Tanya Dutt works at the intersection of arts, culture, and socio-economic development, addressing challenges in remote communities through research and the multivalent use of hyper-local heritage resources. An arts and culture manager and researcher, she has lived and worked in Japan, Italy, Cambodia, Australia, the UK, and across remote regions of India. Her practice focuses on sustainable arts regeneration and creative and cultural industries (CCI) management, transforming local challenges into meaningful, long-term outcomes. This work has been recognised with the ART Think South Asia (ATSA) Fellowship (2017) and the South–South Arts Fellowship (2022).

Through ecosystem mapping and research on cultural sectors and arts management in South Asia and beyond, she contributes to knowledge production and exchange among cultural practitioners, advocating for more holistic and inclusive cultural policy-making. Alongside her research, Tanya sustains a socially engaged art practice through writing. She is Consulting Editor at TAKE on Art magazine and serves on the Advisory Panel of An AI of Our Own.