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Rajeev Sethi (born 24 May 1949) is a noted Indian designer, scenographer and art curator.[1]
In 1986, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, given Government of India.[2]
Sethi was born in Delhi to freedom fighter parents. His mother, Krishna Sethi was a member of Delhi's first Legislative Assembly and his father Kishorilal Sethi was a businessman and a poet. He also had four elder sisters.[3] He went to Modern School, New Delhi and studied History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[3]
Sethi spent his formative years in Paris, where he first went to study graphic art on a scholarship. Thereafter he trained under painter and printmaker Stanley William Hayter at his studio, Atelier 17. He was mentored by American designers Ray and Charles Eames. Finally he got a chance to work at studio of French designer, Pierre Cardin. Meanwhile, in 1960, he designed Delhi's first discotheque, Cellar at Regal Building, Connaught Place.[3]
He is curator and founder-chairman of the Asian Heritage Foundation.[4] He designed the Jaya He GVK New Museum at the brand new T2 terminal in Mumbai.[5][6]
He is also part of INTACH constituted the first Governing Council.
The Jaya He Museum is spread over three km, an area covering 80,000 sq ft on walls at the Mumbai T2 terminal. The Jaya He GVK New Museum is the metaphorical centerpiece of the majestic new airport terminal.
