Kalanand is an online grant giving contest for emerging artists in India aiming to support the artists who have completed their education or are self- taught and want to pursue their career in the field of fine art. The Kalanand program has fellowships that give financial aid along with recognition, an online presence and yearbooks printed and sent to all the leading art institutes, museums and art galleries across the country.
GRANTS IN EACH CATEGORY 2020
1 GOLD INR 100000 1 SILVER INR 75000 1 BRONZE INR 50000 25 MERIT INR 20000 each
O U R R E A C H
A C R O S S I N D I A
Each year Kalanand hosts an exhibition of the grant recipients. The Grant application is online and has a reach in all states of India, including the Andaman. With a distinguished panel of jurors and more than Rs 40,00,000 in cash fellowships have been given since 2014. The 2020 PDAF Art Grant welcomes all emerging artists that would like valuable exposure in their art career.
How does entering this Artist grant help you as an artist?
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It allows your art to be discovered by art lovers, patrons and galleries across India.
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It gives your artwork an opportunity to be evaluated by an eminent jury from the Art world.
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Participating in the emerging arts community is a stepping stone in itself to building a successful career.
CATEGORIES:
1. PAINTING
Includes paintings in all sizes, all mediums
2. LOCKDOWN ART
Includes drawing, printmaking, ceramic and tapestry
SUBMISSION DEADLINE 12 am (Midnight) 15 NOV 2020
ELIGIBILITY :
Any Indian citizen above the age of 18 as on 1st Sept 2020 is eligible to apply for the contest.
Only artists pursuing art as their career are encouraged to apply for the contest.
It is necessary that the participants give correct information about himself/herself and the work of art. Any discrepancy in the above shall lead to disqualification at any stage of the contest with no refund of entry fees.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. It is mandatory for the participants to fill up the correct information in the form along with their original work of art.
2. The entry shall be considered valid only after the entry fee of Rs.2000/- is deposited
3. The entry shall be approved after verifying the information in the form. PDAF has the sole right to confirm/reject the entries.
4. If the Entry is not approved, PDAF shall return the entry fees to the respective artists.
5. PDAF shall disqualify the entry at any stage of the contest if any discrepancy in information is observed.
6.PDAF shall be allowed to use the image of the artwork of the approved entries for promotional purposes.
7. Artists can make multiple entries in the same or different category. He/she shall have to treat each entry as separate and pay a fee for each entry. For the exhibition, artists will be responsible for the logistics of sending and taking back the artwork.
GRANTS :
GOLD Rs 1,00,000 SILVER Rs 75,000 BRONZE Rs 50,000
25 National Merit Grants per category Rs 20,000 each
Merit certificates and Honorable Mention certificates at State and city level per category and genre.
JURY:
The Kalanand award selection process is a completely transparent process undertaken by an accomplished panel of artists and curators.
Artists register and fill in their profile details online by clicking the apply mow button on the website and upload their art image, and enter photographs of their artwork. The details are then checked and Google image-check is used to verify that it is not a copy. Following this, the form is accepted and approved by our team.
The artworks thus approved, are stored in our database, and judging files are created with the reference number and details. A large image of the artwork is sent to the judges in digital format (in a pendrive) after removing any identifying information of the artist. Along with these images, physical judging sheets are sent, marked with reference numbers corresponding to the numbers on the images. The entries are scored on 10 evaluation parameters, totaling to a score of 100.
Each judge does the evaluation independently and the sheets and pen drives are then collected from them and the scoring data is entered into an excel sheet and compiled. The awardees are then selected by sorting the total scores on the computer.
The grant awardees are informed by email.
The list of grant winners and award certificates are then sent to respective Patrons/CSR heads to sign. This certificate goes to the award winner along with the PDAF Award certificate and cheque of the grant amount.
The selection of the artworks for contest and the grants remains solely at the discretion of PDAF and PDAF only.
