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'''Alka Pande''' is an Indian academic, author and [[museum curator]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alka Pande|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/alka-pande/|access-date=2020-11-22|website=HarperCollins Publishers India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-19|title=Art critic Alka Pande's new book explores depth of India's culture through flowers|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/art-critic-alka-pande-s-new-book-explores-depth-of-india-s-culture-through-flowers/story-C4wwWxvD8VqzkT1FRyJfyN.html|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
Alka Pande was born in [[Kolkata]] in 1956. She went to [[Convent of Jesus and Mary]] School, [[New Delhi]] until the 8th and then completed her class 9th to 12th in St. Mary's Convent School, [[Kanpur]], ICS (1972).

Pande did her double MA in History of Art from [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] in 1981 and Panjab University in 1983. In 1996, she was Awarded a Phd in Art History from the [[Panjab University]]. Pande's thesis was on the Study of [[Ardhanarisvara]] in Indian Art, with special reference to Indian Sculpture. In 1999, she further did her Post Doctoral Degree from Goldsmiths College, [[University of London]], under the Aegis of the Charles Wallace Fellowship, through the British Council.

==Career==
Pande has been a reader at the Department of Fine Arts, [[Panjab University]], Chandigarh from 1996 till 2000 and before that she was the Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

2000–present: She is currently working as Art Consultant at the [[India Habitat Centre]], [[New Delhi]]. Pande is also the visiting faculty of DJ Academy of Design, [[Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu]].

==Curated Shows==
*In 2015 and 2016: 'Art in the Metro', an ongoing initiative by India Habitat Centre and [[Delhi Metro]] at Jor Bagh and Mandi House Metro Stations in New Delhi<ref>{{cite news|title=Art, Photographs, Digital Works at Delhi Metro Stations|url=http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/art-photographs-digital-works-at-delhi-metro-stations-722718|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>
*In October 2014, Pande curated [http://www.pinacotheque.com/?id=931 The Kama-Sutra : spirituality and erotism in Indian art] at [[Pinacothèque de Paris]]. This was alongside [[Marc Restellini]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.institutfrancais.in/content/art-exhibition-paris-aims-see-beyond-sex-kama-sutra-times-india|title=Archived copy|access-date=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072821/http://www.institutfrancais.in/content/art-exhibition-paris-aims-see-beyond-sex-kama-sutra-times-india|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> director of the Pinacothèque de Paris. The show was on till 10 January 2015.
*In March 2014, Pande was the guest curator for the Sculpture Gallery at the [[City Palace, Udaipur]]. The show ‘Diving Gesture - The Magnificence of Mewar Spirituality’ was organised by the [[Maharana of Mewar]] Charitable Foundation (MMCF), Udaipur, in association with [[UNESCO]], New Delhi.
*In 2011, she co-curated the [[Delhi Photo Festival]], a biennial photography festival organized by India Habitat Centre (IHC) and Nazar Foundation in Delhi
*Curator of "India Awakens. Under the Banyan Tree" from November 2010 –February 2011 Essl Museum, [[Klosterneuburg]] near [[Vienna, Austria]]. This was part of the emerging artists series by bringing in 34 selected artists.

==Books==
*''Voices and Images'', Penguin Enterprise, November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiahabitat.org/vag/page?view=vagpublications|title = India Habitat Centre - VAG Publications}}</ref>
*''Mukhwas'' Indian Food Through the Ages, Imprint, 2013
*''Shringara'' – the many faces of Indian beauty, Year of publishing: 2011
*''Leela'' – An Erotic Play of Verse and Art, Published by HarperCollins 2009
*''Kama Sutra - The Quest for Love'' Published by Brijbasi Art Press 2008
*''Ardhanarishvara the androgyne'' Published by Rupa & Co., 2005
*''Masterpiece Of Indian Art'' Published by Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2004
*''A Celebration of Love Article : Myriad Moods of Love, by Alka Pande'' - Published by Roli Books, 2004
*''Indian Erotic Art'' - Published by Roli Books, 2002
*''Folk Music & Musical Instruments of Punjab'' Dr. Alka Pande - Published by Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 2002
*''Indian Erotica'' Alka Pande & Lance Dane - Published by Roli Books, 2002
*''Kama Sutra'' Introduction by Dr. Alka Pande - Published by Roli Books, 1999

==Awards==
*In 2006, Pande was Awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres - Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, bequeathed by the French government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Ritu-Kumar-awarded-the-prestigious|title=Ritu Kumar awarded the prestigious French Government honor of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, 8th December 2008}}</ref>
*In 2009, Pande received the Australian Asia Council Special Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mountainechoes.org/alka-pande/|title=Archived copy|access-date=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420100110/http://mountainechoes.org/alka-pande/|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*In 2015, Pande was awarded the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi honours - in recognition of the distinguished contribution to art - with Amrita Sher-Gil Samman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalitkalachandigarh.com/events.php?page=6}}</ref>
*On 23 March 2015 Alka Pande was awarded L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2015 under Design and Arts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicystarsmumbai.com/announcing-the-fourth-edition-of-loreal-paris-femina-women-awards-2015.html|title=美女体育直播}}</ref>

==Website==
http://www.alkapande.com/

==References==
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==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20150927101745/http://www.thefuschiatree.com/309/fullview
*http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chinese-Erotica-Pocket-Alka-Pande/dp/8174362096
*[https://archive.today/20150118220901/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm20/author-alka-pande-wins-french-award/article1-184700.aspx Hindustan Times]
*http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/623844.Alka_Pande
*http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Mukhwas-Indian-Food-through-the]
*http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-of-alka-pande-ardhanarishvara-the-androgyne/1/195010.html
*http://www.amazon.in/Kamasutra-The-Quest-For-Love/dp/B0072GQSN8
*https://archive.today/20150118220854/http://www.harpercollins.co.in/Miniwebsite/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=2270&TB_iframe=true&width=570&height=390
*http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111211/spectrum/main1.htm
*[https://archive.today/20150118220808/http://www.cambridgeindia.org/newarrivals.asp?ISBN=9788188861163]

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