Kiran Soni Gupta
Encyclopedia
Kiran Soni Gupta is an Indian Administrative Service
officer of Rajasthan
cadre who is better known as an artist
,women activist, social reformer and humanist. A graduate of Harvard she obtained a MPA Degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government
in 2006 as a Mason Fellow. Kiran is married to Madhukar Gupta (who himself is an Indian Administrative Service
officer) and has two children.
and social entrepreneurship
.
Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....
officer of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
cadre who is better known as an artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
,women activist, social reformer and humanist. A graduate of Harvard she obtained a MPA Degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
in 2006 as a Mason Fellow. Kiran is married to Madhukar Gupta (who himself is an Indian Administrative Service
Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....
officer) and has two children.
The Person
Kiran is known for her sensitivity towards core issues concerning to human welfare at large and women empowerment in particular.Her job also provides her an opportunity to work on the issues she is committed for.She has worked for developing social capitalSocial capital
Social capital is a sociological concept, which refers to connections within and between social networks. The concept of social capital highlights the value of social relations and the role of cooperation and confidence to get collective or economic results. The term social capital is frequently...
and social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
.
Artistic Achievements
- 2009 Artist of the year.
- 2009 Achiever Of the year
- 2008 Desert Symphony,Cottage Art Gallery, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
- 2008 Kala Shiromani Award, JodhpurJodhpurJodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
- 2007 Valparaiso Foundation Fellowship, MojacarMojácarMojácar is a municipality situated in the south east of the Province of Almería in southern Spain, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It is 90 km from the capital of the province, Almería. It is an elevated mountain village displaying the traditional white color from its earlier days...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... - 2006 J K Galbraith Fellowship, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- 2005 Ray Vernon Fellowship, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- 2004 National Award for the painting on “MATTERS OF HEART” in 63rd All India Art Exhibition, Hyderabad
- 2003 National Award for the painting on “FAMINE” in the AIFACS Platinum Jubilee All India Art Exhibition
- 2002 Best Performance Award given by National Bank Agriculture and Rural Development as Chairman of the Cooperative Bank
- 2001 Award for Integrity & Public Service given by Canadian Cultural Organization as District Collector & Magistrate, Ganganagar
- 1999-00 National Productivity Award for best performance as M.D. of the Agricultural Marketing Federation
- 1998-99 National Productivity Award for best performance as M.D. of the Agricultural Marketing Federation
- July 2010 Art Exhibit 'The Great Indian Desert” inaugurated by Lord Swraj Paul on 20 July at 6 pm at Nehru Centre,London