Ruchira Das is an arts leader with over two decades of experience, currently managing 3 roles; Founder-Director of ThinkArts, Deputy Director of ARThink South Asia (ATSA) & Artistic Director at Arthshila.
She is a Fellow from ATSA (2015) & ISPA (2016 & 2018) and a participant of the Australia Council International Arts Leadership Programme 2018-19.
In Dec 2013 she founded ThinkArts, inspired by the integral role that the arts played in the lives of her two homeschooled daughters. Ruchira also works as an independent consultant in arts and education & has worked with several museums and educational institutions. She curates the annual literary festival for children, Junior Kolkata Literary Meet.
In Sep 2018, she took up an additional role as Deputy Director, ARThink South Asia. She is also a tutor for Strategic Planning in the Arts.
Since July 2020, she is the Artistic Director of Arthshila - a multi art space coming up in Patna, launching in 2021.
- Artistis Director, Arthshila
- Deputy Director, ARThink South Asia
- Curator of the Junior Kolkata Literary Meet
- Director, Pickle Factory Dance Foundation
- Tutor, Strategic Planning in the Arts, for short courses run by ATSA - 2018 onwards
- Participant of Australia International Arts Leadership Programme 2017-18
- One of the 8 artists for Chitpur Local Second Edition
- Participant of NRW International Visitor's Programme - February 2017
- Global Fellow ISPA 2016 & 2018 .
- ARThink South Asia Fellow 2015-16 .
Conversations across the continents: A series of panels discussing cultural linkages between Australian and Indian artists hosted by Arts Nexus (Far North Qld).