Padma Shri Women Achiever Award ASI Lifetime Achievement Award
Saryu Vinod Doshi is an Indian art scholar, art historian, academic andcurator, known for her erudition inIndian miniature paintings andJain art.[1] She is the founder director of theNational Gallery of Modern Art,Mumbai and a formerpro-tem chairman of theLalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.[2] She is the author of several books[3] includingMasterpieces of Jain Painting, a monograph on selected Jain art pieces.[4] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of thePadma Shri, in 1999.[5]
In 1996, Doshi was among the art enthusiasts who founded theNational Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and served as the founder director of the institution.[1] She took over thepro-tem chairmanship of theLalit Kala Akademi in 1996 and held the post till 2002.[1] She has curated several art exhibitions in India[11] and is a former editor of non-profit publishing house ofMarg, which published several of her books.[12] BesidesMasterpieces of Jain Painting, she has also published three other monographs, namely,Dances of Manipur: The Classical Tradition, onManipuri dance,[13]Dharna Vihara, Ranakpur, about the ancientJain temples ofRajasthan[14] andHomage to Shravana Belgola, about the ancient Jainpilgrim centre.[15]Goa Cultural Patterns,[16]Shivaji and Facets of Maratha Culture,[17]A Collector's Dream : Indian Art in the Collections of Basant Kumar and Saraladevi Birla and the Birla Academy of Art and Culture,[18]The Indian Woman,[19]Homage to Karnataka,[20]Symbols and Manifestations of Indian Art,[21]Continuity and Change: Festival of India in Great Britain,[22]An age of splendour: Islamic art in India,[23]India and Greece, connections and parallels,[24]India and Egypt: Influences and Interactions,[25]Tribal India: Ancestors, Gods, and Spirits,[26]India: Week by Week (Kerala),[27]Images and Tradition - Festival of India in Great Britain (Volume XXXVI)[28] andPageant of Indian Art: Festival of India in Great Britain[29] are her other publications. She is a member of the advisory council of the India chapter of theAsia Society[30] and has travelled extensively to deliver keynote addresses at several seminars in Europe, US, Africa and Asia. She has also given talks onBBC andAll India Radio.[1]
The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of thePadma Shri in 1999.[5] She received theWoman Achiever Award from the Bombay West Ladies' Circle in 2001 and the Art Society of India honoured her with Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.[1]Vinod Doshi, her husband, died on 6 October 2008, leaving their son, Maitreya, with her.[8] She lives alongCarmichael Road (later renamed as M. L. Dahanukar Marg), in South Mumbai.[7]
As trustee of the Vinod and Saryu Doshi Foundation, Doshi oversees the annual Vinod Doshi Theatre Festival, which showcases experimental theater productions from young and independent theater artists in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India.[31]
Saryu Doshi, ed. (1981).Homage to Shravana Belgola. Marg Publications. p. 176.ISBN978-0391025189.
Saryu Doshi (1982).Homage to Karnataka. Marg Publications.ASINB001JATAQ0.
Saryu Doshi (1982).Shivaji and Facets of Maratha Culture. Marg Publications.ASINB0022TPFMK.
Saryu Doshi (1983).Goa Cultural Patterns. Marg Publications. p. 152.ASINB000BTNLNI.
Saryu Doshi (1983).Continuity and Change: Festival of India in Great Britain. Marg Publications. p. 113.ASINB0000CQD33.
Saryu Doshi; Karl Khandalavala, eds. (1983).An age of splendour: Islamic art in India. Marg Publications. p. 149.ASINB0000CQD3O.
Saryu Doshi, ed. (1984).Images and Tradition - Festival of India in Great Britain. Marg Publications. p. 100.ASINB000KKLFCM.
Saryu Doshi, ed. (1984).Pageant of Indian Art: Festival of India in Great Britain. Smithsonian Institution Press.ISBN978-9994253449.
Saryu Doshi (1984).Symbols and Manifestations of Indian Art. Marg Publications.ASINB0017PR4XI.
Saryu Doshi (1985).India and Greece, connections and parallels. Marg Publications.ASINB001RBZI2Q.
Khandlavala, Karl; Doshi, Saryu, eds. (1987).A Collector's Dream : Indian Art in the Collections of Basant Kumar and Saraladevi Birla and the Birla Academy of Art and Culture. Marg Publications.ASINB0022TIJIM.
Saryu Doshi (1987).The Indian Woman. The Department of Women and Child Development.ASINB0007C6MNK.
Saryu Doshi; Maureen Liebl (1988).India: Week by Week (Kerala). Media Transasia.ASINB00123QN6Y.
Saryu Doshi (1989).Dances of Manipur: The Classical Tradition. Gaudiya Vedanta Publications. p. 128.ISBN978-8185026091.
Saryu Doshi, ed. (1992).Tribal India: Ancestors, Gods, and Spirits. South Asia Books. p. 136.ISBN978-8185026183.
Saryu Doshi (1993).India and Egypt: Influences and Interactions. South Asia Books. p. 35.ISBN978-8185026237.
Saryu Doshi (1996).Dharna Vihara, Ranakpur. Axel Menges. p. 63.ISBN978-3930698172.
^Saryu Doshi (1989).Dances of Manipur: The Classical Tradition. Gaudiya Vedanta Publications. p. 128.ISBN978-8185026091.
^Saryu Doshi (1996).Dharna Vihara, Ranakpur. Axel Menges. p. 63.ISBN978-3930698172.
^Saryu Doshi, ed. (1981).Homage to Shravana Belgola. Marg Publications. p. 176.ISBN978-0391025189.
^Saryu Doshi (1983).Goa Cultural Patterns. Marg Publications. p. 152.ASINB000BTNLNI.
^Saryu Doshi (1982).Shivaji and Facets of Maratha Culture. Marg Publications.ASINB0022TPFMK.
^Khandlavala, Karl; Doshi, Saryu, eds. (1987).A Collector's Dream : Indian Art in the Collections of Basant Kumar and Saraladevi Birla and the Birla Academy of Art and Culture. Marg Publications.ASINB0022TIJIM.
^Saryu Doshi (1987).The Indian Woman. The Department of Women and Child Development.ASINB0007C6MNK.
^Saryu Doshi (1982).Homage to Karnataka. Marg Publications.ASINB001JATAQ0.
^Saryu Doshi (1984).Symbols and Manifestations of Indian Art. Marg Publications.ASINB0017PR4XI.
^Saryu Doshi (1983).Continuity and Change: Festival of India in Great Britain. Marg Publications. p. 113.ASINB0000CQD33.
^Saryu Doshi; Karl Khandalavala, eds. (1983).An age of splendour: Islamic art in India. Marg Publications. p. 149.ASINB0000CQD3O.
^Saryu Doshi (1985).India and Greece, connections and parallels. Marg Publications.ASINB001RBZI2Q.
^Saryu Doshi (1993).India and Egypt: Influences and Interactions. South Asia Books. p. 35.ISBN978-8185026237.
^Saryu Doshi, ed. (1992).Tribal India: Ancestors, Gods, and Spirits. South Asia Books. p. 136.ISBN978-8185026183.
^Saryu Doshi; Maureen Liebl (1988).India: Week by Week (Kerala). Media Transasia.ASINB00123QN6Y.
^Saryu Doshi, ed. (1984).Images and Tradition - Festival of India in Great Britain. Marg Publications. p. 100.ASINB000KKLFCM.
^Saryu Doshi, ed. (1984).Pageant of Indian Art: Festival of India in Great Britain. Smithsonian Institution Press.ISBN978-9994253449.