PADAKANDLA SRINIVASA RAO

Teachers
PADAKANDLA SRINIVASA RAO
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATE
DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
ANU college of Architecture & Planning

MASTERS IN SCULPTURE (MFA)

Academic Qualification

MFA Plastic Art(1998), APSLET(2020)

Professional Career:

Teaching Experience:13 years
Administrative Experience:3 years

Academic Activities :

Organized UGC National seminar and workshop on Indigenous art Contemporary Practice on February - 2023.

My Mission :

My mission is to create art forms mainly with recycled automobile metal scrap in an economic and eco-friendly manner.

My metal junk art sculptures appear in Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Odisha and Telangana.

My Performance :

My performances include sculptures, architectural installations besides murals with tiles. Many of my public artworks are being encouraged by the Central government (Railways), state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and other places.

Professional Achievements:

*Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri.Narendra Modiji Mentioned my Name during His Mann ki Baat Programme on March 28 of 2021.
*Telugu Ratna Award -2022.
*Telugu new year day award (Ugadi Puraskarams) -2018 by Endowments department, and department of Language and Culture, AP government.
*Letters of appreciation from Dvnl. Rly. Manager, SC Rly, Vijayawada & Vice Chancellor, AcharyaNagarjuna University, Guntur,A.P.
*Dr. Pattabhi Kala Peethamu was honored with Sri Bommana Veeravenkata Tatarao Memorial Talent Award, November,2023.
*Letters of appreciation from Dvnl. Rly. Manager, SC Rly, Vijayawada & Vice Chancellor, AcharyaNagarjuna University, Guntur,A.P.
*Naval science and Technological Lab (NSTL).- Visakhapatnam, Exhibited Tableaux, for the Republic Day parade New Delhi–Jan.2003.

Academics and scholarships:

*post-graduate in Fine Arts in Sculpture from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi in 1998, graduation in the same stream from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1995.
*Recipient of Telugu University scholarship and Social Welfare Dept of Andhra Pradesh govt. merit and Lalit Kala Akademy scholarships for freelancing.
*My mentors: Rtd.Prof:Balbir Singh Katt -Bnaras Hindu University, Viranasi Rtd. Prof: G. Ravinder Reddy,Andhra University, Rtd. Prof. V.Ramesh, and Late. Prof: CRS Patnaik, From Andhra University were instrumental in honing my sculpting skills.

Participant In:

*Various exhibitions nationwide to showcase my rare talent.
*Stone carving in Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in 1999.
*Creative sculpture camp organized by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 2002.
*Sculpture camp (fibre medium) organized by Visakha Urban Development Authority (VUDA) in 2005.
*All India Stone Carving camp jointly conducted by Lalit Kala Akademy regional centre, Chennai.
*South zone culture centre in 2007 and 2018at Thanjavur.
*Automobile sculpture camp organized by AP Tourism dept. at Tirupati in 2014 &Kurnool in 2014.
*Automobile sculpture workshop at Shilparamam, Kadapa. Organised by A.P Shilparamam Arts and Crafts & Cultural Society in 2016.
*In national-level automobile scrap culture camp organized by Vijayawada Municipal Corporation in 2016 & 2019.
*In addition to them.
*I have been coordinating Annual art exhibitions in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh between 2015 to 2017.

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  • PADAKANDLA SRINIVASA RAO
    ACADEMIC ASSOCIATE
    DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
    ANU College of Architecture & Planning.
    Acharya Nagarjuna University
    Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur, A.P., India.
    Zip/Pin Code: 522510

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  • Cell: 9246612310

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  • psr.art@gmail.com