BRIEF RESUME

Prof. Deepak Kannal kannaldeepak@gmail.com

Born – at Sangli, Maharashtra.

Academic Qualifications

• M.A. (Fine) Sculpture (1st Div.). The M.S. Uni. Of Baroda, 1975.
• M.A. (Fine) Art History (1st Div.). The M.S. Uni. Of Baroda, 1983.
• Ph.D. 1993.
• Short Term Diploma in Medieval Archaeology. 1976.
• Post Doctoral Project at Ancient India and Iran Trust, as a Charles Wallace Fellow. Cambridge,
UK, 1992.

Appointments

• Joined the Faculty of Fine Arts as an Archivist in Dec. 1975.

• Lecturer (Asst. Professor) in 1984.
• Reader (Associate Professor) in 1987.
• Dean of Students from 1989 to 2000.
• Professor since Aug.2000.
• Head, Dept. of Art History & Aesthetics from 1991 to 2002.
• Coordinators, UGC/DSA project, phase II & III.
• Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts - 2003 to 2009.
• Retired as Professor in Art History and Aesthetics and I/C Head, Dept. of Sculpture.

Awards, Distinctions and Scholarships

• Gujarat State Lalit Kala award for sculpture. 1971, 1974.

• National Lalit Kala Akademi – Honorable mention for sculpture. 1976.
• A. P. Council National Biennale award for sculpture. 1978.
• Brihan Maharashtra Natyaspardha, New Delhi, for best stage set design, 1984.
• Kushanku, a full length play selected for the theatre festival at Goa by of Sangeet Natak
Akademi,New Delhi.
• National Scholarship -1973-75.
• UGC minor project to work on the Sculptural styles of Ellora Sculpture. 1984.
• Charles Wallace Fellowship to work at Cambridge, UK on Amaravati sculpture in the
British Museum, London, 1992.

• Some other awards for literary and critical works in Marathi.

• Gujarat State ‘Lalitkala Gaurav Puraskar’ 2013.
• Contd.
 • Raja Ravi Verma Samman. 2016
• Tagore National Fellowship 2019

Publications

Books, Monographs and edited volumes/ periodicals.

• Ellora an Enigma in Sculptural Styles, (author), Books and Books, New Delhi, 1994.
*Second Edition. 2018

• Vaishnavism in Indian Art and Culture, (Co-Editor), Books and Books, New Delhi.1984.
• Ellora Cave Sculpture and Architecture, (Co-Editor and contributor), Books and Books, New
Delhi.1988.
*second edition 2019

• Ajanta- New Perspectives, 2 vols. (Co-Editor and contributor), Books and Books, New Delhi.1991.
• Editor, Samvad – quarterly in Marathi, 1991 to 1994.
• Editor, Nirukta- Journal of Art History & Aesthetics in English. Funded by UGC as a part of DSA
research programme, phase III. 2001 2006.
• Sri Utpattipidugu – Inscriptions, Insignia and Indite. Monograph as Special issue of Nirukta.
2005.
• Editor, Marmabandha – A collection of articles on Contemporary Marathi and Gujarati Theater.
• Editor, Ipsit – Marathi periodical

Contributed Research Articles to

• Marathi Vishvakosha (Encyclopedia), Prajna Pathashala, Wai, 2 notes and a long essay
on ‘Shilpakala’.
• Decorative Arts of India, Nawab Salarjung birth centenary volume, Hyderabad, 1987.
• Drishyakala, a volume on Visual Arts from the Guajarati Encyclopedia – Jnana Gangotri
grantha shreni. 1996.
• Aesthetic Theories and Forms in Indian Tradition, Ed. Kapila Vatsyayan and DP Chattopadhyay,
Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture. New Delhi, 2008.
• Art and Architecture in Western India. (contributor) In Press. PHISPC, New Delhi.
• An Interactive audiovisual CD on Ajanta by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New
Delhi.
• Many other prestigious publications

Papers and Articles.

• More than 75 research papers and articles in various compendiums, journals and periodicals.
• Wrote catalogues and reviews for more than 20 important exhibitions

Contd.
 • Three full length plays (Kushanku, Jogidas Khuman and Rajamata), three dance dramas (Kunwar
Manmauji, Rajalakshmi and Deepta Kailasa) and several one act plays written, directed and
staged.
• Screen play for two TV serials – Shadyantra and Neeti.

Exhibitions

• Number of Group shows of Sculpture held at Mumbai, Nagpur, Trivendrum, Solapur, Ahmedabad,
Delhi, Vadodara and New York.
• Participated in all the major exhibitions in India including National exhibition and the
invitation shows like ‘25 years of Modern India Art’ and ‘Shilpayan’ at National Gallery of
Modern Art, Delhi.
• Sculpture in the collection of National Gallery of Modern Art, AP Council of Art, Tamarind
Art Council, USA, Padmavibhushan P.L. Deshpande and some private collections in India,
UK, USA and Australia.
• Organized exhibitions all over India and also in US for the Sculptor’s Forum of India, Dept.
of Sculpture and Black and White Foundation.

