Hemlata Pradhan is a coveted Botanical Illustrator who paints Orchids and other plants and immortalizes them on paper.She has acquired a Diploma in Botanical Illustration with distinction from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England through scholarship from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Canada. In 2000, she was sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, U.K. to do her Master’s in Natural History Illustration and Ecological Studies from the Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
She is the winner of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold Medal as well as the 18th world Orchid Conference Gold Medal for her paintings of Indian Jewel Orchids and the Indian Wild Orchids in habitat. Most of her works are housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.
At present, she is deeply involved in setting up a Natural History Art Institute in Kalimpong, District Darjeeling, West Bengal, and getting Natural History Illustration recognition as a Fine Art subject in India.
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