Dr.RITA GHANSHYAMSINH SODHA

Department Department of Art History and Asthetics

Contact No 9427301153

Email Id sodha.rita-aha@msubaroda.ac.in

Faculty Faculty of Fine Arts

Designation Assistant Professor

Education Details

Education	University Name	State	Passing Year
PhD	FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, (ART HISTORY & AESTHETICS), THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA	GUJARAT	7-2002
Graduate Diploma	FACULTY OF PERFORMING ARTS, (SITAR) THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA	GUJARAT	4-2000
SRF ( UGC )	UGC, INDIA	GUJARAT	6-1994
JRF ( UGC )	UGC	UGC/INDIA	6-1992
Post Graduate	FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, (ART HISTORY & AESTHETICS), THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA	GUJARAT	5-1991
Graduate	FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, (PAINTING) THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA	GUJARAT	4-1988

Experience Detail

Employer Name	Designation	Nature of Job	Start Date	End Date	Currently Working
MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	Teaching	7-1-2014	--
MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA		Teaching	12-6-2000	6-1-2014

Ph.D. Guidance Detail

Student Name	Topic	status
Sarang Sharma	Studies into the origin and development of the Chamba school of Painting from mid 17th to mid 18th century - An analysis of the evolution of style patronage and subject matter in painting tradition	Registered
Tarushikha Shaktawat	Shifts in art patronage in medieval Western India: transforming visual culture from 13th century to 17th century	Registered
Shubhankar Chakroborty	Mapping Discourse - A Study of the Programming of Depictions and Embellishments in the Terracotta Temples of Bengal from the 17th century to the 19th century	Registered
Jitto George	Theorizing the Practice of Patronage: A Study In Post - Independence Indian Art	Registered

Books Published

Book Title	Publisher Name	ISBN	Published Year
An introduction to Indian Art Part II	NCERT		2020

Papers Presented

Paper Title	Paper Theme	Organising Body	Place	Published Year
Paradigms of representations: Articulations of ‘Nayikas’ in Indian Painting – Tropes, Prototypes, Performativity and the question of gaze	Pathways of Art History: Re-reading the methodologies	Dept. of Art History & Aesthetics and Faculty Fine Arts Alumni Association (FFAAA)	Baroda	11-2021
Modes of Representation of Feminine Aesthetics in Painting	Feminine Aesthetics in Art of Western India	IGNCA's Regional Centre Vadodara	Baroda	10-2020
Three chapters in the text book	Workshop for development of text book for Class XII for Visual Arts, DEAA, NCERT, New Delhi, 20th -24th May 2019.	Dept. of Education in Arts and Aesthetics, NCERT, New Delhi	New Delhi	5-2019
	6th Regional Conference on Quality and Accreditation of Higher Education in India: Policy and Best Practices	Higher Education Forum – Gujarat Chapter & IQAC, The M S University of Baroda	Vadodara	9-2018
	Past, Present, Future – Road map for NAAC’ 21	IQAC, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda	Vadodara	7-2018
0	Emotional Intelligence	IQAC, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda	Faculty of Social Work, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda	3-2018
	Impact of Learning Resources on Enhancing Academic Productivity	IQAC and Smt. Hansa Mehta Library, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.	Vadodara	9-2017
	Commodity, Resource or Heirloom? Investigating the Social, Economic and Ethical Values of Cultural Heritage	Dept. of Archaeology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, UNESCO and Durham University.	Vadodara	9-2015
	Interdisciplinary Workshop on Futures Past: The city in Gujarat	Jointly organised under Partner initiative by MSU, Baroda and University of Leicester	Vadodara	12-2014
	National seminar- Indian Heritage: Perspectives and Prospects	Jointly organized by the Govt. of Gujarat and The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.	Gandhinagar, Gujarat	1-2014
	3 days Workshop led by Professor John Clark on Asian Modernities	School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi	New Delhi	11-2009
	Workshop for development of Textbooks on Visual Arts	Dept. of Education in Arts and Aesthetics, NCERT, New Delhi	New Delhi	6-2009
	Cultural Practice and Discourses of the ‘Minor’	UGC National Seminar, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S University of Baroda	Vadodara	8-2007
The Rationale of ‘Viewing’: Mapping the fluxed field of ‘Vision’ Comprehending the Generated Meaning(s) in illustrated Paintings	DRSTI: Experiencing Knowledge Visually, International Seminar	India Habitat Centre, New Delhi	New Delhi	1-2007
	Workshop on Archiving and Documentation	School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi	New Delhi	1-2006
Structuring an Analytical Model: Understanding the Sursagar Paintings	Workshop and National Seminar The Technique and development of Rajasthani Miniature Painting	The National Museum of India, New Delhi	New Delhi	11-2005
	Architecture and Arts in the United States	USEFI - United States Educational Foundation in India	Vadodara	11-2004
Cultural Practices and Miniature Paintings.	Second Theory / Praxis Workshop on Interrogating Cultural Studies	Forum on Contemporary Theory and The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.	Vadodara	7-2004
	UGC National Seminar Issues of Art and Activism; the Artist and the Historian	Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda	Vadodara	3-2004
	Portraits in Indian Miniatures	The National Museum of India, New Delhi	New Delhi	3-2003
Intertextuality, Authorship and the Conundrum of Interpretation in the Sursagar paintings of Mewar.	New Art History and Indian Art	Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda	Vadodara	2-2002
	Three days National Workshop, The Politics of Representation: Visual and Verbal	The Forum on Contemporary Theory and Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda	Vadodara	10-2000
An Analysis: of Correlation between ritual and music as embodied, manifested and asseverated in the Sursagar painting	Mapping of Medievalism -Medieval: Aspects and Concepts	UGC DSA Department seminar, Dept. of Art History & Aesthetics, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.	Vadodara	3-2000
	three days National Workshop, Pichhwais: Temple Hangings of the Vallabha Sampradaya, conducted by Dr. B. N. Goswamy	Sarabhai Foundation Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	1-1999
	three days National Workshop, Indian Miniature Painting conducted by Dr. B N Goswamy	Sarabhai Foundation Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	2-1997
	15 Days Ajanta Site Seminar	Department of History of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA	Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra	7-1995
Ragamala Paintings	Literary Texts	Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda	Vadodara	3-1989

