User:Maitreyeeshovakar

Name: Maitreyee Shovakar '''Born On: February 11th 1969 Education Qualification: MSC Mathematics PGDCA In Painting under Guru and Artist Sir Shri Gopinath Das''' Address: 29 Girish chandra bose road, Kolkata 700014 WB Mobile No: +91 98360 50701

She was brought up by her grandparents from infancy under strict disciplinarianship in an orthodox family background. She completed her schooling from Calcutta Girls High School, Graduation from Lady Brabourne College and later Masters in Mathematics from Calcutta University with PGDCA in computers. Her ancestral surname ” Shovakar ” comes from her ancestors who were court poets of King Ballal Sen.of Bengal. Her maternal ancestors Lt.Manmathanath Chakrabarty first founded the art in Kolkata college and ran it privately. This college now stands as Indian Art College affiliated to Rabindrabharati University. A quiet and lone child, she was always submerged in creation of painting, stories or poems from her childhood, drawing her thoughts from Nature or the Infinite sky. Her talent clicked at the age of three when she started re I ting reciting in ” Sishumahal ” program me at Akashvani .At the age of five she received her first prize in a local painting competition whereby the family thought to train her up under a proper guidance. The search ended when she was blessed under the expert guidance of Art Maestro Lt.Shri Gopinath Das.

PASSION PALETTE YMCA: 1st Prize Year of 1977, 1978, 1980, Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Committee: 1st Prize Year of 1980, 1st Prize Year of 1982, Rabindra Bharti Society: 3rd Prize Year of 1979, Rotary Club of Kolkata: 1st Prize Year of 1980, 2nd Prize Year of 1981, Calcutta University institute: 3rd Prize Year of 1976, World Wildlife Fund (Eastern Zone): Year of 1982 the award given as chosen artist, W.B.Govt.Sishu Utsav(International) year of the Child: 2rd Prize Year of 1979, International Children Flim Festival: 1st Prize Year of 1980, Org. by Cine Central (Kolkata), Nehru Children Museum: 3rd Prize Year of 1978, 2nd Prize Year of 1979, 1980, Holiday Nepal Children Flim Festival: 1st Prize Year of 1981, The USSR Consulate General, (The Cultural Department) Kolkata: 1st Prize Group A Year of 1979, Cultural Department, Camel Art Contest – Eastern Zone, 5th Prize Year of 1978 2nd Prize Year of 191984, Calcutta Alipore Round Table Contest: 1st Prize Year of 1979, 2nd Prize Year of 1980 (Awarded By the Governor of West Bengal), Shankar’s International Children Competition: Silver Medal Year of 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984 (Awarded By the President of India).