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282 seminars, talks and conferences, including 84 organised, 6 international and 31 national invited lectures, 11 webinars as resource person and 7 session chairs.
Foundations of Form: Mastery in Roman & Devanagari Calligraphy
Six-day intensive with the Faculty of Visual Arts, Department of Applied Arts and The Calligraphy Foundation.
IDE Bootcamp 2026
Typoyatra 2026: Experimental Typography through Nature
Special speaker at Typoyatra 2026, ‘From Script to Statement’.
Film Appreciation Workshop: 'Cinema as an Art of the 20th Century'
With the film collective FilmiBaithak.
Banaras Chronicles 2.0: featured photographer
Strategy for Campaign Planning in Advertising Design
International Art Exchange: Lithuanian artist Aušra Kiudulaitė at BHU
Mapping Cultures: workshop at IIT Delhi (ICDHS14)
Cultural storytelling through educational board games.
VISUAL.EXE 26: Department of Applied Arts student exhibition
GalleryFilms, recorded talks and photographsRecent films and recordings from his YouTube channel, photographs from workshops, exhibitions and conferences, and the places to follow him online.Open the galleryConferences and seminars organised84
- 2025Workshop ‘Mapping Cultures: Designing Edu-Board Games for Cultural Storytelling’, ICDHS14, New Delhi
- 2025Swavlambini Women Entrepreneurship Programme with NIESBUD (one-day event, March; five-day FDP, 1–5 Sep)
- 2025Workshops: Fundamentals of Broad Edge Calligraphy (17–22 Mar), Digital Illustration (7–9 Feb), The Importance of Research in Art (12–14 Sep); World Photography Day (19–23 Aug); SPANDAN photography contest (3–6 Mar)
- 2024Organising Secretary, IDE Bootcamp Phase III (MIC & AICTE), 29 Apr – 3 May 2024, BHU
- 2024Co-Convener: international workshop ‘Art Expression & Performance Design’ (OISTAT, Taiwan); ‘Crystal Glaze’ workshop and exhibition; lecture series ‘Critical Perspective on Modern Art’ by Prof. Shivaji K. Panikkar
- 2023Conference Chair, TYPODAY 2023, international conference, 26–28 Oct 2023, BHU
- 2021Conference Co-Chair, ‘Indian Art Craft & Heritage’, 24–25 Sep 2021, with Woxsen University
- 2021IMPRESS lecture series on digital advertising and the environment; national virtual seminar ‘Dialogues on Future Generation’
- 2012–2019Organising Secretary for Kalakshar (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019), Design Picnic (2018), ‘Modern Trends in Advertising’ (2012)
Selected invited lectures37
- 2026Special lectures on marketing, packaging and branding for MSMEs in Robertsganj (8–9 Jan), Ghazipur (16 Jan) and Mau (29 Jan)
- 2025Reviewer and Scientific Committee member, ICDHS-14, IIT Delhi (10–12 Oct 2025); Panel Advisor, ICCI’25, Chandigarh University
- 2024Keynote, ‘Art and Beyond’ international conference, Amity University Lucknow; guest speaker, MIT-ADT University Pune; IDE Bootcamp Phase II, Karnavati University
- 2023Panel Expert, Asia Art Future Award, Hong Kong Baptist University; IDE Bootcamp, NITTTR Chennai; MSME Development Office seminars
- 2022Panel Expert, Global Impact Summit, Woxsen University; 12th Yunus Social Business Day, BIMTECH Noida
- 2021Panel Expert, Flexible Academic Programme (NEP 2020), IIIT Allahabad; guest speaker, IIIT Delhi
- 2019Keynote, ‘Success story of social innovation and product designing’, Panjab University; 2nd All India DIC Meetup, SPA New Delhi
- 2018National seminar ‘CHHAP’, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune
- 2014‘Graphic Design for Health Communication’, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (28 Jan 2014)
- 2013Expert, Gates Foundation ‘Records for Life’ project, MICA, Baltimore (11–13 Oct 2013)
- 2010‘Shakti Deities of Varanasi’, Asia@noon, University at Buffalo (5 Feb 2010)
Published interviews5
- 2018‘Career in Visual Arts’, IGNOU FM Gyanwani, Varanasi
- 2017Red FM interview with Dr. Udaya Kumar, designer of the Rupee symbol
- 2010‘Design your Career through Design’, ‘Career in Advertising’ and ‘Art in Photography’, IGNOU FM Gyanwani
- 2009‘Career in Visual Arts’, Amar Ujala career supplement, all editions
- 2008‘Visual Arts’, IGNOU FM Gyanwani