Balanand aims to represent and encourage the creativity in school children from all over the country by providing an opportunity to participate in a fun art competition based on a theme. This year's theme is 'Ahimsa’ in line with 150 years of celebrating Mahatma Gandhi. In collaboration with the Inner Wheel Club Association and Kalanand artists, Balanand patrons fund the workshops.
The Balanand contests were held in a 150 schools across India. View the gallery for more.
Balanand aims to represent and encourage the creativity in school children from all over the country by providing an opportunity to participate in a fun art competition based on a theme. This year's theme is 'Ahimsa’ in line with 150 years of celebrating Mahatma Gandhi. In collaboration with the Inner Wheel Club Association and Kalanand artists, Balanand patrons fund the workshops.
The Balanand contests were held in a 150 schools across India. View the gallery for more.
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 2023-24
ALL INDIA GOLD - 25> GRANTS INR 50000 ALL INDIA MERIT - 50> GRANTS INR 20000
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 2023-24 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
2. DRAWING
3. PRINTMAKING
4. SCULPTURE
5. CERAMICS
6. TAPESTRY
(in all mediums except digital)
Submissions for Kalanand 2023-24 is open.
ELIGIBILITY:
Any Indian citizen above the age of 18 as on 1st October 2023 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:
More than 25 ALL INDIA GOLD GRANTS Rs. 50,000 each
More than 50 National Merit Grants Rs. 20,000 each
(pan categories)
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 now 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 AWARDEES 2022-23 AND TO BE SHOWCASED
AT COOMARSWAMY HALL, CSMVS, MUMBAI
IN KALANAND EXHIBITION APRIL 2023
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 2020-21
LOCKDOWN ART
Sumit Trivedi, Banswara, Rajasthan
All India Gold Grant Rs.1,00,000/-
Satwinder Kaur, New Delhi
All India Silver Grant Rs.75,000/-
Devidas Agase, Badlapur, Maharashtra
All India Bronze Grant Rs.50,000/-
PAINTING
Partha Mondal, Sainthia, West Bengal
All India Gold Grant Rs.1,00,000/-
Laxmipriya Panigrahi, Baleshwar, Odisha
All India Silver Grant Rs.75,000/-
Bansi Ramjibhai Dholakiaya, Jamnagar, Gujarat
All India Bronze Grant Rs.50,000/-
ALL INDIA MERIT GRANTS
(FELLOWSHIP OF RS. 20,000/- )
LOCKDOWN ART
Pavan Kavitkar, Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Bibhu Nath, Cuttack, Odisha
Rasana Bhardwaj, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mahesh Mahadeo Mankar, Bhadrawati, Maharashtra
Sandeep Kindo, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Swati Vishwanath Sabale, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Richa Arya, Samalkha, Haryana
Sandip Baul, Bolpur, West Bengal
Manali Arvind Kulkarni, Thane, Maharashtra
Janhavi Khemka, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Bihan Das, Santiniketan, West Bengal
Anjani Khanna, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Tarun Sharma, Delhi
Pashikanti Kumara Swamy, Mancheriyal, Telangana
Ritu Panday, Delhi
Shweta Mansingka, New Delhi
Manjushri Chakraborty, Mysore, Karnataka
Anupama Dey, Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh
Deepa Pant, Vadodara, Gujarat
Neeraj Singh Khandka, New Delhi
Keerti Pooja, Jamdhedpur, Jharkhand
Mohit Prakash Shelare, Amravati, Maharashtra
Vivek Prabhu K., Mysore, Karnataka
Rajat Mondal, Ranaghat, West Bengal
Vitesh Narayan Naik, Margao, Goa
PAINTING
Jyotiprakash Sethy, Odisha
Shatrudhan K. Gupta, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Rinku Sandeep Shah, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Suresh Kumar Singha, Katwa, West Bengal
Vijay Manikchand Dhore, Hyderabad, Telangana
Pinaki Ranjan Mohanty, Puri, Odisha
Jahnvi Soni, Vadodara, Gujarat
Narayan Kumar Das, Berhampur, West Bengal
Nilesh Prakash Shaharkar, Nashik, Maharashtra
Ravi Morya, Delhi
Sanjay Vijay Jarande, Pune, Maharashtra
