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B. N. Goswamy
Brijinder Nath Goswamy is an Indian art critic, art historian and a former vice chairman of the ''Sarabhai Foundation'' of Ahmedabad, which runs the Calico Museum of Textiles. Goswamy is best known for his scholarship on Pahari painting and Indian miniature paintings. He is the author of over 20 books on Arts and culture,〔 including ''Sakti Burman: A Private Universe'', a monograph on the life and works of Sakti Burman, renowned Bengali painter and ''Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900'', a treatise on Indian miniature art.〔 The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1998 and followed it up with the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan in 2008.
==Biography==
Goswamy was born, 14 years to the Indian independence day, on 15 August 1933 at Sargodha of the Punjab province (presently in Pakistan) of British India,〔 to B.L. Goswamy, a District and Sessions Judge. After the early schooling at various schools in the province, he did his intermediate studies at the Hindu College, Amritsar and secured his master's degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1954. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1956 and after working in the Bihar cadre for two years, he resigned from the service in 1958 to continue his studies in art. He returned to Punjab University and did research on Kangra painting and its social backdrop, under the guidance of the renowned historian, Hari Ram Gupta, to obtain a doctoral degree (PhD) in 1961.〔 It is reported that his examiners were Arthur Llewellyn Basham, the Indologist, and the art critic, W. G. Archer.〔
During the course of his research, he joined Punjab University as member of its faculty of Art History, where he would spent his entire career and eventually superannuate as a professor. While working there, he took a break and worked as a visiting professor at the South Asian Institute of the University of Heidelberg from 1973 till 1981.〔 He also served as a visiting professor at various other international universities such as California, Berkeley, Pennsylvania and Zurich.〔 At Punjab University, he developed the Museum of Fine Arts, as its director, and the museum holds 1200 creations of contemporary Indian art. Besides his academic career, he served as the vice chairman of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), a nodal agency under the Government of India providing training to educators who are involved in educational programmes on Indian culture.〔 He has been a member of the Governing Committee of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and has chaired the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi.〔
Goswamy is married to Karuna, an art historian, academic and a former professor of Punjab University. The couple has one son and one daughter, Apurva and Malavika.〔 He lives in Chandigarh, Haryana.〔
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