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K. K. Chakravarty
(M.P.A. in Public Administration & Ph. D. in
Fine Arts, Harvard) is
 Chairman,
Lalit Kala Academi, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India
and
Chancellor, NUEPA, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of
India. Retd.
from the IAS in the rank of Secretary, Govt. of India.
A distinguished scholar in the field of
Education, Cultural Studies, Heritage and Museum
Administration, Art and Archeology. Held charges of
Managing Director, Text Book Corporation, Chairman,
Board of Secondary Education, Chairman, Professional
Entrance Examination Board, Director, Public Instruction
in the Government of Madhya Pradesh, and Additional
Chief Secretary for University, School, Technical
Education and Science and Technology in the Government
of Chhattisgarh. Won award for Madhya Pradesh in non
formal education and steered a community participation
movement for strengthening school infrastructure in
Madhya Pradesh. Mobilized national and local
intellectual resources for re-writing text books in
Chhattisgarh.
Developed programmes for building bridges
between education and culture, with a focus on the
rooted ness of community culture in the management of
natural and human resources, in the capacity of
Commissioner, Archaeology, Museums, Tourism and Culture,
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, at Bhopal, Director, Indira
Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (National Museum of
Man), Bhopal, Director General, National Museum, Delhi
and Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Kala
Kendra (National Centre for Arts), Delhi in the
Ministries of Human Resource Development, Tourism and
Culture, Government of India.
Apart from being Chancellor NUEPA, he is
Chairman, National Screening and Evaluation Committee,
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, for exhibitions
sent abroad, Vice Chairman of the Delhi Institute of
Heritage Research and Management and Advisor Art,
Culture and Language, Govt. of Delhi. He is also
Chairman, Bhasha Trust at Vadodara, Member, Governing
Boards of several central and state universities and
Advisor to several state governments and national
cultural institutions.
Invited member, International Advisory Board,
the Continuum Advances in Semiotics Series, London and
New York. Has been member of the Editorial Boards,
Journal of the Australian Rock Art Research Association,
and UNESCO Journal on Intangible Heritage, Seoul.
Extensively published on Art and Architecture, Rock Art,
Anthropology, Archaeology, Museology, Conservation,
Education and Indology with a focus on issues of
marginalization and bio cultural survival of
communities. Has organized and participated in
International Conferences and Exhibitions in these
areas. Has led a movement on national and international
platforms for regeneration of community habitats,
knowledge systems, heritage, arts and re invention of
colonial cognitive categories.
Recent volumes edited or co edited by him on issues of
Indigeneity and Survival of Indigenous Languages and
Cultures have been published by Orient Blackswan, and
are being published by Routledge.
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