Nirmalendu Das

b. 1951

Nirmalendu Das completed a Bachelor’s degree in graphic art in
1973 at Vishva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He was awarded
a Master’s degree in graphic arts in 1975 at M.S. University of
Baroda. He later did a PhD researching printmaking in India at
Vishva Bharati University (Under Junior research Fellowship,
U.G.C). He has held various academic posts in his career, and
from 1996 has been Professor in Graphic Art, Kala Bhavan,
Vishva Bharati University. He has participated in more than
eighty exhibitions in India and all over the world, and held several
solo shows. He has participated in, and also curated and organised
printmaking workshops and camps. He has been awarded
by AIFACS , Delhi; by the West Bengal State Academy of Arts,
Kolkata; by the Birla Academy of Art Kolkata and also twice at
the All India Prints Exhibitions (Hyderabad; Delhi and Chandigarh).
He lives and works in Santiniketan.