Vidya Dehejia
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Vidya Dehejia | |
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Born | |
Nationality | United States |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Cambridge University St. Xavier's College, Mumbai |
Vidya Dehejia is Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government.[1][2][3][4] Dehejia has also been appointed to the Mario Miranda Visiting Research Professorship at the Goa University.[5]
She was educated at the University of Cambridge, England.
She served on the Humanities jury for the Infosys Prize in 2019.[6]
Selected writings[edit]
- 1986 Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantric Tradition, National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi. – A pioneering work on India's Yogini temples.
- 2009: The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 978-0231140287
References[edit]
- ↑ "Vidya Dehejia". Columbia University. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Vidya Dehejia". www.asia.si.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "19 women among Padma award winners". Yahoo News. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Dr Vidya Dehejia" (PDF). St Xavier's College. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Reasserting the role of women in our history". 18 February 2017.
- ↑ Humanities Jury, Infosys Science Foundation. "Infosys Prize - Jury 2019".
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