Madan Meena

Dr Madan Meena is a practicing visual artist and a researcher working extensively with rural, nomadic and tribal communities in Northern India. His doctorate concerned the wall art of Meena women and he has curated many exhibitions on folk art both in India and abroad. His numerous oral literature recordings of Tejaji and other oral ballads form part of the World Oral Literature Project . For the People’s Linguistic Survey of India project, Madan co- edited the volume, ‘The Languages of Rajasthan’. Madan has been the Honorary Director of the Adivasi Academy in Gujarat for the last four years and studies and revives languishing crafts as well as teaching about them at several of the foremost design institutes of India. He is on the Board at the Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi and is a Trustee of Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Vadodara. He’s an Executive Member of Kota Heritage Society and of Grameen Shiksha Kendra Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) and is also a film maker, author and devoted father.