1. Deepak Shimkhada was born on September 5,1945 and is a Nepalese-American with a diverse professional background, including work as an Asian art historian, educator, writer, editor, and painter.
19 Facts About Deepak Shimkhada
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Deepak Shimkhada currently serves as an adjunct professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and has previously held visiting and adjunct positions at several US universities, including Scripps College, Claremont Graduate University, California State University, Northridge, University of the West, and Claremont School of Theology.
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Deepak Shimkhada's teaching career began in 1980, and while he has retired from full-time teaching, he continues to teach Asian art part-time at Chaffey College.
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Deepak Shimkhada holds the position of founding president in two organizations, namely the Foundation for Indic Philosophy and Culture and the Himalayan Arts Council.
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Deepak Shimkhada's leadership extended to serving as the Chair of the Hindu Council on the Board of Visitors for the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University from 2006 to 2012.
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Deepak Shimkhada has an extensive publication record, including journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, and edited books.
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Deepak Shimkhada attended JP High School in Kathmandu and completed SLC in 1960.
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Deepak Shimkhada completed IA in Economics from Saraswati College in Kathmandu in 1962.
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In 1962, upon receiving a scholarship from the Government of India, Deepak Shimkhada left for India to pursue higher education in fine arts.
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Deepak Shimkhada studied at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and received a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1968.
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Deepak Shimkhada received his master's degree in fine arts with a focus on art criticism in 1970 from the same university.
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Deepak Shimkhada is considered among the first few Nepalis to immigrate to the US Deepak Shimkhada earned his Master of Arts in art history from the University of Southern California in 1975.
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Deepak Shimkhada earned his PhD in Education from Claremont Graduate University in 2001.
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Deepak Shimkhada's dissertation was in art and religion using semiotics as a methodology to analyze them.
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Deepak Shimkhada had several private shows of his works in Beverly Hills, California in 1973 and 1974.
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Deepak Shimkhada exhibited his last work in Chicago Public Library in 1977.
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Deepak Shimkhada began his teaching career as a lecturer of Asian art history at Scripps College in Claremont, California, in 1980.
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Deepak Shimkhada began contributing articles on Nepali art, culture, philosophy, and religion to various newspapers and journals in Nepal during the early 1970s.
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Deepak Shimkhada's published works explore the interconnectedness of these subjects.