The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Eberhard Fischer, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 4 April 2012.
Eberhard Fischer was born in
Berlin, Germany on 15 October 1941.[2] He is an ethnologist and art historian who is known to have researched on the heritages of India[6][7][8][9] and other African and Asian places.[10] He is a former Director of
Rietberg Society and serves as its president.[4] He is also the Secretary General of the Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad (SLSA).[11] Fischer has authored several books on art and ethnic heritage[12][13] and has contributed to the publication of many others.[14][15] He has also produced Nainsukh,[16] a 90 mins feature film in
Dogri language with English subtitles, in 2010, with filmmaker
Amit Dutta .[17] The
Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of
Padma Shri in 2012.[4][18] After receiving the award on 4 April 2012, Fischer donated his collection of over 40 books to
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.[18]
Awards
2012: Received the fourth highest Indian civilian award of
Padma Shri.
^"Padma Shri"(PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from
the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^Eberhard Fischer (1977). Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India. International Publications Service. p. 80.
ISBN978-0800201784.
^Eberhard Fischer (2008). The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 192.
ISBN978-3907077078.
^Eberhard Fischer (Author), Haku Shah (Contributor), Jyotindra Jain (Contributor) (2014). Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India. Niyogi Books. p. 300.
ISBN978-9383098156. {{
cite book}}: |author= has generic name (
help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
^Eberhard Fischer; Dinanath Pathy (2008). Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 256.
ISBN978-3907077214.
^Eberhard Fischer (2008). Guro: Masks, Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast. Prestel. pp. 52o.
ISBN978-3791339412.
^"Kuensel". Kuensel. 17 November 2014. Archived from
the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
^Amit Dutta, Eberhard Fischer (2010).
Nainsukh (Documentary). Kangra: Films Division. Archived from
the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
Dinanath Pathy (1981).
Mural Paintings in Orissa. Foreword By Eberhard Fischer. Bhubaneshwar: Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi.
Eberhard Fischer (1977). Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India. International Publications Service. p. 80.
ISBN978-0800201784.
Eberhard Fischer (2008). The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 192.
ISBN978-3907077078.
Eberhard Fischer (Author), Haku Shah (Contributor), Jyotindra Jain (Contributor) (2014). Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India. Niyogi Books. p. 300.
ISBN978-9383098156. {{
cite book}}: |author= has generic name (
help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
Eberhard Fischer; Dinanath Pathy (2008). Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae). University of Washington Press. p. 256.
ISBN978-3907077214.