Seven Lalit Kala Academy scholars of Tripura to be felicitated by Union Culture Minister on May 4

Seven visual artists of Tripura who were selected for Lalit Kala Academy will be felicitated by Union Cultural Affairs Minister in Guwahati on May 4 in presence of the President during the valedictory day programme of the on-going North East Festival.

 

Visual artists of the North East Region including Tripura have a reason to rejoice as for the first time a total 17 visual artists of North east region – out of which seven are from Tripura – have been selected by the Lalit Kala Academy for scholarships.

 

Moreover, these scholars will be felicitated, in presence of President of India Ram Nath Kovind, at the valedictory programme of North East Festival by the Union Cultural Affairs Minister G Kishan Reddy at Guwahati on May 4 next.

 

The selected scholars from Tripura who will be felicitated at Guwahati on May 4 are – Santa Deb, Debajit Rudra Paul, Abhijit Majumder, Trisha Ghosh, Raju Deb Nath, Rakhi Das and Dipika Das. The selected scholars will work on sculpture, painting and Art history.    

 

Since the time of Royals, artists of Tripura produced notable art works – pity, their works rarely got a chance to be showcased at the national level.

 

To promote and propagate the visual Artists of North East Region, the Lalit Kala Academy established its first North Eastern Regional Centre at Agartala and the lease deed was signed in December 2020. To further enhance the facilities and to bring the artists of the North East Region in the mainstream, providing scholarships was introduced in the Agartala Centre for the Visual Artist of the North East Region.

 

The Academy has several Regional Centres across the country from where around eight scholars per regional centres are being selected for scholarships – however, as many as 15 scholars of North East Region were selected for scholarships. It is a historic moment for the visual artist of the region, opined an artist.  

 

Another important factor to note that 15 scholarships will be provided exclusively for the North East Region and the scholarship amount has also been increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000.