Abhinandita D Mathur

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Abhinandita D Mathur
Member of the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR)
Assumed office
December, 2020
Advisor in Delhi government on Culture, Languages, Art and Tourism
In office
February, 2017 – October 5, 2021
Lecturer at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
In office
2017–2021
Personal details
Born (1981-05-14) 14 May 1981 (age 42)
Old Delhi, Delhi, India
CitizenshipIndian
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
EducationGraduate
Alma mater
  • St. Stephen's College, Delhi
  • Queen Mary School
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Artist

Abhinandita D Mathur (born on 14 May, 1981) is a member of the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights.[1] Before this she has served as the Delhi government's culture and tourism advisor.[2]

Early life and career

Abhinandita Mathur was drawn to music and arts from childhood, and her mother persuaded her to study classical music.[3] Mathur completed her graduation from St. Stephens College, Delhi University.[4] Following graduation in 2002, she relocated to Bombay and worked as a researcher and visual artist for six years. She was involved in many endeavors, such as an incredible India photography campaign.[5] She worked as an artist, photographer, and researcher before to entering the AAP government.[6] In a touring performance for a project named "Gender and Place" by the nonprofit organisation PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research), Abhinandita Mathur showed the shifting daily routines of a young girl who went from a village to Bombay.[7] She inaugurated the Art for Change exhibition held from February 5, 2020 to February 11, 2020, at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi.[8] She conceptualized and shot the Incredible India campaign for the Ministry of Tourism. Mathur has also taught community and public art at Delhi's Ambedkar University.[9]

Political career

She has pioneered various measures to diversify Delhi's cultural scene as the cultural advisor.[10] A.D. Mathur has spearheaded a fellowship for 1,000 Delhi street artists, the first of its kind in India.[11] Her personal goal is to encourage and include young women in political activities so that they can express their worries and problems.[12] She has been a speaker of She Represents in the year 2021 at Indian School of Democracy[13] and spoke on the topic "Women, Social Media and Governance" at a hybrid programme with title "She isn’t online… yet: Women and Social Media" organised by India International Centre.[14] Before entering into politics once she persuaded the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to construct a drain that presently transports household trash from flats adjacent to Hauz-e-Shamsi, away from the Hauz.[15]

Awards and Recognition

She underwent a month-long residency at HKAiR in Hong Kong. SARAI (CSDS) granted her an Independent Research Scholarship in 2006 to embark on a photography and research project titled My Building and the Sheher.[16]

References

  1. "DCPCR Members". Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights. New Delhi. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. "Come November, CP's Central Park to turn venue for Delhi govt's language festivals". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. "Inclusion Of Women Means Putting Them In Positions Of Power: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, AAP Leader". She the People. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. "Inclusion Of Women Means Putting Them In Positions Of Power: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, AAP Leader". She the people. New Delhi. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. "Inclusion Of Women Means Putting Them In Positions Of Power: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, AAP Leader". She the People. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. "Abhinandita Dayal Mathur". Citizens for Public Leadership. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  7. "NINA MÖNTMANN on Mumbai". Art Forum. December 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. "2019: 'I ♥ Delhi' Mini-Residency Series". Art for Change. New Delhi. 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. "Abhinandita Dayal Mathur". Citizens for Public Leadership. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. "Inclusion Of Women Means Putting Them In Positions Of Power: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, AAP Leader". She the People. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  11. "Abhinandita Dayal Mathur". Citizens for Public Leadership. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  12. "Inclusion Of Women Means Putting Them In Positions Of Power: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, AAP Leader". She the People. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  13. "Speakers of She Represents". Indian School of Democracy. 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  14. "HYBRID PROGRAMME (She isn't online… yet: Women and Social Media)". India International Centre. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  15. "Reviving nature steeped in history (Green activists in Delhi mobilize support to breathe fresh life into Hauz-e-Shamsi that has been part of Mehrauli's heritage)". The Hindu. Delhi. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  16. "Abhinandita Mathur". Khoj Studios. 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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