The Shamlat Abhiyan is a campaign by the Foundation for Ecological Security. The aim is to create awareness and initiate collective action on the issue of Commons. The Commons or Shamlat span across the rural and urban, rich and poor, taking under its winggrazing lands, forests, groundwater levels, ponds and brooks, indigenous knowledge, the...
Fulbright India
The “US Educational Foundation in India Publicity campaign” for the Fulbright Program was conceived and designed by CMAC. Website: www.fulbright-india.org...
SCERT: “Udaan”, Hindi Book for Class 1st
The SCERT (State Council of Education Research and Training) created a committee to look into content development and design of the books for Delhi state schools. Parthiv Shah, Director, CMAC was invited to be part of the committee and to design the Class one Hindi book “Udaan” which would be used for Hindi classes in...
Delhi University: Book Designs
Two books were designed for Delhi University by CMAC. The first book was an Information/Yearbook and the second, The New Millenium: A New Beginning 2000-2005. Click here for “The New Millenium: A New Beginning 2000-2005”...
NCERT: Social Sciences Books for Classes 8th, 9th & 10th
CMAC was invited by NCERT (The National Council of Educational Research and Training) to design history textbooks for grades 8th, 9th and 10th. NCERT wanted to give book a new look and a refreshing change for the students. These efforts have seen a marked increase of visual elements through the use of graphics, collages,...
Theatre Posters
Parthiv Shah of CMAC has been a visiting faculty at the premier theatre School in India, the National School of Drama providing expertise on the design aspects of NSD’s projects and has also created posters for some of the best known theatre directors such as Prasanna, M.K Raina, Ranjeet Kapur, Mohan Maharshi, Roysten Abel, Anuradha...
Collaborative Photography Exhibitions
TRENT PARKEMinutes to Midnight ‘Minutes to Midnight’ was exhibited for the first time at the Australian Centre for Photography as part of the Sydney Arts Festival in 2005. The exhibition was presented in India by the Australian High Commission with the support of the Australia International Cultural Council. It is a part of the...
Figures, Facts, Feelings: A Direct Diasporic Dialogue
In an era of globalisation, where society is becoming a large melting pot of multiple cultures, the issue of the diaspora stands out in itself. Added to this, the Indian diaspora today constitutes an important, and in some respects unique, force in world culture and therefore augments more understanding. Parthiv Shah’s image-text exhibition- “Figures,...
Maanush
CMAC curated an exhibition “Maanush”, which showcased art works by Haku Shah. The exhibition of paintings, collages and mix-media works was designed and mounted by CMAC at the Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre in Delhi– which traveled to Mumbai and Kolkata. The catalogue which was brought out had poems selected from all over...
The Word is Sacred: Sacred is the Word
CMAC had the opportunity to curate and design an exhibition on the Indian tradition of manuscripts at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, as a part of the Frankfurt Book Fair. The exhibition showcased multiple Indian manuscripts from different time periods. Commissioned by the National Manuscript Mission, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, The...