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Nadia Samdani
Nadia Samdani () is a British born Bangladeshi businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. She is involved in developing platforms for art and culture in Bangladesh. Along with her husband Rajeeb Samdani, she is the co-founder of Samdani Art Foundation and its headline event the Dhaka Art Summit, which she also leads as its director. She serves as the Vice President of the Alliance Française de Dhaka. In 2022, Samdani was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Queen's Birthday Honours for services to global art philanthropy and supporting the arts in South Asia and the UK. In 2023, she was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters) by the French government. Background Samdani's family moved to Dhaka from the UK in the late 1980s. Career Nadia is a founding committee member of Tate's South Asian Acquisition Committee and is also a member of Tate's International Council. She is a fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajeeb Samdani
Rajeeb Samdani (born 28 March 1974) is a Bangladeshi industrialist and art collector. As of 2021, he is the managing director of Golden Harvest Group, a Bangladeshi conglomerate, and the founder and trustee of Samdani Art Foundation which produces the Dhaka Art Summit. He is the founding committee member and co-chair of the South Asian Acquisition Committee at the Tate in the United Kingdom. He is a member of Tate's International Council and founding members of Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute's Arts Advisory Council in the United States. Career Samdani enrolled at North South University, but never completed his degree. He started his career as a commodity broker with Stemcor at age 23. In 1999, he founded Golden Harvest InfoTech Limited. As the managing director of Golden Harvest Group he expanded the conglomerate beyond information technology into food, logistics, insurance, and real estate. Samdani is a trustee and secretary general of the Banglades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |