Kala Samvad | 2nd Group Art Exhibition at Taj Art Galley Mumbai

Kala Samvad Unveiled 2nd Group Art Exhibition at The Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai

Date: 25 April, 2025 | Works of 34 Talented Artists of the Country were Displayed | Curated By Nandoo Sarswati

Kala Samvad organised a 2nd One Day Group Art Exhibition showcasing the incredible works of 34 talented artists, offering a captivating collection of paintings and artworks, spanning a multitude of styles and mediums. Visitors appreciated everything from landscapes and compelling portraits to innovative abstract pieces and thought-provoking contemporary works. This Kala Samvad exhibition was concepted by Rajkumar Sharma and was curated by Shri Nandoo Sarswati. This event was held at Taj Art Gallery, The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai on 25 April 2025, Time: 09.00 am to 08.00 pm.

H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) was Chief Guest and Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra (Founder, Dr. Batra's Healthcare), Prof. Waghmare (Ex. Director of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra), Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai), Mr. Kishor Khabiya Jain (CMD, Khabiya Group, Mumbai), were the Guests of Honor along with Mr. Ganpat Kothari (CMD, Kothari Group, Mumbai), Mr. Mahendra Kalantri (Director, Acclaim Syst. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai), Mr. Jagdish Purohit (Chairman, India Press, Mumbai), Mr. Mogglan Shravasti (Ex Professor, Sir J.J. School of Art Mumbai), Mr. Santosh Pednekar (Assistant Director, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai), Mr. Sandip Prabhakar (Assistant Curator, Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai), Mr. Sanjay Nikam (Artist & Curator, Gandhi Film Foundation Art Gallery Mumbai), Mr. Rajan Jadhav (Founder Director, Answer Group & W.A.C.), Mr. Hemant Samant (Writer & General Secretary, JUM) and Dr Aneel Kashi Murarka (Mirachem Industries) etc were the dignitaries who graced the event.

This event was organised with the motto to promote the artists and their creations which shall enable their recognition and fame," said Shri Rajkumar Sharma of Kala Samvad. He added that the visitors too had the opportunity to explore a stunning array of paintings, sculptures, and more, providing a dynamic experience for every art enthusiast. Nandoo Sarswati who is master in fine art from J.J. School of Arts added that the exhibition aimed to highlight both emerging and established artists, providing a platform for diverse artistic voices within the community and offered a fantastic opportunity to truly connect with the artistic pulse of Mumbai and potentially find a new artist whose work resonates deeply with you.

Artists across India participated in event namely Dr. Uday Bhoir (Dr. & Prof. Principal - Raja Ravi Varma School of Fine Art), Dr. Manoj Singrakhia (Dr. MS, D. ORTH, FCPS, KEM, Mumbai), Dr. Ketan Naik (Dr.), Liloo Batra (MBA), Lina Ramchandra Shinde (G.D.Art [Applied Arts]), Atul Pandit (G.D.Art), Debolina Saha (Ph.D. (Research Scholar), Arti Raj (MBA [IIM]), Neha Chaplot (MBA), Dipayan Ghosh (MBA), Deepika Shah (MBA), Minna Kaushik (MFA (Interior), Nirmal Thakur (MFA), Priyanka Bhise (MFA), Susan Halfhide (PGD [UI-UX Design]), Megha Achrekar (PGD), Vinayak Shinde (BFA), Anshu B. Vishwakarma (BFA (Interior), Deepak Biswal (BFA), Ravidra Laxman (BFA), Arya Ambadekar (B.Arch.), Samidha Lad (B.Arch.), S. Sujaeendera (BA), Alpana Dangi (B.Com), Ritu Jaiswal (BA), Kavita Tambolkar (BA), Vasudha Lavatre (BA), Parshuram Patil (Art Master), Swati Satish Nazare (Art Master), Chandrakant A. Singe (MFA), Urvi Shah (PGD (Interior Design), Sohan Kumar (BFA), Sanjana Ramchandani (B. Com, IATA), Pradnya Wankhade (MA (English Literature).

