Pooja Sood

Pooja Sood is the Director of KHOJ International Artists’ Association, an autonomous, artists’ led registered society aimed at promoting intercultural understanding through experimentation and exchange. It is possibly the only such public organization for experimental contemporary art in India. As a founding member of Khoj she coordinated the KHOJ International artist’s workshop in Delhi from 1998-2001, facilitated the workshops in Bangalore 2002-2003, in Mumbai 2005, Kolkata2006 and Srinagar 2007. In New Delhi, she has developed a radical space for alternative art practice at the KHOJ studios, which runs workshops, international residency programs and diverse projects. She has fundraised for the development of a pilot national network for the arts based on the KHOJ model. As the Director of KHOJ, she has developed core competencies in curating, fundraising, strategic planning and capacity building.