Dr Sampa Biswas has done her Ph.D. in Art History from Kala Bhawan, Santiniketan, West Bengal. She is the author of scholarly papers and studies on Japanese Art, Central Asia, including the book Indian Influence on the Art of Japan (2010). At present she is teaching Art of China and Japan, Buddhist Art of Central Asia, and Art of South-East Asia in the Department of History of Art, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, as a visiting scholar.