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) lighting the lamp, accompanied by Guests of Honor Prof. Dr. Waghmare (Former Director, Directorate of Arts, Maharashtra); Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai); Shri Kishore Khabia Jain (CMD, Khabia Group, Mumbai); Shri Mahendra Kalantri (Director, Acclaim Systems Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai); Hemant Samant (Author and General Secretary, JUM), Curator Nandoo Sarswati and other dignitaries

Lighting the lamp: (L-R) Mr. Santosh Pednekar (Assistant Director, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai), Rajendra Bhosle, Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai), Mr. Hemant Samant (Writer & General Secretary, JUM), Curator Nandoo Sarswati, Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), Mr. Kishor Khabiya Jain (CMD, Khabiya Group, Mumbai), Prof. Waghmare (Ex. Director of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra), Mr. Mahendra Kalantri (Director, Acclaim Syst. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai), Organizer Rajkumar Sharma

Lighting the lamp: Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) with invited Guests of Honor Prof. Dr. Waghmare (Former Director, Directorate of Arts, Maharashtra); Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai); Shri Kishore Khabia Jain (CMD, Khabia Group, Mumbai); Mr. Jagdish Purohit (Chairman, India Press, Mumbai), Mr. Hemant Samant (Writer & General Secretary, JUM) and participant artists at the event.

Participant Artist Dr. Uday Bhoir (Dr. Prof. & Principal, Raja Ravi Varma School of Fine Art, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar / Aurangabad) welcoming the Chief Guest H.E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) by presenting a shawl to him.

Participant Artists Dr. Uday Bhoir (Dr. Prof. & Principal, Raja Ravi Varma School of Fine Art, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar / Aurangabad) & Dr. Manoj Singrakhia (Dr. MS, D. ORTH, FCPS, KEM, Mumbai), Dr. Ketan Naik Honouring the Chief Guest H.E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Curator Nandoo Saraswati, Organiser Rajkumar Sharma (Kala Samvad) & Harshit R Sharma welcoming and felicitating the Guest of Honor Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra (Founder, Dr. Batra's Healthcare) by presenting him a painting.

Guests of Honor Padmashree Dr. Mukesh Batra (Founder, Dr. Batra Healthcare) with the Participant Artists.

Participant Artists Arti Raj & Liloo Batra welcoming and felicitating Guest of Honor Prof. Waghmare (Ex. Director of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Sanjana Ramchandani, Minna Kaushik, Neha Chaplot & Sohan Kumar welcoming and felicitating Guest of Honor Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Mr. Rajan Jadhav (Founder Director, Answer Group & W.A.C.), Participant Artists Atul Pandit, Kavita Tambolkar welcoming and felicitating Guest of Honor Mr. Kishor Khabiya Jain (CMD, Khabiya Group, Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Swati Satish Nazare & Nirmal Thakur, welcoming and felicitating Invitees Guest Mr. Mahendra Kalantri (Director, Acclaim Syst. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Debolina Saha & Lina Ramchandra Shinde, welcoming and felicitating Invitees Guest Mr. Jagdish Purohit (Chairman, India Press, Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Susan Halfhide & Dipayan Ghosh, welcoming and felicitating Invitee Guest Mr. Santosh Pednekar (Assistant Director, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists S. Sujaeendera & Samidha Lad, welcoming and felicitating Invitee Guest Sandip Prabhakar & Zheel Naganur (Assistant Curator, Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Parshuram Patil & Priyanka Bhise, welcoming and felicitating Invitee Guest Sanjay Nikam (Eminent Artist & Art Curator, Gandhi Film Foundation Art Gallery Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Deepak Biswal, Megha Achrekar & Urvi Shah, welcoming and felicitating Invitee Guest Rajan Jadhav (Founder Director, WAC & Answer Group) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Anshu B. Vishwakarma & Vinayak Shinde, welcoming and felicitating Invitee Guest Hemat Samant (General Secretary, Journalists Union Of Maharashtra) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Pradnya Wankhade & Ritu Jaiswal, welcoming and felicitating Invitees Guest Ganpat Kothari (CMD, Kothari Group, Mumbai) by presenting him a painting.

Participant Artists Sohan Kumar, Dipayan Ghosh, Arya Ambadekar, & Ritu Jaiswal, welcoming and felicitating Guest Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka (Mirachem Industries) by presenting him a painting.

Kala Samvad | 2nd Group Art Exhibition | Book Launch | At the Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai

L-R: Rajan Jadhav, Santosh Pednekar, Dr. Uday Bhoir, Rajkumar Sharma, Dr. Uttam V. Jain, H.E. Aliaksandr Matsukou, Rajendra Bhosle, Hemant Samat, Kishor Khabiya Jain, Prof. Waghmare, Dipayan Ghosh, Ravidra Laxman, Arya Ambadekar, Sanjana Ramchandani

L-R: Rajkumar Sharma, Debolina Saha, Prof. Waghmare, Santosh Pednekar, Kishor Khabiya Jain, Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra, Priyanka Bhise, Deepika Shah, Samidha Lad & Anshu B. Vishwakarma

