Annual report - Ministry Of Culture

38 MINISTRY OF CULTURE
the exhibitions at V&A, London on April 16,
2010 at Victoria Memorial Hall.
• An in-house interactive session was organized
on “Museum Management and Community
Engagement programmes” with Dr. Sabyasachi
Bhattacharya, Director, CSMVS, Mumbai at
VMH on May 7, 2010.
• Organized an in-house workshop on “Restoration
of Oil Paintings” (documentation and cleaning)
conducted by Shri Nilabh Sinha, Director,
INTACH, New Delhi from June 22 to 26, 2010
at VMH.
• An in-house workshop on “Consolidation and
Retouching of Oil Paintings” was conducted by
Smt. Joyoti Roy, archivist, Alkaji Foundation,
New Delhi from June 28 to July 2, 2010 at
VMH.
• An In-house lecture on “Conservation of Fragile
Books and Archival Materials” was delivered
by Smt. Malabika Ghosh, Assistant Library and
Information Officer and Preservation In-Charge,
National Library, Kolkata on June 28, 2010 at
VMH.
• Two-day in-house workshop on “Biodeterioration
of oil paintings and its control”
was conducted by Dr. Sashi Dhawan, former
Scientist – D, NRLC, Lucknow on July11-12,
2010 at VMH.
• A special lecture entitled “The Angel atop the
Memorial revisited” was delivered by Professor
Madhusudan Bhattacharyya, retired Professor
and Head, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata on
July 19, 2010 at VMH. Professor Pradip
Narayan Ghosh, Hon’ble Vice- Chancellor,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata presided over the
programme.
• A special lecture entitled “Mughal Miniatures:
Portraits under the Imperial Mughals” was
delivered by Dr. Taran Kr. Biswas, Director,
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata on
August 30, 2010 at VMH.
• Shri Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, renowned
painter presided over the talk.
• In-house illustrated lecture cum seminar on
“Conservation of Stone Objects” was delivered
by professor K.K. Jain, Project Officer and
Head, National Research Laboratories for
Conservation of Cultural Properties, Mysore on
August 30, 2010.
• A special lecture entitled “Manab Jeeban Shilpao-Rabindranath”
was delivered by Professor
Pabitra Sarkar, formerly Vice- Chancellor,
R.B.U, Kolkata on September 30, 2010 at
VMH. Professor Karuna Sindhu Das, Hon’ble
Vice–Chancellor, R.B.U, Kolkata chaired the
lecture session and spoke on the occasion.
• The two-day national seminar on “The Indian
National Congress and the Struggle for
Independence” was organized in collaboration
with Loreto College, Kolkata from September
30 - October 1, 2010 at Loreto College and
VMH.
• Resource persons: Professor Bharati Ray, Vice-
President, ICCR (Chief Guest), Professor
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chairman, ICHR
(Keynote), Dr. Anindita Mukhopadhyay,
Lecturer, History Department, University of
Hyderabad, Dr. Swarupa Gupta, Fellow,
MAKAIAS, Dr. Rosinka Chaudhuri, Fellow,
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Professor
Kokila Joshi, Former Head, Department of
History, R.N. Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai,
Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Editor, Editorial
Pages, The Telegraph, Calcutta, Dr. Sujata
Mukherjee, Professor, Department of History,
Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, Professor
Bhaskar Chakraborty, Department of History,
Calcutta University, Professor Ranjit Sen,
Department of Islamic History and Culture,