Dr Alka Raghuvanshi, is India’s first trained art curator, having trained at the Goldsmiths College, London and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford. She has curated and designed major exhibitions many of which travelled to other parts of the country and the world. A keen painter herself, her solo shows have drawn valued response from both audiences and critics alike and is able to perceive and experience the various arts from the vantage position of a doer as well as an onlooker. She has participated in 25 important group shows in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Dubai and her paintings form part of a some important private and public collections both in India and abroad. Her work features in this year’s Adana Biennale in Turkey and the worldwide exhibition on Giuseppe Garibaldi emanating from Italy. In her writing career on the arts spanning nearly 26 years, she has 20 books to her credit including the best selling publications – A Moment in Time and Pathfinders – artistes of one world