Rajesh Prakash Wankhede, Amravati, Maharashtra
Shailesh Chavda, Vadodara, Gujarat
Santosh Laxmanrao Kalbande, Virar (W) Maharashtra
Srabani Sarkar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Arun Dev, New Delhi
Nilisha Phad, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Bhartti Verma, Gurgaon, Haryana
Tanisha Bakshi, Gurgaon, Haryana
Swarali Abhay Jape, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Harshal Khatri, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
D Tulsi, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Digbijayee Khatua, Delhi
Malay Saha, Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahul Balu Shedbale, Jaysingpur, Maharashtra
ALL INDIA SPECIAL GRANTS
(FELLOWSHIP OF RS. 10,000/-)
Purshottam Pawar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Fakkirayya V. Chikkamath, Dharwad, Karnataka
Harshit Bondre, Pune, Maharashtra
Dasarath Das, Raghunatjganj, West Bengal
Dr. Sonam Sikarwar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Yashika Sugandh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Pramod Apet, Pune, Maharashtra
Dharmveer Chaudhari, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Deepak Poulose, Chalakudy, Kerala
Osheen Suri, Karnal, Haryana
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
Bhupinder Singh, Rupnagar, Punjab
Haimee Dwivedi, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Anukriti Topporanchi, Jharkhand
Khushboo Madnani, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Kumar Krishna, Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Loganathan, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Daniel Babu, Ernakulam, Kerala
Stuti Jain, Gurgaon, Haryana
Maitri Chheda, Yavatmal, Maharashtra
Ashutosh Kumar, Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Shweta Mansingka, New Delhi
Tisha Mavi, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Shalu Juneja, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Tridip Sarma, Guwahati, Assam
Ramesh Kumar Jhawar, Erode, Tamil Nadu
Sanskar Verma, Bolpur, West Bengal
Nisha Chadda, Ambala City, Haryana
Dhan Prasad, Hyderabad, Telangana
Samip Suresh Sawant, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ravi Kumar Chaurasiya, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Deepak Kumar, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Shitangshu Mondal, Howrah, West Bengal
John Joseph, Pondicherry
Tavleen Kaur Lall, New Delhi
Amrita Sinh, Delhi
Asit Kumar Samantaray, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Anupama Chatterjee Hara, New Delhi
Kiran Kumari, Buxar, Bihar
Dhananjoy Singh Chowdhury, Agartala, Tripura
Rajashree Nayak, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Suneesh S S, Thrissur, Kerala
Jayesh K.K., Kozhikkide, Kerala
Sanjay Kumar, Bhiwani, Haryana
Sarika Goswami, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
Prashant Anil Kuwar, Nashik, Maharashtra
Conrad Pinto, Aldona, Goa
Leticia Higinia Alvares, Mapusa, Goa
Bedanto Boro, Rangia, Assam
Chandrashekhar Vasantrao Waghmare, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Nita Madadeo Vyavhare, Akola, Maharashtra
Anukampa, Rohtak, Haryana
Vysali Kalidindi, Hyderabad, Telangana
Shahed Pasha, Kalaburagi, Karnataka
Prakash Sheshrao Kawthekar, Nanded, Maharashtra
Swapnil Suresh Kshirsagar, Rajgurunagar, Maharashtra
Nagpure Pankaj Ananda, Chopda, Maharashtra
Lavish Saraff, Delhi
Dr. Giriraj Sharma, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Charanjit Singh, Jaitu, Punjab
Rajani Arya, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Rutuja Rajendra Rane, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Priyanka Yadav, Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh
Anusuya Krishnaswamy, Bangalore, Karnataka
Pritam Kaur, Ludhiana, Punjab
Serrupmir Timungpi, Diphu, Assam
Preeti Chitrangada, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ravi Verma, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Debangona Paul, Silchar, Assam (AS)
