Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai Author

Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai is a visual anthropologist, author and international columnist. Her work focuses on the history, popular culture and intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of India and South Asia. She was recently deputed as Culture Specialist (Research) at the SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and has also been Research Grant Fellow at the Indian High Commission, Sri Lanka. A former assistant professor from Symbiosis International University, Pune, India, she continues to teach at universities in India and abroad. She has represented India at various international conferences, especially concerning ICH. Her latest book, Stories of the Colonial Architecture: Kolkata-Colombo, was released at the Kolkata International Book Fair, 2019.