Ballot Archive

06 Mar 2025

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Sushma Jansari

Academic degrees, honours etc.

PhD, MA, BA University College London

Profession or occupation

Curator, British Museum

Grounds for election

Dr Sushma Jansari is Curator of South Asia at the British Museum and a Trustee of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. At present, she is preparing a major exhibition and co-authoring an associated book on the origins of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist devotional art in the nature spirits of South Asia (opening May 2025). Dr Jansari was Co-Investigator on the Sloane Lab: Looking back to build future shared collections project, sharing her expertise in co-curation and collecting history (2021-24). She was Lead Curator of the award-winning Manchester Museum South Asia Gallery in partnership with the British Museum (opened 2023) and curator of ancient to mediaeval South Asia in the British Museum’s Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery for China and South Asia (opened 2017). Her first book with UCL Press (2023), Chandragupta Maurya: the creation of a national hero in India was published Open Access. An advocate for sharing the art/history of South Asia to a wide an audience, via social media.

Signatories

The following Fellows have signed this Blue Paper