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| name = Biman Bihari Das<br />
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Biman Bihari Das, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014.jpg<br />
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| caption = he President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Biman Bihari Das, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014.<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1943|01|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tamluk]], West Bengal, India<br />
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| occupation = Sculptor & painter<br />
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| spouse = Archana Das, PhD<br />
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| children = Alekhya Das, PhD<br />
| parents = (late) Gour Chandra Das (father) & (late) Snehalata Das (mother)<br />
| website = {{URL|bimanbdas.com}}<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />Prof. S. N. Ghosal Award<br />Education Secretary Award<br />[[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]] Award<br />Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal<br />Punjab Lalit Kala Academy Award<br />[[Lalit Kala Akademi|Lalit Kala Akademi Award]]<br />D. P. Roychowdhury Memorial Medal<br />[[AIFACS]] Award<br />[[Sahitya Kala Parishad]] Award<br />Birla Academy of Art and Culture Award<br />
}}'''Biman Bihari Das''' is an Indian sculptor and former Principal of the [[Government College of Art & Craft]], Kolkata. He was honoured by the [[Government of India]], in 2014, by bestowing on him the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the field of Fine Arts.<ref name="Padma">{{cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |title=Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |work=Circular |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=8 February 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Biman Bihari Das was born on 1 January 1943,<ref name="Samanvaiart" /> at [[Tamluk]] town of [[West Bengal]], in India.<ref name="India Mart bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiamart.com/prof-biman-bdas/aboutus.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140925052422/http://www.indiamart.com/prof-biman-bdas/aboutus.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-25 |title=India Mart bio |publisher=India Mart |date=2014 |access-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref> He studied art at the [[Government College of Art & Craft]], Kolkata and passed the Diploma in Modeling and Sculpture, in 1966,<ref name="Indian Art Circle">{{cite web|url = http://www.indianartcircle.com/artists/bimanbdas.shtml|title = Indian Art Circle|publisher = Indian Art Circle.com|date = 2014|access-date = 25 September 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031228/http://www.indianartcircle.com/artists/bimanbdas.shtml|archive-date = 4 March 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> with first class and distinction. Later, he joined [[Calcutta University]] and passed the course of ''Teachers' Training and Art Appreciation'' in 1967.<ref name="India Mart bio" /><br />
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Bihari Das received a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Fellowship]] from the US<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /> and [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] grant under the Indo-Hungarian cultural exchange program, based in Budapest, for pursuing his art career.<ref name="Samanvaiart">{{cite web | url=http://samanvaiart.com/?page_id=255 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140925051439/http://samanvaiart.com/?page_id=255 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-09-25 | title=Samanvaiart | publisher=Samanvaiart.com | date=2014 | access-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref> He, later, became the principal of the [[Government College of Art & Craft]], Kolkata<ref name="India Mart bio" /> but later moved to New Delhi, to take up the post of the principal of the College of Art, Delhi.<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /> He has also served as the vice president of the [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]].<ref name="Samanvaiart" /><br />
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Das lives an active life with constant interaction with the Indian art scene.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140310/ttlife1.htm#6 | title=Tribune | publisher=Tribune | date=2014 | access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Exhibitions==<br />
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Biman Bihari Das, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Biman Bihari Das, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 31 March 2014]]<br />
Das has held exhibitions, both solo and group, in many parts of the world.<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /> His solo exhibitions, more than 22 in number, have been staged at places like [[New Jersey]], [[Cairo]] and [[Budapest]], apart from many cities in India. He had a retrospective in the National Exhibition of Art of 2005, at [[Sahitya Kala Parishad]], New Delhi, which was sponsored by Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata. He was also one of the artist participants of the Silver Jubilee exhibitions of [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], organized at many European and Middle East countries, along with [[Salarjung Museum]], [[Hyderabad]] and Mumbai.<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /> Some of his notable exhibitions were:<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /> Biennale Belgium – 1974,<ref name="Samanvaiart" /> [[Triennale|Triennale India]] – 1978, Second Asian Art Show, [[Fukuoka]] Japan – 1986,<ref name="Samanvaiart" /> Biennale Bangladesh, [[Dhaka]] – 1987, Contemporary Asian Show, [[Seoul]] – 1988, and India Festival in USSR, Moscow – 1988.<ref name="Samanvaiart" /><br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
