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| occupation = Pharmacologist<br>Art collector
| yearsactive = Since 1949
| known for = Musée Asiatica
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'''Michael Postel''' is a French pharmacologist, Buddhist and art collector, known for his contribution of the art collections to ''Musée Asiatica'', a [[Biarritz]]-based museum dedicated to Chinese and Indian art.<ref name="Presentation of the site">{{cite web | url=http://www.museeasiatica.com/pressdossier/en/Press-Dossier-puit-de-Patan-English-Version.pdf | title=Presentation of the site | publisher=Musee Asiatica | date=2016 | access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref> He is the founder president of Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals, a drug manufacturing company set up in 1949,<ref name="The Management Team">{{cite web | url=http://www.medindia.net/drugs/manufacturers/franco-indian-pharmaceuticals-pvt-ltd.htm | title=The Management Team | publisher=Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals | date=2016 | access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref> which has now grown into pharmaceutical conglomerate.<ref name="Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals">{{cite web | url=http://www.medindia.net/drugs/manufacturers/franco-indian-pharmaceuticals-pvt-ltd.htm | title=Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals | publisher=Med India | date=2016 | access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref> Postel, who reached India in 1949 on business related to his pharmaceutical company, started collecting Indian art and, over the years, gathered a collection of over 1600 pieces.<ref name="Basking In A Bit Of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/basking-in-a-bit-of-india/208452 | title=Basking In A Bit Of India | publisher=Outlook India | date=2016 | access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref> Later, he donated his entire collection to Musee Asiatica.<ref name="Presentation of the site" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to Art.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=January 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Indian art]]
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[[File:Vue extérieure du Musée Asiatica.JPG|thumb|Musée Asiatica]]

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