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{{short description|Indian painter and sculptor from Maharashtra}}
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'''Pramod Kamble''' (born 11 August 1964) is an Indian artist as painter, sculptor and creative painter.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/-/articleshow/9415820.cms|title=यू. म. पठाण, प्रमोद कांबळे यांचा बहुमान|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref> He is a promoter of pushing eco-friendly idols, with NGOs promoting Ganapatis made of clay and painted in natural colours for a safer festival. He teaches classes on making such eco-friendly idols during Ganesh festival.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Activists-citizens-promote-eco-friendly-Ganeshotsav/articleshow/9782572.cms|title=Activists, citizens promote eco-friendly Ganeshotsav | Pune News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Early life==
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Kamble was born in 1964 in the family of artists. The painting and sculpture making skills has come from his father and forefathers, who were artists, too. His father was an eminent water colour artist and principal of an art institute. He won the National Talent Scholarship for sculpture in Std. 7th. He did his Foundation course and Art Teacher Diploma in [http://pragatkalamahavidyalaya.com/ Pragat Kala Mahavidyalaya], [[Ahmednagar]]. Then he joined Sir [[JJ School of Arts]], [[Mumbai]].

==Career==
=== Notable portraits, creative paintings and sculptures ===
* Demonstration of 6 ft. clay panel of Belur Krishna to the Russian delegates who visited his college. Theme monuments of scientists viz. [[Albert Einstein]], [[Isaac Newton|Newton]], [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] and [[Aryabhatt]] in a residential project in Pune. Ten huge sets which comprises paintings and sculptures of majestic size on the life of Swami Narayan at Swami Narayan temple at Baroda.
* Sculptures of 52 life size models of wild animals has been put up on a permanent Installation in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Pune]], [[Mumbai]], [[Nasik]] etc.
* 'The Spirit'- A pencil drawing on the wall of dimension 90 ft. by 10 ft. depicting a brief history of evolution of Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC), the theme trophy cast in silver for the Silver Jubilee celebrations (MIRC), and the prestigious War Memorial (MIRC).
* 1:5 scaled model of Abhay tank for Vehicle Research Development and Establishment (VRDE),Charger at ACC&S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pramodkamble.com/paint-live.html|title=Pramod Kamble|website=www.pramodkamble.com}}</ref>
* Wild animal Sculptures for West Indies<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/-/articleshow/12902062.cms|title=नगरच्या हरणांचे वेस्ट इंडिजमध्ये स्थलांतर|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref>
* A 70-foot-tall statue of Sai Baba at the prasadalay in Shirdi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?|title=Animal Kingdom}}</ref>

===Donations by sketching===
During calamities he collected donations from common people sketching them on the streets of Ahmednagar city and donated the amounts to relief funds of [[1993 Latur earthquake|Killari earthquake]], [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|Bhuj earthquake]] and [[Kargil war]] respectively.

===Save the environment initiative===
He is promoting the idea of clay idol to be install in each and every house during the Ganapati festival and through this innovative workshop to teach the making of Ganapati idols to each individuals participating the workshop. He is promoting for idols of clay instead of Palter of Paris which are not easy to dissolve in the water. He has taken many workshops in the schools and colleges of Ahemdnagar and teaching the participants for the same. In Mumbai, the height of Ganesh idols is too high. In that case, he suggested to use fiberglass idols instead of plaster of Paris. His wife Swati supports him in this initiative.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=2385064|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130706122322/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=2385064|title=मातीच्या गणेशमूर्तींसाठी लोकप्रबोधन|archivedate=6 July 2013}}</ref>

===Sare Jahan Se Achcha Project===
{{Main|Sare Jahan Se Achcha (pencil sketch)}}

A very large pencil drawing "Sare Jahan Se Achcha" – 70 ft. by 20 ft. in dimension was drawn by Kamble. The project started in the year 1996 and was completed on the eve of Independence of 1997. It commemorates the Nation on the occasion of 50 years of Independence on the specially prepared wall of Mahavir Art Gallery in [[Ahmednagar]]. This drawing portrays [[Bharat Mata]] and almost 500 notable people including sages, deities, freedom fighters, Bharat Ratna awardees, Dadasaheb Phalke awardees, GyanPeeth awardees, Param Vir Chakra recipients and the masters in various fields of life that includes sports-persons, musicians, dancers, painters, theatre personalities, singers, social activists and industrialists.

==Awards and achievements==
* Govt. of India Scholarship CCRT for Sculpture
* Maharashtra State Award for Painting - 1979-80
* Maharashtra State Award for Sculpture - 1981
* 1st Award for J J School of Art Annual Exhibition - 1981-82
* Special award for Art Society of India for Sculpture - 1983
* Advocate club of Mumbai, Award for Calligraphy - 1983
* Logo design award for mental hospital - 1984
* Maharashtra state award for painting - 1984
* Portrait painting award from Bombay art society Mumbai - 1984
* Special award for sculpture in J J School Art annual art exhibition - 1984
* Ashok Jain award for pencil drawing - 1984
* Maharashtra state award for drawing - 1986
* CEAD award for calligraphy - 1983
* CEAD organised art exibution social service campaign award - 1990
* Rotary club of Ahmednagar - Lifetime achievement award for "Sare jahan se achha" project - 1999
* Felicitation from INdian Army Regiment MIRC for sculpting the War memorial and silver jubilee Trophy - 2005
* Savedi bhusan award 0 2005
* Mahatma Phule lifetime achievement award - 2010
* Shilpgaurav Puraskar – 2013 in Pune by B.R. Khedkar Pratishtan, [[Pune]]
* Bombay Art Society, Art Society of India awards
* Awards in the Applied Art category in the theme communicating National Integration
* Kalagaurav Puraskar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/-/articleshow/9603306.cms|title=कांबळेंचा साहित्यिकांवर हल्लाबोल|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref>
* Kala Gaurav Puraskar in 2011<ref name="auto"/>
* World Records of India in 2014 & 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldrecordsindia.com/2014/11/12/most-people-participate-in-eco-friendly-ganesha-making-workshop/|title=MOST PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN ECO-FRIENDLY GANESHA MAKING WORKSHOP}}</ref>
[[File:Shipgaurav Puraskar - 2013 - Pramod Kamble.jpg|thumb|Shilpgaurav Puraskar – 2013 was awarded to Pramod Kamble]]

==Works==
===Sculpture===
* [[Shivaji]]
* Various sculptures in [[Ahmednagar]] city

===Works on wall===
* ''[[Sare Jahan Se Achcha (pencil sketch)|Sare Jahan Se Achcha]]'' containing sketches of 500 renounced personalities of [[India]]
* A pencil drawing on a wall in the central hall of the Alpha Mess at the Mechanised Infantry Regimental Center (MIRC), Ahmednagar

===Other projects===
* Eco-friendly idols during Ganesh festival

==References==
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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian portrait painters]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:Indian male sculptors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian sculptors]]

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