Vidwan-ID : 159314



  • Prof Padmini Balaram

  • Former Head of Department
  • Visva-Bharati University
Publications 1981 - 2021

Publications

  • 15
    Journal Articles
  • 7
    Book Chapter
  • 2
    Book
  • 43
    Projects

Expertise

Art


Personal Information

Prof Padmini Balaram

Female
Silpa-Sadana Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan
Bolpur, West Bengal, India - 731236


Experience

  • Former Head of Department

    Silpa Sadana

    Visva-Bharati University

  • Visiting Professor

    Textile Design

    National Institute of Abiotic Stresses Management, ICAR


Qualification

  • Ph.D

    CEPT University

  • Masters in Industrial Design (Textiles) (Composite)

    National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad


Honours and Awards

12

2019

Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art

11

16 Nov. to 11th Dec. 2018

Sponsored Solo Exhibition on Indigo and Its Impact on India and East Asia

10

2017

Merit Certificate for Interior LifeStyle Awards-2017 in Home Textile Category to Make a Collection on Nature (Done using Natural dyes on the fabrics woven using natural fibers. 5 elements of Nature along with 5 senses were represented using Natural Dyes .

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12

2019

Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art

11

16 Nov. to 11th Dec. 2018

Sponsored Solo Exhibition on Indigo and Its Impact on India and East Asia

10

2017

Merit Certificate for Interior LifeStyle Awards-2017 in Home Textile Category to Make a Collection on Nature (Done using Natural dyes on the fabrics woven using natural fibers. 5 elements of Nature along with 5 senses were represented using Natural Dyes .

9

2015

NTICVA 2014-15 Small Study Research Grant to research on Direct and Indirect Influences of Indian Chintz Textiles on Wa Sarasa of Japan.

8

2013

OLF Travel Grant (Fulbright) for lecturing at Morgan State University

7

2013

Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellowship to teach Colours and Natural Dyes of India: Their use in Textiles and Surface Design at University of Nebraska Lincoln in USA

6

2011

Award for the Indigenous Research Paper and Oral Presentation on Swastika in the East and West

5

Mar. 2006 to Mar. 2007

Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research on Textile Route from India to Japan via China and Korea: (Affiliated with National Museum of Ethnology

4

2003

Fellowship for Cross-Cultural Research on Chinese and Korean Indigo

3

1999

Award for Poster Presentation on Indian Indigo

2

Mar.1995 to Mar.96

Japan Foundation Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research on Indigo and Its Use in Japan - a comparative study with India

1

1992

Toyama Workshop Grant

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International Research Felloships

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2021

Quilts of Bihar from 20th Century to 2018 CE

Anand Mohan Singh, Visva-Bharati

2021

Quilts of Bihar from 20th Century to 2018 CE

Anand Mohan Singh, Visva-Bharati

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Research Projects

1. Indian Textiles Traded by European Companies from Bengal to East and South-east Asia in 17th Century and Their Influences, Minor research at Visva-Bharati, 2014.

Funding Agency : Visva-Bharati

4. Handmade Paper Making in Tamil Nadu

Funding Agency : Self Funded

5. Textile Route from India to Japan via China and Korea: Its influence on Japanese Textiles.

Funding Agency : Japan Foundation

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1. Indian Textiles Traded by European Companies from Bengal to East and South-east Asia in 17th Century and Their Influences, Minor research at Visva-Bharati, 2014.

Funding Agency : Visva-Bharati

4. Handmade Paper Making in Tamil Nadu

Funding Agency : Self Funded

5. Textile Route from India to Japan via China and Korea: Its influence on Japanese Textiles.

Funding Agency : Japan Foundation

Natural Dyes and Textiles of Western China

Funding Agency : Donghua University

7. Survey of 9 Handloom Societies of Calicut Cluster

Funding Agency : National Institute of Design

Indigo and Its Use among Minorities of Southwest China

Funding Agency : Asia Scholarship Foundation

Indigo and Its Use in South Korea

Funding Agency : Asia Scholarship Foundation

8. Natural Dyes & Its Use in Madhya Pradesh

Funding Agency : MPHHSVN

Natural Dyes of North East Region of India.

Funding Agency : Office of the Development Commissioner, Handicrafts

17. Al Dyeing of Orissa

Funding Agency : Self Sponsored

20. Indigo and its Use,

Funding Agency : Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation

21. Khanns (blouse pieces) of Maindergi

Funding Agency : NA

South Indian Tradition of Kalamkari, documented Kalamkaris of Srikalahasti and Kumbhakonam

Funding Agency : National Institute of Design

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1977

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1978

Funding Agency : Complete

1980

Funding Agency : extraction of dye

1983

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1984

Funding Agency : wool

1985

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1987

Funding Agency : 45

1989-90

Funding Agency : 50

1990

Funding Agency : NA

1991

Funding Agency : 20

1992

Funding Agency : 15

1993

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1995-96

Funding Agency : Complete

1997-98

Funding Agency : 1

2000

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2000

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2001

Funding Agency : Complete

2004

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2005

Funding Agency : NA

2006-07

Funding Agency : Japan

2008

Funding Agency : NA

2008

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2008-2011

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2019

Funding Agency : Ishibashi Foundation

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