| Biography |
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| 1949-1953 |
Studied fine art under Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhry at The College of Art, Madras |
| 1953-1955 |
Post Graduate studies in fine art at Ecole de Beaux Arts |
| 1957-1959 |
Bhulabhai Desai Institute, Bombay |
| 1960-1979 |
National Institute of Design Ahmedabad |
| 1979-2000 |
Based in Chennai as an independent designer and artist |
| 2000–2010 |
Based in Alibagh, near Mumbai - the place of Dashrath Patel Museum |
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| Awards: |
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| 1965-66 |
Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship for Study of Design & Architecture, USA. |
| 1980 |
Awarded Padmashri by the givernment of India for Design & Design Education |
| 2007 |
Awarded ‘Grandmaster of Design’ at the Icograda design week in India |
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| Exhibitions: |
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| 1964 |
‘India Pavilion’, New York World Fair |
| 1965 |
Nehru Exhibition, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Chile |
| 1969 |
‘World is My Family’ Gandhi Centenary Exhibition, New Delhi |
| 1972 |
‘Theme Pavilion’, ASIA ‘72, New Delhi |
| 1984 |
Exhibition Design, Vishwakarma (Master Weaver), New Delhi |
| 1985 |
Inaugural events of ‘Festival of India’, France |
| 1987 |
Inaugural events of ‘Fesival of India’ USSR |
