Professor Jyotindra Jain is a renowned scholar and curator specializing in Indian art and popular visual culture. He currently serves on the International Advisory Board of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin and is a Tagore National Fellow, as well as the Editor of Marg Publications in Mumbai. Jain has held prestigious positions, including Director of the National Crafts Museum in New Delhi and Professor of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University and the Rudolf-Arnheim Professor at Humboldt University.

With a prolific publication record, Jain has curated numerous exhibitions at esteemed cultural institutions worldwide. His contributions to the field have been recognized with accolades such as the Prince Claus Award for Culture in 1998 and the Cross of Merit, Germany’s highest civilian honour in 2018, affirming his impact on the global arts landscape.