The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Eberhard Fischer, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 4 April 2012.
Eberhard Fischer was born inBerlin, Germany on 15 October 1941.[2] He is an ethnologist and art historian who is known to have researched on the heritages of India[6][7][8][9] and other African and Asian places.[10] He is a former director ofRietberg Society and serves as its president.[4] He is also the Secretary General of the Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad (SLSA).[11] Fischer has authored several books on art and ethnic heritage[12][13] and has contributed to the publication of many others.[14][15] He has also producedNainsukh,[16] a 90 mins feature film inDogri language with English subtitles, in 2010, with filmmakerAmit Dutta .[17] TheGovernment of India awarded him the civilian honor ofPadma Shri in 2012.[4][18] After receiving the award on 4 April 2012, Fischer donated his collection of over 40 books toJawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.[18]
^"Padma Shri"(PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved11 November 2014.
^Eberhard Fischer (1977).Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India. International Publications Service. p. 80.ISBN978-0800201784.
^Eberhard Fischer (2008).The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 192.ISBN978-3907077078.
^Eberhard Fischer (Author), Haku Shah (Contributor), Jyotindra Jain (Contributor) (2014).Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India. Niyogi Books. p. 300.ISBN978-9383098156.{{cite book}}:|author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Eberhard Fischer; Dinanath Pathy (2008).Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 256.ISBN978-3907077214.
^Eberhard Fischer (2008).Guro: Masks, Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast. Prestel. pp. 52o.ISBN978-3791339412.
^"Kuensel". Kuensel. 17 November 2014. Archived fromthe original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved14 December 2014.
^Amit Dutta, Eberhard Fischer (2010).Nainsukh (Documentary). Kangra: Films Division. Archived fromthe original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved15 December 2014.
Dinanath Pathy (1981).Mural Paintings in Orissa. Foreword By Eberhard Fischer. Bhubaneshwar: Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi.
Eberhard Fischer (1977).Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India. International Publications Service. p. 80.ISBN978-0800201784.
Eberhard Fischer (2008).The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 192.ISBN978-3907077078.
Eberhard Fischer (Author), Haku Shah (Contributor), Jyotindra Jain (Contributor) (2014).Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India. Niyogi Books. p. 300.ISBN978-9383098156.{{cite book}}:|author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Eberhard Fischer; Dinanath Pathy (2008).Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 256.ISBN978-3907077214.