ALL INDIA GRANT WINNERS 2019 SHOWCASED AT
DR. BHAU DAJI LAD MUSEUM MUMBAI
KALANAND EXHIBITION 10 OCT 2019 to 10 DEC 2019



ALL INDIA GRANT AWARDS
NEW MEDIA
Chetan Bhakuni, Delhi, Delhi
All India Gold Award Rs.1,00,000/-
Aseng Borang, Along, Arunachal Pradesh
All India Silver Award Rs.75,000/-
Prashant Shashikant Patil, Satara, Maharashtra
All India Bronze Award Rs.50,000/-
PAINTING
Pradeep Vadher, Delhi, Delhi
All India Gold Award Rs.1,00,000/-
Sagar Vasant Kamble, Kolhapur,
Maharashtra All India Silver Award Rs.75,000/-
Raju Vaghaji Bhai Baraiya, Vadodara, Gujarat
All India Bronze Award Rs.50,000/-
DRAWING/PRINTMAKING
Gouri Vemula, Hyderabad, Telangana
All India Gold Award Rs.1,00,000/-
Jayesh KK, Perumbavoor, Kerala
All India Silver Award Rs.75,000/-
Digbijayee Khatua, Kendrapara, Orissa
All India Bronze Award Rs.50,000/-
STATE GRANT AWARDS
(FELLOWSHIP OF RS. 25,000/- )
NEW MEDIA
Abhisehk Mandala, Srikakulam, Andra Pradesh
Anupam Saikia, Guwahati, Assam
Nitish Kumar, Patna, Bihar
William Singh, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Pranati Das, Delhi, Delhi
Sagar Naik Mule, Margao, Goa
Shailesh Amarshinh Chavda, Vadodara, Gujarat
Mehak Koushal, Thanesar, Haryana
Rachita Dutta, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir
Kumar Krishna, Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Suchita Rai Malviya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Anjani Khanna, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Thokchom Venas, Mayang Imphal, Manipur
Mukesh Kumar Singh, Shillong, Meghalaya
Arpita Akhanda, Cuttack, Orissa
Chandradev Surana, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Kadula Pradeep Kumar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Madhu Gopal Rao Rama, Hyderabad, Telangana
Abhishek Kumar Vishwakarma, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Sudipta Pramanik, Kolkata, West Bengal
PAINTING
Divya Chinni, Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh
Gourab Kumar Das, Tezpur, Assam
Deepak Kumar, Mahnar Bazar, Bihar
Chanchal Sahu, Ahiwara, Chhattisgarh
Amit Srivastava, Delhi, Delhi
Veenita Sadguru Chendvankar, Mapusa, Goa
Bansiramji Bhai Dholakiya, Jamnagar, Gujarat
Aradhna Tandon, Panchkula, Haryana
Sharmila Sharma, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
Milan Sharma, Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
Prashant Choudhury, Sahibganj, Jharkhand
Rehaman Syed Patel, Gulbarga, Karnataka
Hima Hari, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Gunjan Soni, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Madan Kisan Pawar, Osmanabad, Maharashtra
Laxmipriya Panigrahi, Baleshwar, Orissa
Anand Shende, Chandigarh, Punjab
Ajay Mishra, Tonk, Rajasthan
Mani Murugesan, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sunil M. Lohar, Hyderabad, Telangana
Ravi Kumar Chaurasiya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Samba Prasad Biswas, Murshidabad, West Bengal
DRAWING/PRINTMAKING
Subhankar Das, Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Dadda Rajeshwara Rao, Ichchapuram, Andra Pradesh
Ramkrishna Paul, Tinsukia, Assam
Sarabpreet Singh, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Sandeep Kindo, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Neeraj Singh Khandka, Delhi, Delhi
Vitesh Narayan Naik, Margao, Goa
Bharat Arjanbhai Dodiya, Mangrol, Gujarat
Deepak Yadav, Jhajjar, Haryana
Chhering Negi, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Soola Posi Prasad, Ara, Jharkhand
Vijaykumar Shamarao Awarad, Gulbarga, Karnataka
Arif Khan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Vikrant Vishwas Bhise, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Soraisham Geetchandra Singh, Kakching, Manipur
Krushna Chandra Patra, Jaleswar, Orissa
Manjot Kaur, Mohali, Punjab
Amreen Qamar Choudhary, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kandula Pradeep Kumar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Pashikanti Kumaraswamy, Adilabad, Telangana
Rajindra Singh, Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh
Maheshwar Mondal, Kolkata, West Bengal
Mehul Babubhai Rathod, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Deepak Kumar Mandal, Brahmapur, Orissa
CITY MERIT AWARDS
( FELLOWSHIP OF RS. 5,000/- )
NEW MEDIA
Chandrashekar G. Koteshwar, Vadodara, Gujarat
Sukanya Sukanya, Delhi, Delhi
Rupam Das, Barpeta, Assam
RamJi Dongre, Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh
Arnab Ghoshal, Suri, West Bengal
Rosalin Sahoo, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Sarban Chowdhury, Srirampore, West Bengal
Chintan Ashishbhai Tandel, Navsari, Gujarat
Suraj Gorai, Bankura, West Bengal
Ashok Mansukh Bhai Vaghela, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Vipul Vital Haldankar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Shanthi Kasiviswanathan, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mehraj Ahmad Lone, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Abhijit Das, Kolkata, West Bengal