Published Articles/Papers in Journals/Edited Volumes

Title	Journal Name	Volume No.	Page No.	ISSN	Published Year
Examination of Three Hero-Stones from Chamba, Himachal Pradesh	Heritage Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology	10	414-429	23475463	9-2023
The Rationale of ‘Viewing’: Mapping the fluxed field of ‘Vision’ Comprehending the Generated Meaning(s) in illustrated Paintings	RATNA DIPA: New Dimension of Indian Art History & Theory: (Essays in Honour of Prof Ratna Parimoo)				6-2023
Paradigms of representations: Articulations of ‘Nayikas’ in Indian Painting –Tropes, Prototypes, Performativity and the Question of Gaze	IGNCA Newsletter Vadodara Chapter				6-2023
The Unusual Set of Krishna Balaram Paintings from the Province of Kutch	International Inventive Multidisciplinary Journal	10	1-7		2-2023
A Comparative Development of Creative Arts in Modern India	Creative Arts in Modern India, (Volume II), Ratan Parimoo and Shri. Indramohan Sharma (Ed.), Books and Books, 1995			8185016461	4-2020
Important events in the life of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad	The Legacy: Raja Ravi Varma - The Painter, Ratan Parimoo (ed.), Maharaja Fatehsingh Trust Baroda, 1998				4-2020
The Catalogue and Notes on the Paintings of Raja Ravi Varma in the Baroda Gaekwad Collection	The Legacy: Raja Ravi Varma - The Painter, Ratan Parimoo (ed.), Maharaja Fatehsingh Trust Baroda, 1998				4-2020
Intertextuality, Authorship and the Conundrum of interpretation in the Sursagar Paintings of Mewar	Towards a New Art History: Studies in Indian Art, Shivaji K. Panikkar, Parul Dave Mukherji and Deeptha Achar, (Ed.), D. K. Printworld (p) Ltd., 2003.		211-220		4-2020
Krishna in Art	Exhibition Catalogue, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda		2 - 7		4-2020
From Scriptures to Seva: The Case of Refashioning Authority in the Vallabha Sampradaya and the Haveli Cult	Art of Medieval India: Contextualizing Social Relations, Shivaji K Panikkar and Abha Sheth (ed.), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Press		28-41		4-2020
Metamorphosis of Words into Pictures	NIRUKTA, Deepak Kannal (Ed.), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Press		76-87		4-2020
Sedulous Zeal: Unfaltering, Unflinching, Unwavering Essay on exhibition of Graphic prints	Art and Deal		Vol. 4, No. 4, Issue No. 22, 2007 pp. 11-17		4-2020
But are We Ready To Alter, Exhibition review - Arunanshu Chowdhury	Art and Deal		Vol. 5, No. 1, Issue No. 23, 2007 pp. 102-105		4-2020
Art Forms and Forms of Art- Beyond Definition, Exhibition Review	artconcerns.com. e journal				4-2020
Imagined Realities - Exhibition review	Mattersofart.com e journal				4-2020
Red Earth Gallery Annual show, Exhibition Review	matterofart.com. e journal				4-2020
Some conundrums in Krishna Paintings	A Festival of Krishna, Harsh Dehejia (ed.), Roli Books, New Delhi		375-376	9788174365125	4-2020
Parimoo’s Chaurapanchashika: Iconography of a Nayika, Jehangir Art Gallery, 16th-22nd Jan.2008	Exhibition Catalogue				4-2020
Parimoo's Chaurapanchashika: Iconography of a Nayika Exhibition Review	artconcerns.com e journal				4-2020
Hub 2008 A Contemporary Parampara, Catalogue Essay for an exhibition of twenty four artists, Baroda, 12th – 19th Oct. 2008	Exhibition Catalogue				4-2020
