Ritwika Misra

Ritwika Misra has an MPhil in Social Sciences from the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), and MA & BA in Modern History from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her research interests lie in the history of collecting practices and textiles. Before joining IFA, she worked as a project manager and researcher for an international exhibition and book project. She has worked as Assistant Archivist at the visual archives of CSSSC. She was part of the curatorial team for the exhibitions Accessing the Archive (2016), and City in the Archive (2017). She has also worked as a Research Assistant for Objects, Media Practices, Aesthetics, and Politics: Material Histories and Cultural Imaginaries, India 1940-1960, a project of Max Weber Stiftung, to research, document, and archive the history of publicity and advertisement in India.

Ritwika was a Fellow at Strengthening U.S. - India Professional Collaboration: 5-day Virtual Workshop on Museum Collections and Visitor Engagement (2021). She is a member of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) and recipient of the Samuel H.  Kress Foundation Fellowship, AAMC. Besides this, Ritwika has worked as a consultant researcher for independent film projects.

When not working, she loves doodling, practising her newly developed printmaking skills, and taking long walks.