Aditi Nayar-Zacharias is the Museum Director of the Kerala Museum, MNF, in Kochi. She is an artist and arts manager who is passionate about making the museum a fun place for everyone. She works across a variety of media, from video and audio installations to kinetic sculpture, latex, fiberglass, rope, and oil on canvas. As a creative practitioner, her emphasis on concept is supported by a strong experimental technique. She began exhibiting multimedia artwork at galleries in 2005 while also designing art workshops for young audiences and developing animated content for the distance learning program, EDUSAT. She joined the Kerala Museum, Madhavan Nayar Foundation, in 2018, where she had first curated the collection of Modern Indian Art in 2010. As its director, she designs meaningful ways for people to engage, participate, and grow with the Museum.
Representation of Children and Childhood in Children`s Literature