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Meeting with Living Legends Shri Nek Chand Ji

Meeting with Living Legend!!! 

Shri Nek Chand Ji

Shri Nek Chand Saini is an Indian self-taught artist, famous for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh, India.

He hailed from Shakargarh region (now in Pakistan) of district Gurdaspur. His family moved to Chandigarh in 1947 during the Partition. At the time, the city was being redesigned as a modern utopia by the Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier

It was to be the first planned city in India, and Shri Nek Chand Ji found work there as a roads inspector for the Public Works Department in 1951. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 1984.


Mrs. Shivani Rajpal (Director of Bharat Academy of Fine Arts) explaining the details of art work done by Academy to Shri Nek Chand Ji


Shri Nek Chand Ji going through the Catalog of Annual Art Exhibition of Bharat Academy of Fine Arts




Shri Nek Chand Ji with Mrs. Shivani Rajpal (Director of Bharat Academy of Fine Arts) 
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Shri Nek Chand Ji with Mrs. Shivani Rajpal (Director of Bharat Academy of Fine Arts) and Mr. Amit Saxena 



Shri Nek Chand Ji having an word with Students of Bharat Academy of Fine Arts






Shri Nek Chand Ji admiring and encouraging the Students of Bharat Academy of Fine Arts




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