Seminars and Lecture Series

Organized four National level seminars as the Director and five (two of them Inter National) as
a Co Director on various topics viz. Ajanta, Ellora (a site seminar at Ellora), Indian Arts and
the related critical theories, Henry Moore’s Sculpture, Indian and Western Aesthetics etc. on
behalf of and funded by various institutes including the Faulty of Fine Arts, British Council
and University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

Participated and presented papers in more than 50 national and international seminars.

Important Chairs and series of lectures

1. Anand Coomarswamy Memorial lectures, Allahabad Museum. Allahabad on

‘Sri Utpattipidugu- the sage patron of art and his possible role in the Vedic upheaval’.

2. Madanlal Nagar chair, UP Lalitkala Akademi, Lucknow on ‘the State of Art Education in
India’.
3. K.K. Hebbar Chair Lectures at J.J. School of Art, by Lalit Kala Regional Centre.
4. Aryamurthi Chair, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore. ‘Ellora and the Karnataka
connection’
5. College of Fine Arts, Trivendrum on ‘Western and Indian Aesthetics’.
6. National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai on ‘Post Independence Bombay Sculpture’.
7. Anantacharya Institute of Indology, Mumbai on ‘Ancient and Medieval Indian Sculpture’.
8. Royal College of Art, London on ‘The Marvels of Ellora’.
9. Rajasthan Lalit Kala, Jaipur on ‘Globalization and Modern Indian Art’.
10. Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai on (a) Purpose of Art. (b) Languages of Art. (c)
Meaning of meaning.
 11. National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad on ‘Indian Theories of Meaning’.
12. Karnataka Lalit Kala, Raichur / Ilkal on ‘Contemporary Criticism’.
13. Fundecao Oriente, Goa on ‘Myth, Mythology and its Manifestation in Indian Art’.
14. Tamarind Art Council, NY, USA on ‘Reading Indian Metaphors.’
15. Bodhi Art Gallery at Pune on the Contemporary trends in Indian Art.
16. M. Aryamurti Chair, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore.
17. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
18. CEPT,Ahmedabad.
19. National Gallery of Modern Art. Bangalore.

Positions held

• Member and Chairman, National accreditation and assessment council, Peer committee,
Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore and School of Art, Gulbarga.
• Member, UGC expert committee, Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan, WB.
• Member, UGC / NET committee for several years.
• UGC subcommittee to re -design the courses in Art History.
• Nominated as eminent Art Historian on the General Council, Central Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi
for a period of 5 years.
• Member, Central Lalit Kala Akademi- Publication committee, Delhi.
• Member, Central Lalit Kala Akademi Executive Council, Delhi.

• Member, Jury for the Art exhibition, South Central zone, Nagpur.
• Member, Jury for the Art exhibition National Lalit Kala, Delhi, & Ahmedabad exhibition.
• Member, Jury for the Art Exhibition, Gujrat Lalit Kala Akademy.

• Member, Ad hock committee to design the PG course, BHU, Varanasi.

• Convener, committee to design PG course in Art History, CAVA, Mysore.
• Chairman, Board of Studies, Banasthali Vidhyapith
• Member, Board of Studies, Jaipur.
• Member, Board of Studies, Barkatulla University, Bhopal.
• Member, Board of Studies, Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathvada University, Aurangabad.
• Research Guide, M.S.U. Baroda and also the National Museum Institute, Delhi.
• External expert, Syllabus revision committee, Directorate of Art, Maharashtra state.
• Resource Person, UGC refresher Courses at Jaipur, Udepur, Baroda etc.
• Samrakshak Sadasya, Sanskara Bharati, Gujarat.

• Member, Academic Council, M.S.U. Baroda.

• Chairman, Board of Studies and the Faculty board, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, 1999 to 2005.
• Member of the Senate and various committees of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
• Govt. Nominee, MSU syndicate.
• Representation of Syndicate on various committees of MSU of Baroda.

• Joint Secretary, Sculptors’ Forum of India. 1976-79.

• Secretary, Baroda Amateurs Dramatic Club.
• President, Tathagat Theatre group, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara.
• President, Prof. Mahendra Pandya Foundation for Sculpture, Vadodara.
• Member, Advisory committee, India Art Festival, Mumbai.
• Member, Advisory committee, Maharaja Fatehsinh Museum, Vadodara.

• At Present, visiting fellow at a number of Academic Institutes like CEPT, NID, Ahmedabad, IIT,
Powai, Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai etc.

• Stays and works at Vadodara, Gujarat.