Saurabh Kashyap, Korba, Chhattisgarh
PAINTING
Sanjay Laxman Nora, Solapur, Maharashtra
Nilesh Prakash Shaharkar, Nashik, Maharashtra
Chand Kumar Doliya, Delhi, Delhi
Harshit Nilkanth Bondre, Pune, Maharashtra
Mohsin Rashid Matwal, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Kubera Barik, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Sunil Kumar Singh, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Shagufta Khanam, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Sanjay Kumar Raj, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh
Vaibhav Arun Kshirsagar, Kalyan, Maharashtra
Pulkit Vasudev Prajapati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Ujeniya Dipen Kumar Dhirajlal, Vadodara, Gujarat
Dhondiram Shankar Wadpallewar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Radhika Dharmendrabhai Kacha, Rajkot, Gujarat
Chinmoy Mukherjee, Calcutta, West Bengal
DRAWING/PRINTMAKING
Drishti Gupta, Delhi, Delhi
Uttam Mahavir Sajane, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Mainak Chakraborty, Kolkata, West Bengal
Sripriya Mozumdar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Syed Rayees Ahmed, Hyderabad, Telangana
Pustam Tandi, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Ramchandra Subhash Mestri, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra
Narayan Kumar Das, Baharampur, West Bengal
Sunandita Bandhu, Delhi, Delhi
Rajashree Nayak, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Rabi Nrayan Gupta, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Dimple Chandat, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Saibal Karmakar, Calcutta, West Bengal
Arati Maurya, Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh
Prashant Anil Kuwar, Satana, Maharashtra
MERIT GRANT CERTIFICATES
Bhanu Gola, Delhi, Delhi
Sanskar Verma, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Tejashri Bhushan Patil, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Siddhant Ravindra Pitale, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Owanka Bhattacharjee, Kolkata, West Bengal
Arpita Dey Mandala, Surat, Gujarat
Raja Sekhar Tippana, Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh
Manveer Singh, Rewari, Haryana
Samarjeet Behera, Kendujhar, Orissa
Aman Anand, Delhi, Delhi
Maitri Chheda, Wardha, Maharashtra
Gargi Nagar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Maksud Ali Mondal, Bankura, West Bengal
Hardik Bhupendrabhai Kansara, Vadodara, Gujarat
Sangam Ganeshbhai Vankhade, Vadodara, Gujarat
Hemant Dattatray Shinde, Thane, Maharashtra
Uday Ganesh Kawale, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
K Madhavan Vian, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sanjay Kumar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Samidha Choudhuri, Kolkata, West Bengal
Ankon Mitra, Delhi, Delhi
Subhash Chander Shorey, Panchkula, Haryana
Neelesh Yogi, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Sonu Nigam, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Preeti Nag, Kharagpur, West Bengal
Anjali Gaur, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Maitri Mayurbhai Buch, Vadodara, Gujarat
Ajinkya Ashok Patekar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Pavanesh Kumar Bind, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Nishi Pandey, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Gouranga Das, Baharampur, West Bengal
Nivedita Pande, Delhi, Delhi
Ganesh Dattatrey Pokharkar, Pune, Maharashtra
Prabal Mallick, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Amit Kumar Dubey, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Siddharth Pradeep Gaitonde, Panaji, Goa
Sandip Kumar Kumbhar, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Devki Ankit Jain, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Gajanan Machhindra Shelke, Pune, Maharashtra
Chaitali Mukeshbhai Parmar, Valsad, Gujarat
Parag Dinesh Borse, Lonavla, Maharashtra
Vivek Vinod Bharambe, Panvel, Maharashtra
Pooja Mohanty, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Tapas Das, Howrah, West Bengal
Chand Kumar Doliya, Delhi, Delhi
Sripriya Mozumdar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Kirti Ravindrakumar Bhosale, Sangli, Maharashtra
Gayatri Kishor Sharma, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Sanjay Sheshrao Dhawale, Dombivli, Maharashtra
Bibhuti Bhusan Nath, Cuttack, Orissa
Manju Bhatia, Hyderabad, Telangana
David Malaker, Kolkata, West Bengal
Amit Kumar Saha, Delhi, Delhi
Parimal H. Vaghela, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Vivek Waman Prabhukeluskar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Tushar Marutirao Gaikwad, Pune, Maharashtra
Dhananjoy Ghosh, Kolkata, West Bengal
Mahesh Virupaksha Soundatte, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Ashish Kumar Maurya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Sunandita Bandhu, Delhi, Delhi
Satwinder Kaur, Delhi, Delhi
Preeti Singh, Delhi, Delhi
