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Kailash Chandra Meher

Kailash Chandra Meher is an Indian artist, inventor, and social activist. He is a painter of contemporary modern art paintings and traditional Tussar Pattachitra paintings of Odisha. He was a recipient of the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.

Personal life and education
Meher was born in an artist family in Sonepur town of Odisha state. He studied at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan and received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan in West Bengal. Smt Meher had also received state award in 1990 while daughter Manisha got two state awards in 2001–2002. Both his sons Prakash and Jayanta got National Award in 2001. ==Career==
Career
Meher worked as an art designer in the Weavers Service Centre in Bhubaneswar, Govt. Of India, under Development Commissioner Handloom, New Delhi from 1978 to 1993 creating textile designs for weavers and weaving organisations, Because of his excellent work in paintings, many more students and followers got National Award and also thousands of artisan families survive their livelihood by following his innovative creative designs & paintings for their bread & butter. For the poorest girls & women of KBK district, he has started many social organisations with the help and support of The Collector (District Magistrate) for giving them training & employment, so he started some Handloom, Handicraft & Fine Art organisation like :- 1. Indian Art & Craft Academy for Women 2. Indira Gandhi Women Weavers Co-operative Society limited 3. Bharatiya Hastakala Industrial Co-operative Society Limited 4. Handicraft & Handloom Museum and Service Centre for Women. ==Awards==
Awards
• 1979 & 1985 – Orissa Lalit Kala Academy Award • 1986 – "National Award" by HE the President of India • 1997 – Viswakarma Award • 1991 & 2001 – "Kalamani" Award by Chief Minister of Haryana • 2005 – UNESCO CCI seal of excellence for handicrafts • 2009 – Shilp Guru Award by HE the President of India • 2013 – "Odisha Living Legend Award" by Odisha Diary ==Selected paintings==
Selected paintings
File:Kailash Chandra Meher's Painting- W & W.jpg|Women Exploitation (W & W), 2008 File:K. C. Meher - "The Creation".jpg|The Creation, 1999 File:K.C.Meher's - Indian Woman.jpg|Indian Woman, 2008 File:Omm by Kailash Ch Meher.jpg|Omm, 2011 Size (4x4) feet File:Sarba Sukham by Kailash Ch Meher.jpg|Sarba Sukham, 2011 Size (4x4) feet File:Sweet Dream by Kailash Ch Meher.jpg|Sweet Dream, 2016 Size (5x6) feet == References ==
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