Folk Art & Modern Art in Bengal: 1900-1947

Prof. Soumik Nandy Majumdar is a faculty member of the Department of History of Art, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan in the Department, Kala Bhavana (The Institute of Fine Arts & Crafts). Prof. Majumdar has taught as a Visiting Faculty at IIT- Kanpur, in the discipline of Fine Arts, under the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. He completed his BFA and MFA in History of Art from Santiniketan and M.S.University, Baroda respectively.

Prof. Indrapramit Roy is a faculty member of the Department of Painting, Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), Baroda. He has been teaching painting at his alma mater since 1995 and presently is an Associate Professor and the Dean of Students. He was also awarded the Inlaks Scholarship to study MA Painting at the Royal College of Art, London, which also included a term each at Cite des Arts, Paris and Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin on Erasmus exchange grant.