British Scholars in India
INTACH UK Trust provides scholarship to scholars from the UK for academic research in India.

Scholarships 2010/11 to British Experts from UK to visit India

The aim is to do archival research in the NAK, Delhi and NLK, Kolkata, studying original documents and correspondence. This will help in locating original documents relating to Amelia Horne, a survivor of the 1857 Kanpur massacre.

Length of research in India: October-November 2011
 

S2010/2: Uprising. Sitara Thobani: The Postcolonial Reconstruction of Odissi Classical Dance

The aim of the study is to undertake literature review, archival research, interviews with key dancers and performers in Orissa and participation in and observation of dance training and performance by two choreographers.

Length of research in India: September-October 2010
 

S2010/4: Richard Williams: Resources for the study of Chacha Vrindabandas

The study proposes to develop knowledge of modern Hindi, and examine the manuscripts relating to Chacha Vrindabandas.

Length of research in India: July/ August 2010
 

S2010/3: Joanne Shoebridge: The Arikamedu Type 10: Project Mapping Early Historic Networks in South Asia and Beyond

The study aims towards investigating the nature of ancient communication networks through the analysis of a single, but highly diagnostic, ceramic, Arikamedu Type 10.

Length of research in India: November-December 2010

S2010/4: Richard Williams: Resources for the study of Chacha Vrindabandas

The study proposes to develop knowledge of modern Hindi, and examine the manuscripts relating to Chacha Vrindabandas.

Length of research in India: July/ August 2010

S2010/5: Amelia Hall: Merak Lama and the road to Tawang: A preliminary historical survey

The aim of the study is to document history of Tibetan Buddhism in North East India, specifically Arunachal Pradesh, and to understand development of Tibetan Buddhist culture among indigenous communities

Length of research in India: September-October 2010

S2010/6: Jennifer Loh: PhD fieldwork-Intersections of Identity: Exploring the Construction of Political Identity among Hijras in Madhya Pradesh

The study aims towards undertaking the fieldwork in Madhya Pradesh among hijras in politics, researching hijras’ participation, analyzing legal documents and newspapers not available in UK.

Length of research in India: September 2010-May 2011

S2010/7: Charles Jamyang Oliphant: Tracing Ayurvedic influences on Tibetan medicine and longevity practices.

The aim of the research is to engage with the Indian and Tibetan medical community, examine contemporary practice and interview doctors and create audio-visual records of Tibetan medical empowerment dances.

Length of research in India: July-September 2010

S2010/8: Ian McDonald: The Chess Masters

The research aims towards filming four young blind chess players and a pioneering blind chess coach in their home states, and film a major chess tournament for the blind

Length of research in India: December-February 2011

S2010/9: Tara Purnima Douglas: Tales of the Tribes

The aim of the research is to develop a half-hour programme of five short indigenous animation films with young people in the North East of India, via extended workshops.

Length of research in India: November-March 2011

S2010/10: Barbie Campbell Cole: Ornament, Myth and Migration- Heirloom Beads of Arunachal

The research aims documenting migration myths and legends relating to Arunachal’s heirloom beads, to photograph the beads and assess implications for history, migration and trade in the area.

Length of research in India: December-January 2011

S2010/11: Shaila Bhatti: Mumbai Wonders: Restoring Empire’s Museums as Heritage, Culture and Identity in India

To examine the renovation work carried out at the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai and its socio-cultural impact on the museum as an institution.

Length of research in India: May-June 2011

S2010/12: Amy Hannington: Preserving Niyamgiri: an exploration of the fight to save a sacred mountain in Orissa

The aim is to research the relationship the Dongria Kondh of Orissa have with their sacred mountain, Niyamgiri, and the relationship between their beliefs and the campaign against mining company Vedanta mining the mountain for bauxite.

Length of research in India: February-April 2011
 

For further information, contact:
Ms Susan Denver
Secretary to the Trustees
INTACH UK Trust
C/o ICOMOS-UK
70 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6EL
Email: susandenyer@icomos-uk.org