Indian scholar Ajit Mookerjee, born December 29, 1915 in Nalia, Faridpur, Bengal, India (now Bangladesh), has had a long and distinguished career as an expert in the field of traditional Indian art. In addition to his directorial posts at museums dedicated to this subject, he has written numerous scholarly books during his three decades of professional activity.
Mookerjee has become best known for his study of Tantrism, an Indian philosophy, and its relationship to the folk art of his native country. He has written extensively on Tantric philosophy and its relationship to Indian folk art, and his books have been translated into several other languages.
Ajit Mookerjee