Nanditha Krishna

Prof. Nanditha Krishna (born 1951) is an Indian author and activist. She was recognised by the government of India who gave her a Nari Shakti Award in 2015. This is the highest award for women in India and eight awards were made that year. She leads the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation in Chennai.

Nanditha Krishna
in 2014
Born1951
Occupationcharity lead, author and activist
NationalityIndia
SubjectIndian art and history

Life

She was born in 1951 and was known as Nanditha Jagannathan.[1] She was the great grand-daughter of Dr C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar.[2]

She took her doctorate at the University of Bombay in ancient Indian culture.[3] Her thesis concerned the "Iconography of Vishnunarayana".[2]

She appeared as herself in the Bombay based "Magic Lamp" TV series.[2]

She was awarded one of the first eight Nari Shakti Awards for her leadership and achievement in 2015.[4] The award was made on International Women's Day from the then Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.[5]

She became a Professor at the University of Madras.[3] She was elected the President of the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation[6] in 2013.[7] That foundation founded the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Institute of Indological Studies in 1981. The foundation is headquartered in Chennai, India (also known as C. P. Ramaswami Road) at "The Grove" which belongs to the C. P. Ramaswami Iyer family.[6]

Awards

Her awards include the Nari Shakti Puraskar, Stree Ratna and an Outstanding Woman of Asia.[8] She has an honorary doctorate from Vidyasagar University.[8]

Private life

She is married to Chinny Krishna who has led the animal rights charity Blue Cross of India.[9] She is also an ambassador for that society.

Works include
  • Sacred Plants of India[10]
  • Sacred Animals of India[7]
  • Hinduism and Nature
  • Book of Demons
  • Book of Vishnu
  • Madras Then, Chennai Now (with Tishani Doshi), 2013[11]
  • Balaji Venkateshwara
  • Ganesha
  • Painted Manuscripts of the Sarasvati Mahal Library[8]
  • The Arts and Crafts of Tamilnadu
  • The Art and Iconography of Vishnu-Narayana[3]

References
  1. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. Not Available (1975). The Illustrated Weekly Of India Vol.96, No.28-38(july-sept)1975.
  3. "Nanditha Krishna - Penguin India". penguin.co.in. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. DelhiMarch 9, IndiaToday in New; March 9, 2015UPDATED; Ist, 2015 14:43. "Stree Shakti Puraskar and Nari Shakti Puraskar presented to 6 and 8 Indian women respectively". India Today. Retrieved 22 April 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Nari Shakti Puraskar awardees full list". Best Current Affairs. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. Sarumathi, V. (7 February 2015). "Where culture, conservation, art and education converge". The Hindu.
  7. "Sacred Animals of India". Penguin India. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  8. "Nanditha Krishna – Indian Knowledge Systems". Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  9. 100010509524078 (5 January 2019). "The final walk: End of a 35-year-old tradition". dtNext.in. Retrieved 18 May 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "Sacred Plants Of India". Penguin India. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. Doshi, Tishani; Krishan, Nandita (2013). Madras Then Chennai Now. Roli Books. ISBN 978-81-7436-914-7.
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