CD Subramani

‘Every child is an artist. The challenge is to align with art, as an adult’, reveals NGMA Director

TBM recently got to speak to Needhi Chaudhary, artist and IAS officer, who heads the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai. From issues ranging to an Arts education getting accorded the same institutional support and seriousness as other disciplines, to UGC recognition of courses in Fine Arts as ‘mainstream degree courses’ and the encouragement to be given to students pursuing an Arts education, a host of topics were discussed. Here are excerpts from the conversation