URMILA - ENCHANTED MOTHER
A Virtual Exhibition of Artworks
Inaugural Webinar
4 January 2021; 5-5.45 pm
Panel Discussion
THE ACT OF CREATION
panelists
Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Sanjeev Bhargava, Deepika Jindal
Moderator – Anu Jindal
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Panelists profiles
Kishalay Bhattacharjee
Prof & Vice Dean at Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, O.P. Jindal Global University, former journalist with NDTV. Authored several books, forthcoming book on identity and citizenship (Orient Blackswan). Recipient of several awards including Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2006-7) and nomination for best current affairs programme by Association of International Broadcasting, 2013. “Santi, Lucy and Thoibi” his documentary on HIV & Hepatitis C co-infection selected for international festivals in Goa and Barcelona. Founder curator of ArtEast—a festival of art & livelihood held annually at the IIC, New Delhi.
Sanjeev Bhargava
Founder Director and Producer SEHER festivals, has initiated many Special Public Diplomacy programmes between India and other countries through Cultural ventures and thematic projects relating to Visual and Performing Arts across the World for promotion of Softer Diplomacy and people to people contact. He has spearheaded brand and image building through Culture. He has also co-produced and promoted off beat cutting edge cinema.
Deepika Jindal
Creative Director and Managing Director, JSL Lifestyle Limited, founded ‘Arttdinox’, an enterprise that features ‘art in stainless steel’ and emphasizes the amalgam of form and functionality. She also founded ‘The Stainless’ art gallery encouraging and promoting artists to conceptualize and create in stainless steel. She heads several educational organizations and is known for her mentoring and active contribution to social causes.
Anu Jindal, Artist, Art Historian & Educator, holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. As a Japan Foundation Fellow studied at Doshisha University, Kyoto. Has held many solo shows and has participated in national & international art shows, has presented papers at international seminars. Teaching spans two decades primarily at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. For a year she was Visiting Research Professor at the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan.