• 1970, 71 - J. D. R.IIIrd Fund Fellowship
• 1954 - Studied Art Appreciation at École du Louvre, Paris.
• 1942 - Founder Member(Calcutta Group)
• 1936 - 40 - Studied at Govt. School of Art, Madras.
• 1949 - Studied at Andre Lhote’s School, Academy Grand Chaumier, École Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 1981-82 - Visiting Professor and Artist in residence, Maryland University, USA.
• Till 1976 Professor, School of Printing Technology, Calcutta.
• Art Teacher, Daly College, Indore, for ten years.
• 1956-79 Taught at Regional Institute of Printing Technology, Jadavpur.

EXHIBITION IN INDIA

GROUP SHOWS

• 2005 - Manifestations III, by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 2004 - Manifestations II, by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
• 1993 - Ex., 'Wounds' CIMA & NGMA
• 1992 - Ex., The Village Gallery New Delhi
• 1992 - Ex., 'Confluence 92' Calcutta
• 1989 - Ex., 'Self-Portraits', The Village Gallery New Delhi
• 1973 - Ex., Bombay & Calcutta
• 1961 - Joint exhb. with Tyeb Mehta.
• 1968 - Ex., Calcutta
• 1951 - Ex., Calcutta Group - PAG Joint Ex. Calcutta
• 1944 - Ex., First Calcutta Group Ex., Services Club Calcutta

EXHIBITION ABROAD

GROUP SHOWS

• 1986 - 2nd Biennale, Cuba.
• 1986 - Trends in Bengal Art, Commonwealth Institute, London.
• 1984 - Ex., Four Indian Partners Stockholm, Sweden
• 1972 - Four Indian Painters, Pittsburgh.
• 1966 - The Commonwealth Arts Festival, London.
• 1966 - Sao Paolo Beinnale, Brazil.
• 1966 - Asahi Shimbun Exhb. of Art, Tokyo.
• 1965 - Ex., The Commonwealth Arts Festival London
• 1962 - Ex., London
• 1961 - Ex., Joint Ex. with Tyeb Mehta, Gallery One London
• 1950 - Ex., Brussels

SOLO SHOWS

• 1978 - Solo exhb. in Moscow.
• 1962 - Solo exhb. in London.
• 1953 - Solo exhb. in Paris.
• 1950 - Solo exhb. in Brussels.
• 1951 Group exhb. in London.

COLLECTIONS

• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• Ministry of External affairs, Govt. of India.
• Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
• Palam Airport, New Delhi.
• The British Museum, London.
• Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.
• Punjab Museum, Chandigarh.
• Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
• Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Mumbai.

AWARDS

• 2004 - Lalit Kala Ratna, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1999 - Aban-Gagan Puraskar, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.
• 1998 - Hirachand Dugar Award.
• 1998 - Smt. Bijoya Chakraborty Smriti Puraskar, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.
• 1997 - The English Speaking Union Outstanding Citizen Award.
• 1996 - Kalidas Nag Award.
• 1991 - Awarded D. Litt, Burdwan University, West Bengal.
• 1989 - Awarded Abanindra Puraskar, Govt. of West Bengal.
• 1985 - Asian Paints Award, Calcutta.
• 1983, 84, 87 - Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1969, 70 - French Fellowship for designing typeface.
• 1970, 71 - Awarded JDR 3rd Foundation Grant, USA.