Sukanta Adhikary, Taherpur, West Bengal
Omkar Nishikant Mankame, Karjat, Maharashtra
Abhisek Dey, Uluberia, West Bengal
Pradnya Durafe, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Rohit, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Divya Singh, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Megha Madan, New Delhi
Dipti Madhukar Thakare, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Kiran Vinayak Gorwala, Dahanu, Maharashtra
Dhvani Patel, Vadodara, Gujarat
Mukesh Salvi, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Vandana Kumari, New Delhi
Nihar P. Sutar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chinmoy Mukherjee, Kolkata, West Bengal
Ganesh Das, Saket, Delhi
Suraj Tatoba Lohar, Satara, Maharashtra
Amit Srivastava, New Delhi
Asish Maharana, Bhejiput, Odisha
Ganesh Krishna Chavan, Solapur, Maharashtra
Shilpa Dilip Mate, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Sameera Sardana, New Delhi
Baishakhi Mehatori, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Darshan Mahajan, Dombivali, Maharashtra
Manjunath Honnapura, Bangalore, Karnataka
Dharmendra Laljibhai Sahani, Rajkot, Gujarat
Ritesh Yadav, New Delhi
Shrishail Basavaraj Patil, Kalaburagi, Karnataka
Intaz Ansari, Burdwan, West Bengal
Mahesh Virupaksha Soundatte, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Yuvraj Govind Devkar, Pune, Maharashtra
Yojana Dehankar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sandesh Shivaji Khule, Badlapur(E), Maharashtra
Abhishek Pandey, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Manaranjan Patra, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Rasmiranjan Jena, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Rituja Patil, Belgaum, Karnataka
Lokesh Nayak, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Rakesh Ray Choudhury, Guwahati, Assam
Pavan Kumar, Dhderabad, Telangana
Saurabh K. Pramanik, Gurgaon, Haryana
Malabika Barman, Vadodara, Gujarat
Akshay Ajay Pai, Vasai-Virar, Maharashtra
Ramchandra Subhash Mestri, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra
Satish Sagar Arasgonda, Jaysingpur, Maharashtra
Manmita Ray, Guwahati, Assam
Pramod Apet, Pune, Maharashtra
Veenita Sadguru Chendvankar, Mapusa, Goa
Tanisha Bakshi, Gurgaon, Haryana
Rajindar Singh, Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh
Kailas Satambekar, Tala, Maharashtra
Anupam Bera, Kolkata, West Bengal
Saiyyed Rais Saiyyed Bhikan, Shahada, Maharashtra
Rishabh Jain, Delhi
Asavari Prasad Gurav, Chimbel, Goa
Uttam Mahavir Sajane, Ichalkranaji, Maharashtra
Lalitha Bandaru, Hyderabad, Telangana
D Tulsi, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Anup Let, Mollarpur, West Bengal
Rahul Madhukar Repe, Kagal, Maharashtra
Faisal Zahoor Ganai, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Ashish Kumar Maurya, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Khushal Sahu, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Mahesh Singh, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Kamble Sachin Bhaskarrao, Parbhani, Maharashtra
Shobha Choudhary, Kalaburagi, Karnataka
Srinivas Pulagam, Vadodara, Gujarat
Sumit Kumar Jha, Gangtok, Sikkim
P. V. Gangunaidu, Hyderabad, Telangana
Chanchal Durg, Chhattisgarh
Rajat Garhewal, Chhinwara, Madhya Pradesh
Hiren Patel, Vadodara, Gujarat
Rajnarayan Santra, Hooghly, West Bengal
Vinay Dattatray Sakhare, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Gopikala, Patparganj, East Delhi
Uday Dharmaraj Bhoir, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Anirban Sheth, Howrah, West Bengal
Sanjay Laxman Nora, Solapur, Maharashtra
Akangsenep Jamir, Dimapur, Nagaland
Chetan Negi, Kotdwara, Uttarakhand
Niti Jain, Kawardha, Chhattisgarh
Chemat Dorjey, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir
Manish Kumar Gond, DehraGopipur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Moirangthem Krishnakanta Singh, Kakching, Manipur
Rangskhembor Mawblei, Pyndengumiong, Meghalaya