Date of Birth :            24th March 1971 Education                              :           B.F.A. from B.H.U.                              :           M.F.A from B.H.U. Scholarships                               1994-96  : National Cultural Scholarship Ministry of  HRD, Govt. Of ndia 1997-99   : Junior Fellowship, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Awards                                    1993                   :   Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. 1992 & 93           :  Maha Koshal Kala Parishad, Raipur1994                                 :  SCZCC Nagpur.Professional catagory                            1996               :  Academy of Fine Arts & Crafts Society, Kolkata. 1998                   :  Asha Mukul Das Award, Academy of Fine Arts & Crafts Society, Kolkata. 1998                   :  Academy Award, Academy Of Fine Arts, Kolkata 2007                  : All India Art Exhibition, LKA, Lucknow, U.P Solo Show                              2009             Jehangir Art gallery, Mumbai Gallery No. 3 2016             Jehangir Art gallery, Mumbai Gallery No. 1 2014       :   TRACES, Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi 2014       :   THE EASTERN LIGHT,,Birla Academy Of Art                                               Culture, 2017      :    SAMYATSAR, Rabindra Bhawan, LKA, New Delhi 1997         :    FIGMENT,Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 1987         :    Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi