Niren Sengupta

Born in January 1940 in Bengal, Niren Sengupta is the Former Principal, College of Art, New Delhi. He has a teaching experience of over 30 years in graduate & post-graduate levels in various art institutions. He graduated in Science from Calcutta University and later Graduated from Govt. College of Art & Crafts, Calcutta in 1965 He is a Founder member of ‘Gallery 26’and a Member of Calcutta painters, Academy of Visual Media. He is also the Art advisor to various Art Organisations and member of Habitat Centre, Delhi He has Curated the Millenium shows ‘Their Story’ organized by VHAI and ‘Artists connection with Bengal’ organized by Dhoomi Mal Gallery. He has been awarded the following AIFACS Award, Maha Kaushal Award, Bhopal, NBT Award, New Delhi