Art and Culture News Orissa : Students of Utkal University of Culture locked main gate

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo; Bhubaneswar:

The students of Utkal University of Culture locked the main gate of the University on Monday demanding basic facilities like permanent faculty,own building, and classrooms, instruments for practical subjects and hostels etc.

The students adopted the protest in a different way . They came with musical instruments and sang song s in front of the university gate.They alleged that the Vice-chancellor has not been doing any developmental work of the university and demanded his removal from the post immediately.The funds of the university has been misutilised and mismanaged with the knowledge of the Vice-Chancellor. The university is running on signboard only.Temporary employees of the university are also sitting on indefinite dharana in front of the university gate along with the students.

President of the students association Utkal University of Culture Kanta Kishore Moharana said “ This is the high time for the government to take immediate steps to revive the university.”
The Registrar of the University Hara Prasad Patnaik said “ some of the demands of the students are genuine.The university must have minimum academic atmosphere.’

Orissa film awards for 2007 announced; Jayadev Award for Ramchandra Pratihari

Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Bhubaneswar:

Orissa Government today announced state film awards for 2007. It was announced by Culture minister Surya Narayan Patro here on Sunday. Versatile actor Ramachandra Pratihari would be conferred the prestigious Jayadev award, regarded as the highest honour for cinema in Orissa for his outstanding contribution.The best film award of the year has been bagged by Dhauli Express, which also won awards for best music, best male playback singer and best art direction. Tumaku Paruni ta Bhuli directed by Chakradhar Sahu won the highest number of awards for best direction, best actress, best lyrics, best supporting actor and special jury award. Sabyasachi was adjudged the best actor for Pagal Premi , while Ameli bagged the best actress award for her performance in Tumaku Paruni ta Bhuli . The best music director award was bagged by Chittaranjan Tripathy for his music in Dhauli Express. The awards are scheduled to be presented at a function on February 13.

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Pradosh Mishra and his Doctoral research on Emerging Trends in Contemporary Indian Painting

PRADOSH MISHRA

Associate Professor, Department of History of ArtFaculty of Arts,

Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi-221005

Topic of Doctoral Research
Emerging Trends in Contemporary Indian Painting during 1990 and 2004: A Study in the perspective of Globalisation and National IdentityArea of SpecialisationContemporary Indian Art, Traditional Sculpture Workshop in OrissaFieldworkSince 1994 documenting living and working conditions of Master Artists, their behaviour and attachment to the traditional stone carving workshops in Lalitagiri, Bhubaneswar, Puri in Orissa and Mathura.
Seminar Participation and Papers presented

Contemporary Indian Art: New Imagery and the Question of Identity, paper presented in absentia in NAFA Symposium on New Asian Imaginations, Singapore, 2008Possibilities of Lacquer in Contemporary Art as a medium: New Dimensions, National Seminar on Lac in Indian Art and Culture, Balasore, Orissa, 2007The Living Tradition of Stone Carving in Orissa: Texts and their present Relevance with reference to Master Artist Khirod Chandra Maharana of Lalitagiri, National Seminar on Silpa Texts and its Relevance, Jnana Pravaha, Varanasi, 2003Shift in Stone Workshop Practices- a case study in Lalitagiri, National Seminar on Art Practices in India Today, Bhubaneswar, 2001Traditional Linkage in Contemporary Orissan Art: Towards a Regional Vocabulary, National Seminar in Millennium Multimedia manifestation, Bhubaneswar, 1999Concept of time in Dancing Sculptures of Konarka, International Symposium on Sculpture and Dance, Varanasi, 1999Urban Experience of the Contemporary Artists of Orissa with reference to Working Artists Association, National Seminar on Urban Image in Contemporary Indian Art, Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi, 1998

Himalayan Landscape Painting by some Contemporary Indian Painters: An Observation on treatment of Space, National Seminar on Himalayan Glory, Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, 1998Participated as an Observer in the National Seminar on Terms and terminologies in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1994Primordial Influence on the Paintings of some Contemporary Painters of Orissa, National Seminar on Primitive Vigour as a part of Festival of India to Moscow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1991Importance of Art Education in Primary Schools in Orissa, State Seminar on the Status of Art Education in Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1989Contemporary Art Situation in Orissa, National Seminar on the Contemporary Art and Artists of Orissa, 1988

Awarded by Orissa Media Centre, Sunanda Pathy Foundation and Bhubaneswar Sahitya Samaj for Art Historical Studies and Art Criticism in Orissa, 1997State Award for Painting, Working Artists Association of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1997Chhanda Caharan memorial State Award, 1997Award for Best Painting and Cartoon in Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1994

Exhibitions Participated: Working Artists Association, OrissaState Lalit Kala Akademi, OrissaRashtriya Kala Mela, BangaloreRegional Art Exhibition, BangaloreState Level Art Exhibition by All India Fine Art and Crafts Society, New DelhiBeyond the Shores, Rabindra Bhawan, New DelhiSpring is Not Over, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh

Solo Exhibition : WASH, Watercolour Painting Exhibition held at Hotel Oberoi and Hotel Kalinga Ashoka, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Pradosh Kumar Mishra received his education in Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh and Varanasi. He completed his Doctoral research on Emerging Trends in Contemporary Indian Painting, a Study in the Perspective of Globalisation and National Identity from 1990 to 2004.He has produced an audio-visual documentary on Two Contemporary Painters of Orissa for National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1993, and has extensively documented various living Master Artists, their behaviour and attachment to the traditional stone carving workshops in Lalitagiri, Bhubaneswar, Puri and Mathura in Orissa (India) under the project Workshop Tradition of Orissan Sculpture from 1994 to 2000.Mishra also co-authored a monograph entitled Chandrasekhar Rao: Life and Work, published articles on Contemporary Art in publications entitled Bronze (2006), Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom (2001), Oddiyan (1997), Beyond the Shores (1995), and Tribal Art: Primitivism and Modern Relevance (1990).He has presented papers at several national seminars on art historical studies and participated in an international symposium on sculpture and dance, organised by Ram Chhatpar Shilp Nyas (1999), and Art Interaction, organised by Indo-German Art Forum (2003) at Varanasi.
Pradosh Mishra is an alumni of BKCAC and he is working as a Exceutive member of the organization

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