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Dr. B. L. Malla, an Art Historian- with specialisation in Indian art and cultural studies, is presently associated with the
Janapada Sampada Division of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. He has obtained his Masters degree in History from Kashmir University, Masters degree in Museology and Ph.D. in History of Arts from the Banaras Hindu University. He is the author of The Sculptures of Kashmir, Vaisnava Art and Iconography of Kashmir, Trees in Indian Art Mythology and Folklore, Conservation of Rock Art (ed.), Cosmology and Cosmic Interpretation of Shaiva: A Study in Art and Thought of Kashmir (in press); besides a number of research articles published in reputed professional journals. His latest co-edited volume on Global Rock Art is also in press. He has participated in many national and international conferences/workshops both in India and abroad. Dr. Malla has widely travelled in India, France, Italy and Iran in connection with his field studies and conferences. His area of interest is both classical and vernacular traditions. He has been associated with IGNCA-UNESCO-UNDP project on Village India i.e. “Identification and Enhancement of India’s Cultural Heritage: An Internal Necessity for the Management of Development”. Currently, Dr. Malla is engaged in documentation, ecological conservation and ethno-archaeological study and survey of
Indian Rock Art; and also in Himalayan Studies.
Address
Senior Research Officer
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
5, Dr. R. P. Road, New Delhi- 110001.
Tel. 91-11-23381151 (o), 25368949 (r), 9871823287 (m)
Fax: 91-11-23388821; 91-11-23388280
E-Mail: drblmalla@yahoo.com |
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Conservation of Rock Art
Bansi Lal Malla (ed.)
Place of Publication: New Delhi
Publisher: IGNCA & Aryan Books International
Year of publication: 1999
The present publication brought out under the IGNCA's rock art series contains the papers presented during the seminar by the participants who are well known experts on the rock art in India. Preceded by an introduction giving the background of rock art studies in IGNCA, it includes articles on conservation, preservation and maintenance of rock art sites, conservation techniques and long term planning, analysis of pigments of painted caverns and their preservation, management of two foremost rock art sites in India, and requirements for conserving and managing rock art remains and cultural dimensions of rock art. The publication 'Conservation of Rock Art' although is not a bulky volume, it concentrates, perhaps for the first time in India in recent years on the vital problem of preserving the rock art remains which of course requires much extensive studies and research. |
