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Brahmdeo Ram Pandit Padma Shri Awarded In 2013

 
Brahmdeo Ram Pandit

Brahmdeo Ram Pandit

Award Name : Padma Shri

Year of Award : 2013

Award for : Arts

Location : Bihār, Bihar, India

 

Brahmdeo Ram Pandit is an Indian studio potter and craftsman, known for his expertise in making pottery. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2013, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of art. He was born on 2 March 1949 in Navada, Bihar, India. Pandit tarted his career by joining the faculty of Sophia College Polytechnic, Mumbai, in 1973, while pursuing his advanced training and studies, and taught there till 2005. He also taght at Shri Basant Kumar Memorial Polytechnic, Mumbai and also at Kamala Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, Mumbai during a period from 1985 to 2013. He was a guest tutor at the various pottery training programmes organized by the Maharashtra Handicrafts, a state run organization. He was said to be popular among the students among whom he was known as Panditji. Brahmdeo Pandit founded Pandit Art Ceramic, a manufacturing unit of modest proportions, in 1981, at Kalakar Niwas in Bhayandar, a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, for the mass production of his creations. The unit produces around 300 pots a day and is said to be a preferred source point for bonsai growers and ikebana artists.

Brahmdeo Pandit's creations are considered by many, as some of the finest in the pottery world. The Rashtrapati Bhavan has displayed five of his creations in its art gallery. Establishments like Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and Nikki Bonsai use the creations from Brahmdeo Ram Pandit. One of his ceramic art installation, Water, has been commissioned at the terminal II of the Mumbai International Airport. Pandit has had several solo exhibitions, notably at Jehangir Art Gallery and Sophia College Art Gallery. he has also participated in exhibitions at Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai and Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi. Paramparik Karigar has hosted several of his exhibitions. Pandit has also conducted several pottery workshops in India and abroad, in countries such as Japan, Germany and Spain, under Government of India cultural exchange programmes. 

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