Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Paropakar 2026 Art Exhibition Funds Education for Underprivileged Children
A big art show is coming to Hyderabad in August.
It is called Paropakar 2026: Art for Education.
Famous Indian artists made the paintings and sculptures that will be shown.
People can visit the show for free and even buy a piece of art.
When someone buys art, the money helps children go to school.
The money will help build new science labs, a library and job-training centres at a school campus.
Right now, that campus helps about 300 children.
The new buildings are expected to help thousands more kids from nearby villages.
Buying a beautiful painting can help give a child a better future.
Paropakar 2026: Art for Education runs August 15-16 at Spirit Connect, Film Nagar, Hyderabad, with free public entry from 11 am to 6 pm.
Curator Sushma Thota says every rupee raised goes to Nachiketa Tapovan's education work, with nothing retained by the organization.
Works by Akbar Padamsee, Anjolie Ela Menon, Krishen Khanna, Himmat Shah, S.H. Raza, Seema Kohli and Thota Vaikuntam will be shown in formats including prints, serigraphs, etchings, ceramics and sculptures.
Funds will support a new Kodgal campus facility with vocational training centres, science laboratories and a library, expected to benefit another 3,000 to 4,000 children from surrounding villages.
Mudita Tribe, founded by Miheeka Daggubati, and ArtConnect are joining the initiative, which follows Nachiketa Tapovan's four pillars of education, healthcare, spiritual growth and environment.
- Who
- Curator Sushma Thota, artists including Akbar Padamsee, S.H. Raza, Seema Kohli and Thota Vaikuntam, and the charitable trust Nachiketa Tapovan.
- What
- An art exhibition where purchases fund education for underprivileged children through Nachiketa Tapovan.
- When
- August 15 and 16, 2026, from 11 am to 6 pm.
- Where
- Spirit Connect, next to Rama Naidu Studios, Film Nagar, Hyderabad.
- Why
- To raise funds for Nachiketa Tapovan's education programs and a new facility at its Kodgal campus.
- Event
- Paropakar 2026: Art for Education
- Curator
- Sushma Thota
- Dates and Timings
- August 15-16, 2026, 11 am to 6 pm
- Venue
- Spirit Connect, Film Nagar, Hyderabad
- Beneficiary
- Nachiketa Tapovan
- Featured Artists
- Akbar Padamsee, Anjolie Ela Menon, Krishen Khanna, Himmat Shah, S.H. Raza, Seema Kohli, Thota Vaikuntam
- Planned Facility
- Vocational training centres, science laboratories and a library at Kodgal campus
- Target Reach
- 300 children currently served; 3,000-4,000 more expected to benefit