Kadamboor Neeraj is a visual artist and researcher based in Vadodara, Gujarat where he is currently pursuing his Masters in Visual Arts in Art History and Aesthetics from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University of Baroda. Neeraj’s interests lie in modern and contemporary South Asian art and he is currently researching alternative pedagogical models in art schools in the region with a particular focus on fairs and melas in these institutions and how they have shaped their histories and social identities.