Ritika Dhingra, Delhi, Delhi
Harish Lal Arya, Delhi, Delhi
Tarun Sharma, Delhi, Delhi
Aakariti Tanwar, Delhi, Delhi
Tanu Yadav, Delhi, Delhi
Anupama Dey, Arambagh, West Bengal
Anila Kumar G., Bangalore, Karnataka
Payal Dilip Rokade, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Ushita Nenmal Jain, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Amalesh Das, Kolkata, West Bengal
Akbar Ali Sabir Husain Sunasara, Palanpur, Gujarat
Chandrahas Yallappa Jalihal, Gulbarga, Karnataka
Isha Bhagwanji Bawiskar, Latur, Maharashtra
Sakshi Jain, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Abhineet Kumar, Delhi, Delhi
Arun Kumar Maurya, Delhi, Delhi
Mahesh Chand Rai Prajapati, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Lakshmi Kirankumar Kasireddy, Vadodara, Gujarat
Udipta Jana, Kolkata, West Bengal
Imran Liyakhath Ali Khan, Guntur, Andra Pradesh
Charandas Bhagwan Jadhav, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Amrita Singh, Delhi, Delhi
Mandeep Kaur, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Srishti, Delhi, Delhi
Hrushikesh Dileeprao Narwade, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Prasad Pandurang Mahekar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Ashish Kumar Maurya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Abhilash Kumar Dewangan, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Rohan Namdev Kumbhar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Vijay Dipak Upadhye, Maharashtra
Darshan Madhukar Mahajan, Dombivli, Maharashtra
Pradip Laxman Kate, Pune, Maharashtra
Rajani Raju Bhosale, Kalyan, Maharashtra
Mausham Raj, Vadodara, Gujarat
Vinayak Balvantkumar Pandya, Surat, Gujarat
Pamu Rajesh Kumar, Hyderabad, Telangana
Tribhuvan Kumar, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Bikash Chandra Senapati, Kendrapara, Orissa
Rajat Subhra Halder, Kolkata, West Bengal
Manoj Kumar, Ambala, Haryana
Lakhwinder Singh, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Sarita Rauta, Brahmapur, Orissa
Chandan Baruah, Jorhat, Assam
Kaumudi Mahesh Prajapati, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Piyush Aggrawal, Delhi, Delhi
Vijaya Kumar Somanchi, Guntur, Andra Pradesh
Rohan Rajendra Koli, Satara, Maharashtra
Sidhi Rajesh Parikh, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Nrusingha Charan Ojha, Balasore, Orissa
Anindita Chakraborty, Hyderabad, Telangana
Rahul Balu Shedbale, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Omkar Nishikant Mankame, Panvel, Maharashtra
Manoj Balyan, Delhi, Delhi
Sunil Xess, Delhi, Delhi
Siddhesh Sushil Shirsekar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Jagadish Buragohain, North Lakhimpur, Assam
Yojana Milind Dehankar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Abhijit Nilappa Talwar, Solapur, Maharashtra
Sumit Sarkar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Uday Bhan Singh, Delhi, Delhi
Ankur Singla, Delhi, Delhi
Jitendra MAcchindranath Thorat, Pune, Maharashtra
Ritika Kumari, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Uday Dharmaraj Bhoir, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Mahesh Basavraj Bhavikatti, Solapur, Maharashtra
Anjalini Mohapatra, Bhadrak, Orissa
Bipul Roy, Siliguri, West Bengal
Sonal Ashokbhai Thakor, Dahod, Gujarat
Agomoni Sen, Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Kailas Jagannath Yadav, Satara, Maharashtra
Sofiya Yasmeen, Anandapur, Orissa
Mohd Naseem Khan, Delhi, Delhi
Pratik Baliram Raut, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ramdas Manikrao Thorat, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Srinivasan Natarajan, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ninganagouda Chandrakanth Patil, Vijayapura, Karnataka
Subhendu Mishra, Puri, Orissa
Manirud Jaman, Barpeta, Assam
Aman Arora, Delhi, Delhi
Sudhakar Sethi, Balasore, Orissa
Nidhi Verma, Patna, Bihar
Dipal G. Prajapati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Vinit Bhogilal Barot, Vadodara, Gujarat
Rajesh Kumar, Ladwa, Haryana
Suman Kumar Pal, Kolkata, West Bengal
Arpita Pradhan, Kolkata, West Bengal
Santosh Kumar, Delhi, Delhi
Teekshna Prasad, Delhi, Delhi
Tusha rRamesh Sawant, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Vaishali Verma, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Kaushik Halder, Murshidabad, West Bengal
Aakash Kumar, Delhi, Delhi
Saroj Kumar Rout, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Ashok Namdeo Hinge, Thane, Maharashtra
Sanjay Kumar Vishwakarm, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Shipra Verma, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
Deepak Dinkar Thopate, Pune, Maharashtra
Tapash Sarkar, Guwahati, Assam
Mohd Arif, Delhi, Delhi
Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Ankita Anand, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Diksha Dhananjaya Dalal, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Santosh Kumar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh