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Leadership
Priya N. Shah
A visionary leader with 20+ years in cultural preservation and museum curation across South Asia.
Director of Innovation & Learning
Priya Shah leads the initiative’s future-facing work in education, digital engagement, and interdisciplinary learning. Her role helps ensure that Mithila painting can be meaningfully connected to younger audiences and contemporary cultural practice without losing its depth or specificity.
Current work includes
- Shaping ideas for educational and youth-facing programs
- Developing approaches to digital interpretation and cultural storytelling
- Helping define the role of innovation within the future museum
- Exploring how painting traditions can connect to contemporary learning models