Rahul Jain is an Indian

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, art historian and author. Born in Delhi in 1963, he founded ''ASHA'', a textile workshop engaged in promoting the traditional Indo-Iranian weaving techniques in

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in 1993 and is reportedly contributing to the revival of the dying art form of

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on traditional Indian

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s. He employs silver and gold threads on pure Indian, Iranian, and Turkish silk and his motifs are known to be Mughal,

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and Ottoman inspired. Jain has authored a book on textile art, ''Rapture - The Art of Indian Textiles'', which describes the history of Indian textile art for 500 years. He has also published two more books, ''Mughal Patkas Ashavali Saria and Indo-Ground Fragments in the Collections of the Calico Museum of Textiles and the Sarabhai Foundation'', a book on the historical techniques used in textile weaving and ''Handcrafted Indian Textiles: Tradition and Beyond'', a book on design, techniques and aesthetics. Jain was shortlisted for the Jameel Prize III, an international award for contemporary Islamic art. He was honoured by the

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in 2015 with

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. __NOTOC__

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* Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Living people 1963 births Scientists from Delhi Indian textile designers Indian art historians 20th-century Indian designers 20th-century Indian historians {{India-artist-stub

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