Prof. Vidya Dehejia
Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
Prof. Dehejia completed her BA and MA from Cambridge University and later went on to earn her PhD from the same university. She started her career as a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, 1972. Some of her other appointments include: Chief Curator & Deputy Director, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,2002; Director, South Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, 2008, General Editor, Marg Publications, Mumbai, 2015, etc.
Her impressive body of work has ranged from Buddhist art of the centuries BC to the esoteric temples of North India, and from the sacred bronzes of the South to the art of British India. Extensive travel in South Asia, with visits to sites of importance in Southeast Asia, has given her first hand familiarity with the art of the region.
Among many honors and awards won by her, in 2012, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India for exceptional contribution to Art and Education.