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'''Om Prakash Jain''' (born 1929) is an [[India]]n art collector, patron and philanthropist. He is the Founder-President of the [[Sanskriti Pratishthan]] (Sankriti Foundation), established in 1979, which runs the [[Sanskriti Kendra Museum]]s at Anandagram, Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sustainable Sanskriti|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sustainable-sanskriti/794514|work=The Indian Express|date=23 May 2011|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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He has remained the convenor of the [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage]] (INTACH) for 15 years.<ref name=teh13>{{cite news|title=OP Jain – The Pragmatic Philanthropist|url=http://tehelka.com/op-jain-the-pragmatic-philanthropist|date=16 February 2013|issue=7|volume=10|publisher=Tehelka|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref> He has been a promoter of Neemrana Fort Palace Hotels.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Jain was born and brought up in a business family in [[Old Delhi]], where his family has an office at [[Chawri Bazar]]. Without much formal education, he joined the family paper-trading business at an early age. It was a chance meeting with writer [[Mulk Raj Anand]], in the 1970s, that inspired him to work for art and cultural heritage conservation.<ref name=teh13/><ref name=dec13/><ref>{{cite news |title=Czar of culture|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001105/spectrum/scene.htm|work=The Tribune|date=5 November 2000|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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He spent many years collecting everyday functional objects, like kitchen and household items, made by artisans. In 1984, he set up a small museum with his private collection at the basement of his Kinari Bazaar house in [[Chandni Chowk]] area. 10 years later, the collection shifted to the Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art, at Anandagram{{snd}} an artist village, he established on the outskirts of Delhi.<ref name=dec13>{{cite news|title=Extraordinary collection of everyday art|author=Baishali Adak|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/333786/extraordinary-collection-everyday-art.html|work=Deccan Herald|date=22 May 2013|access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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Subsequently, the Museum of Terracotta Art and Textile were also established.<ref name=NY>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1DA163AF933A05752C1A9659C8B63&fta=y WHAT'S DOING IN; Delhi] Travel, New York Times, 30 November 2003, pg. 2.</ref><ref name=fin03>{{cite news|title=Business Backs Art|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/business-backs-art/71610/0|publisher=The Financial Express|date=26 January 2003|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]], in 2003, for his contribution to the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-10}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/board.htm O. P. Jain, Founder President] [[Sanskriti Foundation]]<br />
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