Neelima Vashishtha

Dr. Neelima Vashishtha is M.A. in Sanskrit and also Drawing and Painting. She worked as a Tagore Fellow on Sculptural Traditions of Rajasthan and obtained her Ph.D. on this subject from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She served as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Dr. Vashishtha has specialized in Art History and Aesthetics and has chosen Rajasthan as a part of her wider studies on Indian art history. She worked on Representation of Ramayana Themes in Visual Arts of Rajasthan, as Senior Research Fellow, ICHR, New Delhi, and also on Tradition and Modernity in Indian Arts during the Twentieth Century, as Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. She has five publications to her credit. Her work entitled Sculptural Traditions of Rajasthan ca. 800-1000 ad, has been acclaimed in the academic circles. Besides, she has published a large number of research papers on art history and has also participated in several national and international seminars.