L-R: Nandoo Sarswati, Rajendra Bhosle, Hemant Samat, Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra, Kishor Khabiya Jain, Prof. Waghmare, Rajkumar Sharma, Santosh Pednekar, Jagdish Purohit, Mahendra Kalantri, Sanjay Nikam

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) & Guest of Honor Prof. Waghmare (Ex. Director of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra), with Artist Vinayak Shinde's painting with Dr. Uday Bhoir (Dr. & Prof. Principal - Raja Ravi Varma School of Fine Art)

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) & Guest of Honor Prof. Waghmare (Ex. Director of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra), with Artist Dr. Uday Bhoir (Dr. & Prof. Principal - Raja Ravi Varma School of Fine Art)'s painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Dr. Manoj Singrakhia (Dr. MS, D. ORTH, FCPS, KEM, Mumbai)'s & Ritu Jaiswal's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Ritu Jaiswal's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) & Rajendra Bhosle, with Artist Parshuram Patil's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Dipayan Ghosh's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Ravidra Laxman's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Arya Ambadekar's Miniatures.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Dr. Ketan Naik's Sculpture.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Chandrakant A. Singe's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai) & Guest Hemant Samant (Writer & General Secretary, JUM), with Artist Susan Halfhide's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Sohan Kumar's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Sanjana Ramchandani's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Kavita Tambolkar's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Nirmal Thakur's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Kavita Tambolkar & Nirmal Thakur

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist S. Sujaeendera's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Pradnya Wankhade's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Debolina Saha's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Arya Ambadekar's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou, with Artist Pradnya Wankhade, Debolina Saha, Arya Ambadekar.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Samidha Lad's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Anshu B. Vishwakarma's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou, with Artist Priyanka Bhise, Deepika Shah & Anshu B. Vishwakarma

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Liloo Batra’s & Urvi Shah's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Deepak Biswal's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Neha Chaplot's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Lina Ramchandra Shinde's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Arti Raj's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Swati Satish Nazare's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Megha Achrekar's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Atul Pandit's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), with Artist Minna Kaushik's painting.

Chief Guest H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai), Photographer Mukesh Mehra, Rajkumar Sharma

L-R: Sohan Kumar, Rajkumar Sharma, Harshit Sharma, Dr. Uttam V Jain, H.E. Aliaksandr Matsukou, Jagdish Purohit, Nandoo Sarswati

Dr. Uday Bhoir (Dr. & Prof. Principal - Raja Ravi Varma School of Fine Art) with wife, Ganpat Kothari (CMD, Kothari Group, Mumbai), Nandoo Sarswati

Invitee Guests Mahendra Kalantri (Director, Acclaim Syst. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai), with Artist Susan Halfhide's painting.

Guests of Honor Kishor Khabiya Jain (CMD, Khabiya Group, Mumbai), with Artist Kavita Tambolkar

Guests of Honor Kishor Khabiya Jain (CMD, Khabiya Group, Mumbai), with Artist Deepak Biswal

Jagdish Purohit (Chairman, India Press, Mumbai) with Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai)

Invitee Guests Jagdish Purohit (Chairman, India Press, Mumbai) with Artist Neha Chaplot

Guests of Honor Dr. Uttam V. Jain (Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai) Kala Samvad 2nd Group Art Exhibition Catalogues showing.

Hemant Samant (Writer & General Secretary, JUM) & Mogglan Shravasti (Ex Professor, Sir J.J. School of Art Mumbai) with Participant Artists

Prof. Waghmare (Ex. Director of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra) & Santosh Pednekar (Assistant Director, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai), with Dr. Manoj Singrakhia (Dr. MS, D. ORTH, FCPS, KEM, Mumbai)

L-R: Rajkumar Sharma, Urvi Shah, Prof. Waghmare, Alpana Dangi, Santosh Pednekar, Kishor Khabiya Jain, Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra, Arya Ambadekar, Priyanka Bhise, Vasudha Lavatre

L-R: Dipayan Ghosh, Neha Chaplot, Ramesh Karmarkar, Dr Aneel Kashi Murarka, Rajkumar Sharma, Nandoo Sarswati, Sanjana Ramchandani, S. Sujaeendera

L-R: Liloo Batra, Priyanka Bhise, Debolina Saha, Dr Aneel Kashi Murarka, Chandrakant A. Singe, Rajkumar Sharma,

L-R: Mahendra Kalantri, Rajendra Bhosle, H. E. Aliaksandr Matsukou, Nandoo Sarswati, Rajkumar Sharma, Harshit Sharma