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Baijayant 'Jay' Panda - Ila Panda Centre of Arts - Inauguration Ceremony

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About: The ILa Panda Centre for Arts (IPCA) is named in the memory of Mrs. Ila Panda, an artist, humanitarian, and politician who had dedicated her life to the promotion of the rich tradition of Odia art. Mrs. Ila Panda was an alumni of the prestigious Viswa Bharati, Shantiniketan (under the tutelage of Nandalal Bose) and the Royal college of Art, London. However, more than her art qualifications, she was first and foremost a patron of the arts which is evident from the deep connection she had with the Odia artist community and the respect they still have for her. She combined her stellar artistic background with the corporate backing of her industrialist husband, Dr. Bansidhar Panda, to charter new territories for Odia art. She built lavish temples, sponsored performing arts, commissioned traditional and modern art works by local masters, and promoted emerging Odia artists through the coveted annual calendars of IMFA at a time when Odia art was languishing for lack of patronage. Mrs. Panda was also instrumental in setting up of the Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra in Bhubaneswar and was the first president of the board and remained an executive member for many years.
IPCA is a platform to showcase and promote the modern and contemporary visual artists of Odisha -covering the gamut from the masters, the current celebrities to the amateurs. While the initial focus is on the modern and contemporary visual arts, IPCA hopes to expand its championship to include both traditional and folk art eventually.
IPCA opened its online portals with a impressive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art works which have been acquired over a period of time mainly through efforts of Mr. Manas Jena, an established artist, and his team of volunteers and through the generous donations from the personal collections of prominent artists, royal families, and other individuals.
At the heart of this initiative undertaken by UMSL as part of its CSR is a core belief of its Managing Director and CEO, Mrs. Paramita Mahapatra, that art should not be limited to the connoisseurs and investors alone and efforts should be made to shift the attitude from the indifferent to the engaged. In pursuit of this goal, IPCA's major thrust will be to create art awareness through art appreciation classes, exhibitions, several interactive art camps, seminars, workshops, lectures, film screenings, etc . The e- notice board will also go a long way to enable Odia artists and art lovers to stay connected with the art world by having access to information regarding local, national, and international art events.
Finally, IPCA is striving to develop a virtual storehouse of Odia art documentation. This collated information about the life and times of the great artists of Odisha will be valuable both to the persons of passing interest in the history of Odia artists as well as the serious researchers wishing to find a doorway to the art and artists of Odisha.
IPCA has a dream going forward- to build and maintain an art gallery and eventually a fine arts museum - a modern temple dedicated to UTKAL (the erstwhile name of Odisha) which roughly translates to mean a land of exquisite arts and crafts and one of her illustrious daughters, Mrs. Ila Panda.

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