Biman Bihari Das was honoured by the Government of India by awarding him the [[Padma Shri]], in 2014, in recognition of his efforts to the cause of art.<ref name="Padma" /><ref name="Receiving the Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://english.v6news.tv/padma-shree-padma-bhushan-awards-2014/prof-biman-bihari-das | title=Receiving the Padma Shri | publisher=V6 News TV | date=2012 | access-date=25 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091313/http://english.v6news.tv/padma-shree-padma-bhushan-awards-2014/prof-biman-bihari-das | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also received several other awards such as:<br />
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* Prof. S. N. Ghosal Award – [[Government College of Art & Craft]], Kolkata – 1965<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Education Secretary Award – [[Government of West Bengal]] – 1966<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* ''Kalavibhushan'' Award – [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]], New Delhi – 1968<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal – A1FACS, New Delhi – 1971<ref name="Samanvaiart" /><ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal – A1FACS, New Delhi – 1972<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Punjab Lalit Kala Academy Award, Chandigarh – 1972<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* [[Lalit Kala Academy]] Award, New Delhi – 1972<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* D. P. Roychowdhury Memorial Medal – [[AIFACS]], New Delhi – 1975<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* [[AIFACS]] Award, New Delhi – 1976<ref name="Samanvaiart" /><ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Award – Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi – 1979<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Birla Academy of Art and Culture Award, Calcutta – 1980<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
* Sahitya Kala Parishad Award New Delhi – 1984<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
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A scholarship has been instituted in the honour of Das, as an encouragement to the upcoming artists.<ref name="Scholarship">{{cite web | url=http://www.urhalpool.com/jul2009/ | title=Scholarship | publisher=Urlhapool | date=2009 | access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> His sculpture of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] has been commissioned at the Indian Commission office at Singapore.<ref name="High Commission of India">{{cite web | url=https://www.hcisingapore.gov.in/pdf/nehru.pdf | title=High Commission of India | publisher=High Commission of India | date=2014 | access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> He also has sculptures installed at:<ref name="Indian Art Circle" /><br />
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* Sculpture at the ''Rabindranath Tagore Centre'' of [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]], Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India,<ref name="Rabindranath Tagore Centre">{{cite web | url=http://www.tagorecentreiccr.org/info/inauguration.html | title=Rabindranath Tagore Centre | publisher=Rabindranath Tagore Centre | date=2014 | access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><br />
* Bust of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in various countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, Spain and Italy<br />
* Bronze bust Of [[Subramania Bharati]] and a marble busts of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] in Mauritius<br />
* Bust of [[Giani Zail Singh]] at [[Rashtrapati Bhawan]]<br />
* Bronze statue of [[Dhyan Chand]] in front of the National Stadium, New Delhi <br />
* Marble Statue of [[Ram Thakur|Sri Sri Ramthakur]] at Ram Thakur Mandir<br />
* Bronze statue of [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], at Kolkata<br />
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The Open Sculpture Park at Kalagram, [[Sector 13]], [[Chandigarh]] also has a rock sculpture by Das.<ref name="Sunday Guardian">{{cite web | url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/young-restless/new-sculpture-park-attracts-enthusiasts | title=Sculpture Park | publisher=Sunday Guardian | access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Government College of Art & Craft]]<br />
* [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.indianartcircle.com/artists/bimanbdas.shtml | title=Indian Art Circle – Online Gallery | publisher=Indian Art Circle.com | date=2014 | access-date=25 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031228/http://www.indianartcircle.com/artists/bimanbdas.shtml | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://english.v6news.tv/padma-shree-padma-bhushan-awards-2014/prof-biman-bihari-das | title=Receiving the Padma Shri | publisher=V6 News TV | date=2012 | access-date=25 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091313/http://english.v6news.tv/padma-shree-padma-bhushan-awards-2014/prof-biman-bihari-das | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.jnaf.org/Annex/artistRelatedCollection?artistId=25c53f90-6027-4937-9081-43e92d374ad5&artistName=Prof.Biman%20Bihari%20Das | title=Profile on Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation | publisher=Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation | date=2012 | access-date=25 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030830/http://www.jnaf.org/Annex/artistRelatedCollection?artistId=25c53f90-6027-4937-9081-43e92d374ad5&artistName=Prof.Biman%20Bihari%20Das | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/release/phsmall.asp?phid=53490 | title=News Photo | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=2014 | access-date=25 September 2014}}<br />
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