Hub 3 2010, Catalogue Essay for an exhibition of twenty-one artists, Baroda, 27th – 30th Nov. 2010	Exhibition Catalogue				4-2020
Hub: Contemporary Parampara - Overview	artconcerns.com, e journal				4-2020
Feb Group Show 2008 Exhibition review	Art India Magazine		22		4-2020
In Pursuit of the Trivial: Indrapramit Roy	Art and Deal	6	Vol. 6. No.1, Issue No.27, 2009 pp. 104-107		4-2020
Exhibition review, Feb Group ShowGallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, 6th–15th Feb. and The Red Earth Gallery, Baroda, 20th Feb. – 8th March	artconcerns.com, e journal				4-2020
There are in our existence spots of time Heeral Trivedi Exhibition Review	Art and Deal		Vol. 6, No. 2, Issue no. 28, 2009 pp. 124-126		4-2020
Constructing the Memory of a Room: A Journey between Resurrection and Enshrinement - Gargi Raina -Profile	Art and Deal		Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue No. 30 pp. 76-80		4-2020
Jyotsana Bhatt: Profile	Art and Deal		Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue No. 30 pp. 49-51		4-2020
Cutting Chai Exhibition review	Indian Contemporary Art Journal		Vol. 1, Issue III pp. 69-70		4-2020
Clamoring for Space: ‘Women’ as ‘Artists’ in the Early 20th Century	Historical Development of Contemporary Indian Art 1880-1947, Parimoo Ratan and Sarkar Sandip (ed.), Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi		365-379	8187507357	4-2020
Novel Trends in Sculpture	VARTA		Vol. 2, No. 1, 2010. pp. 10-17		4-2020
Ganjifa - Prints on a deck of Cards Exhibition review	Art and Deal	7	Vol. 7, No. 1, Issue No. 31, 2010. pp. 163		4-2020
Bhupen Burman: A Retrospective Exhibition review	Art and Deal		Vol. 7, No. 2, Issue No. 32. pp. 161-162		4-2020
Moving Cities Exhibition review of Maneesha Doshi's works	Art and Deal		Issue 34, Vol. 7, No. 4	9788190996914	4-2020
Select catalogue entries of artists	Vernacular in the Contemporary (Part I), Annapurna Garimella, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, 2011	1	1 & 61	9788192139302	4-2020
Select catalogue entries of artists	Vernacular in the Contemporary (Part II), Annapurna Garimella, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, 2011.		3 & 41	9788192139302	4-2020
N C Mehta: An aficionado of Indian Music	N C Mehta Collection: Gujarati School and Jaina Manuscript Paintings, Vol. I, Ratan Parimoo, Gujarat Museum Society, Ahmedabad 2010		20-23	9788192044606	4-2020
Catalogue Essay, Tribal and Folk Art, Red Earth Art Gallery, Baroda	Exhibition Catalogue,Red Earth Art Gallery, Baroda		1-14		4-2020
Review of ceramic artist Vinod Daroz	Bombay Art Journal				4-2020
Parimoo's Chaurpanchashika: Iconography of a Nayika	Kala Traimasik, Lalit Kala Akademi, UP, (ed.) Awdhesh Mishra	38	68-71		4-2020
Her Presence in Mewar Paintings of Sursagar	Radha: From Gopi to Goddess, Harsh Dehejia (ed.), Niyogi Books, New Delhi 2014		59-67		4-2020
Rajasthani Ragamala Paintings	N.C Mehta Collection, Rajasthani, Central Indian, Pahari and Mughal Paintings, Vol. II, Ratan Parimoo (ed.), Gujarat Museum Society, Ahmedabad		145-194		4-2020
Women’ as ‘Artists’ in the Early Twentieth Century	Gender and Art, Women’s Studies Research Center, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences	1	12-14		4-2020

