INDIAN CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (ICFP)
INDIAN CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (ICFP)
The Indian Conservation Fellowship Pilot Program (ICFPP) was undertaken by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) in New York and the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limbuirg (SRAL), the Netherlands. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), New York on 19.03.2013 for a period of two years.
Thereafter, an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Culture and Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), New York was signed on 27.06.2016 for launching of the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program (ICFP) for a period from 2016 to 2021 was to be undertaken by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum Art(MMA), New York, the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limbuirg (SRAL), the Netherlands, the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels (“KIK-IRPA”), and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, The Smithsonian Museums of Asian Art, Washington, DC (“FG”) with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (the “Mellon Foundation”).
So far, 36 conservators from India have received fellowship under ICFP (17 conservators during Pilot Program and 19 conservators during Main Program). Details are attached at Annexure-I.
The aim of this fellowship was to equip the participants with skills to better care for collections at their home institutions and to establish a larger and stronger conservation community in India with international links to professionals in the field.
This Fellowship programme has achieved significant capacity building in the areas of conservation skills, knowledge sharing, networking, leadership development, institutional capacity, community engagement, research and documentation, standardization of projects, mentorship and career advancement. By achieving their capacity building outcomes, the ICFP has made significant impact on the conservation of India’s cultural heritage.
Some of the other important benefits to the museums from the skill acquired during the fellowships are as under:
An MoU between Ministry of Culture and Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), New York was signed on 27.06.2016 for the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program (ICFP) for a period from 2016 to 2021 only.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Annexure-‘I’
List of Fellows who have completed fellowship under Indian Conservation Fellowship Pilot Program (2013-15)
S.NO.
Name
Affiliation
Host
Period
1.
Abdur Rasheed
IGNCA
MMA
Dec 9, 2013– Mar 31, 2014) (4 months)
2
Ambika Patel
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
MMA
Apr 1 – Jul 31, 2015 (4 months)
3.
Kailas Abhiman Humane
Salar Jung Museum
MMA
Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2014
(3 months)
4.
Kalpana Awasthi
Salar Jung Museum
MMA
Jul 1 – Sept 2015
(3 months)
5.
Mandira Chhabra
CSMVS/Himalayan Soc. for Heritage and Art Conservation
MMA
Apr 1 – Sept 30, 2014 (6 months)
6.
Nidhi Shah
CSMVS
MMA/
SRAL
Fall 2014 (2 months)
7.
Shilpa Raturi
Archaeological Survey of India
MMA
Apr 1 – Sept 30, 2014 (6 months)
8.
Subhra Devi
Museum of Tezpur University
MMA
Sept 1 – Feb 28, 2015 (6 or 4 months)
9.
Vikram Singh Rathore
Mehrangarh Fort Museum
MMA
Jan – March 2015
(3 months)
10
Anil Dwivedi
Formerly IGNCA
SRAL
Jan – June 2014
(6 months)
11.
Anil Verma
IGNCA
SRAL
Mar – May 2015
(3 months)
12
Diwakar Karmaker
VMH
SRAL
Jan – June 2015
(6 months)
13.
Minesh Harinkhede
NRLC Lucknow
SRAL
Oct 2014 – March 2015 (6 months)
14.
Omkar Mohan Kadu
CSMVS
SRAL
Apr- July 2014
(3 months)
15.
Shikha Bansal
NMI
SRAL
Oct – Dec 2013
(3 months)
16.
Shruti Asoka
Coimbatore
SRAL
Sept – Dec 2014
(4 months)
17.
Umesh Kumar Ahuja
Rashtrapati Bhavan
SRAL
Oct – Dec 2013
(3 months)
List of 1st batch of the fellowship under ICFP
S.No.
Name
Affiliation
Host
Period
Ms. Vandana Singh
National Museum
MMA
01.02.2017 – 31.07.2027
Shri PareetNagamurthi
INTACH
MMA
01.02.2017 – 30..04.2017
Ms. Merrin Anil
INTACH
SRAL
03.04.2017 – 16.09.2017
Shri Vipin Joshi
NGMA,
New Delhi
SRAL
29.05.2017 – 19.08.2017
List of 2nd batch of the fellowship under ICFP
S. No.
Name
Affiliation
Host
Period
1.
Mr. Subir Dey
VMH,
Kolkata
FG
01.02.2018 – 31.05.2018
2.
Mr. Dilip Mestry
CSMVS, Mumbai
MMA
01.04.2018 – 30.06.2018
3.
Mr. Nikhil Ramesh
CSMVS, Mumbai
MMA
01.04.2018 – 30.06.2018
4.
Mr. Jitender Chauhan
IGNCA,
New Delhi
SRAL
01.10.2017 – 31.01.2018
5.
Mr. Rahul
Tongaria
NGMA,
New Delhi
SRAL
01.03.2018 – 30.06.2018
6.
Ms. Madhu Rani Puttaswamy
INTACH Conservation Institutes, Bangalore
SRAL
01.03.2018 – 30.06.2018
7.
Mr. Lalit Kumar
INTACH, New Delhi
SRAL
28.08.2017 – 26.02.2018
List of 3rd batch of the fellowship under ICFP
S. No.
Name
Affiliation
Host
Period
1.
Mr. Pradip Madhumita Vasundhara
City Palace Museum, Udaipur
MMA
01.02.2019 – 31.07.2019
2.
Azhar Syed Tariq
Rampur Raza Library
FG
01.02.2019 – 31.05.2019
3.
Shyama Prasad Datta
NGMA (Delhi)
SRAL
01.03.2019 – 30.06.2019
4.
Mohd. Galib
INTACH
SRAL
01.10.2018 – 28.02.2019
5
Sarvesh Singh
Reserve Bank of India
MMA
01.02.2019 – 30.04.2019
List of 4th batch of the fellowship under ICFP
S. No.
Name
Affiliation
Host
Period
1.
Ms. Mrinalini Mani
INTACH Conservation Institutes, Bangalore
SRAL
4 months started in November, 2019
2.
Ms. Baisakhi Mallick
VMH, Kolkata
SRAL
4 months started in March/April, 2020
3.
Ms. Nalini Biluka
INTACH Conservation Institutes, Bangalore
SRAL