Art Education
He was a consultant on Restoration to the Academy of Fine Arts and a member of its Executive Committee. He recommended that the Academy of Fine Arts start a school on Art Education. Thus, the Institute of Visual Arts was founded and he was the first Principal.
Later, he founded the Academy of Creative Art, Kolkata in 1991 and was its first Principal. The Academy offers two programmes, and a One Year certificate programme aimed at young artists and a Three Year (deemed to be) Degree programme aimed at Senior Artists and those planning to be Art Teachers.
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