and both documented South Indian sculptures and bronzes and display methods. I subsequently developed display methods for the Government Museums at Vellore and Cuddalore. Since then I have received a fellowship awarded by the Institute for Social Science and Research at Vellore. I delivered about 100 lectures in the period between 1994 and 2001 to college and school students, Rotary and other clubs, and groups of visitors to the Vellore museum. I also reorganised displays at the museums in Vellore and Cuddalore, arranged many school visits, classes and events, organised two seminars in Vellore, and published many articles.