Refresher/Orientantion Course

Name	Course Type	Organising University	Organising Institute	Organising Department	Centre	Start Date	End Date
Refresher course in Fine and Performing Arts	Refresher	HRDC University of Madras, Chennai	HRDC University of Madras, Chennai	HRDC University of Madras, Chennai	HRDC University of Madras, Chennai	28-10-2020	10-11-2020
38TH Orientation Programme	Orientation	UGC – HRDC, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar	UGC- HRDC	UGC- HRDC	UGC-HRDC	21-8-2017	17-9-2017
In Service course in Methodology of Teaching for Fresh and newly appointed Lecturers	Staff training conducted by the university	The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.	Center of Advance Study in Education	Faculty of Education and Psychology	Dept. of Education	15-9-2014	25-9-2014

Participation in Academic Bodies of other Universities

Academic Body	Participated As	Submission Date
Board of Studies, Parul University	Member, Board of Studies	5-4-2020

Participation in Committees of University

Committee Name	Level	Participated As	Submission Date
IQAC COMMITEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	24-6-2023
IQAC COMMITEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	24-6-2023
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	8-4-2021
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	8-4-2021
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	8-4-2021
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	5-4-2020
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	5-4-2020
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	5-4-2020
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	5-4-2020
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	5-4-2020
IQAC COMMITTEE	University	FACULTY COORDINATOR	5-4-2020

Awards

Name of Awarding Agency	Details	Address of Awarding Agency	Level	Date
University Grants Commission	For Ph. D	UGC of India New Delhi	National	15-6-1994
University Grants Commission	For Ph. D	UGC, New Delhi.	National	15-6-1992
Nehru Trust for the Indian Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London	For documentation	Nehru Trust for the Indian Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi.	International	1-1-1994

Extension

Name	Activitiy Name	Level	Sponsered Name	Date
Two days workshop on technique of enameling and jewelry making	Development of craft skills	College	Others	5-2-2001
Creative skills development for children	Development of craft skills and creativity using various mediums, objects and techniques	College	Others	5-11-1997
Creative skills development for children	Development of craft skills and creativity using various mediums, objects and techniques	College	Others	20-2-1996
Workshop on drawing and painting	Developing creativity in children	College	Others	15-3-2000
Tie and Dye and Technique of Enamelling	Interacting with adults and introducing them to various craft methods	College	Others	12-11-1997
15 days workshop on creative activities and skills for children	Development of craft skills and creativity using various mediums, objects and techniques	College	Others	10-5-1998
10 days Creative activities for childrren	Development of craft skills and creativity using various mediums, objects and techniques	College	Others	1-5-1999
Creative activities	workshop with children aged 3 to 12, engaging them with motor skills and creativity	College	Others	1-4-2000

Teacher Talks

Title	Participated as	Place	Date
Exploring Baramasa: The Ritu Kavya, A Talk on Baramasa Paintings	Invited Speaker	Ahmedabad	27-6-2025
Swaras, Ragas and Ragamala Paintings	Invited Speaker	Bengaluru	15-6-2025
‘Play: Experiments with Indian Miniatures’ on ‘Narratives in Miniature Painting.	Invited Speaker	Bengaluru	7-10-2023
IGNCA Regional Center Vadodara Foundation Day celebration on ‘Tales and their Pictorial Tellings – Tradition of Manuscript Illustration.	Invited Speaker	Vadodara	19-3-2023
Taking Stock: The State of Art History in 21st Century India’ organised by Centre for Art and Society Baroda	Discussant	Vadodara	17-3-2023
Folk and Tribal Art and Indian Aesthetics	Resource Member	Indian Institute of Craft and Design, IICD - Jaipur	6-10-2014
Introduction to Indian and Western Art	Resource Member	Ahmedabad	18-8-2014
Indian art and Aesthetics	Resource Member	Indian Institute of Craft and Design, IICD - Jaipur	8-10-2011
Exploration in Tribal and Folk Art forms of India	Resource Member	Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture, Rajkot.	4-10-2010
Concept of Visual Narrative and Use of Narrative Devices in Traditional Indian Paintings	Invited Speaker	For Post Graduate Graphic Design students from Institute of Design, Ahmedabad	22-7-2010
History of Art	Resource Member	School of Interior Design, Institute of Environmental Design, D.C. Patel School of Architecture, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat	5-1-1998