Dr. Mahalaxmi K Wankhedkar Has bagged American's Outstanding Scientist and Artist Award of the Year

Why was I born? I was born to make this earth more beautiful, I was born to make this earth a paradise.

I spent my childhood in Churchgate in Mumbai. As my father was in charge in Central Govt., we had officers quarters i.e. terrace flat. Only our family lived in the central government building. We had a very lavish life in this cement jungle and the only contact with nature was the sky. As father is nature lover, father made a lot of plantations on our terrace flat as our family lives alone and my father is basically nature lover, we kept many pets, birds.

So we stayed close to nature even while living in the city. Looking at the artwork of different shapes of clouds. About 126 plants were planted by us and we got its links. Different insects, butterflies, plants were studied unknowingly, closeness and love for nature developed. The beauty of nature was introduced from here. It is not understood when it was transformed into an art, a study.

Art teacher's diploma at seventeen Sir J.J. from the School of Art and started working as a school teacher. He continued his own education while teaching students at school. In fact, it was only in class IV that I started identifying myself and started moving towards it. So I slowly started to understand that I like painting and I like nature. From childhood I used to draw pictures of birds, leaves and flowers and make paper replicas of them.Environmental studies, paintings on Indian art culture and making paper art of birds were going on at the same time and that too while maintaining a life and a job. Because of the situation, I left my job as a teacher after a few years. I decided in sixth grade that painting is done by everyone but we should do something a little different and be creative.

Haya started working on the idea rooted in her mind. The most important organism that strengthens the five elements is the bird. Birds are among the most beautiful creatures in the world, in different colors, different textures, different shapes, natures and properties, so I chose birds as I found them challenging. My aim behind making this artwork was to bring these beautiful birds to the world, save them and make the society aware of their existence. Started making a bird insect forest by cutting from paper. Maturity came gradually.

After researching as much as possible about everything in nature, he started making paper art. I started cutting the paper from the actual trees, leaves and flowers. Because there was no computer at that time. With the advent of computers, this work became very easy. Even if a single flower was to be made, almost 22 processes had to be done per flower, from painting it to cutting its petals and processing it for preservation. Paper flowers were made from two millimeters to four centimeters. Started making bird wings by making 75 to 100 cuttings in one inch. Viewed 100 images for at least one shape to make wings, eyes, beak. I was seeing at least a thousand images behind a bird. One thing noticed is that each feather is different in the same bird. Each wing shape, color, shades are different.

Although the crow looks black, there are shades like brown, blue, black. The color of the beak changes with age, the voice changes. Anger, calmness, love, affection all reactions change. Only old people do not understand quickly, in fact there are many changes in old age. Just like us, even nature changes. I enjoyed the different colors of different birds in the paper, their expressions. Made birds from ten feet to four millimetres. A single bunch of ten-twelve flowers was made in a whole day. It used to take a month to two months to make a bird. No matter how many realistic birds I tried to make, I ended up feeling unsatisfied. We can never copy nature.

Natural color cannot be made no matter how hard we try. One can approach it at most because it is a world created from the Supreme Energy. Many things were understood while studying the natural structure. Every tree is sensitive from the root. Mother trees play the role of parents who take care and responsibility of the trees around us. We have tried to show the emotions of the birds, their life as much as possible in each frame. It took anywhere from nine months to two and a half years to make an art piece. Some of the art works show single birds while others show them in deep forest.

From the year 1985, the framing of these paper artworks started. In these 36 years only 28 of my art works were completed. All these works of art are made only in paper. Every time it felt like, who will be the father of all this? How beautiful thoughts must have made this beauty. What power could have created such a beautiful combination of colors, shapes, beauty in nature, the peace it brings to all our beings? How was this heaven created? Many such questions came to my mind. Even looking at a beautiful flower makes our mind happy, we get peace of mind. If we preserve the beauty of this nature, we will have peace of mind.

Dr.Mahalaxmi K.wankhedkar, Born & brought up in Mumbai. 

Studied at Sir J.J School of Arts in Mumbai. 

A.T.D.

1. Awarded Best Art Teacher.
2. Awarded many times for Science & Art Exhibitions in Maharashtra.

3. Exhibition at World Trade Center in 2005.

4. Awarded by Great Scientist Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Speaker of Parliament 

Mr. Manohar Joshi, President of SME Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe for achieving 2 patents from the Government of India in Jagtik Marathi Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai 2006. 

• Air India being the first client sponsored me to participate at the International World Exhibition in China 2007.

• Awarded & Published in Limca Book of Records 2016 for tiny cutting paper artwork. ( Rare realistic birds ) 

• Sponsored by Limca Book of Records are IIT Powai in 2016.

• IIT Powai offered Mood indigo festival for Exhibition.

• Award by Janiv foundation for the event of Women's Day in 2017. ( Shivaji Mandir Mumbai ) 
• Received  Award by Mayor of Mumbai on Women's Day in 2018 

• M.P.Dr.Subramanian swamy appreciated artwork which was displayed in an exhibition held in delhi .

• Exhibition held at World Trade Center in 2019 Mumbai.

• Awarded by Mayor of Mumbai at Bombay Stock Exchange for Artwork & Projects in 2019.

• Exhibition held at Jehangir Art Gallery for tiny  and micro Cutting Paper Art in 2019 (rare birds cut in paper) . Inauguration by Mr. Adi Jehangir & Mr. Rajsaheb Thackeray. 

Also many national and international awards received during the period between 2019 and 2021. 

Now working on MIRACULOUS HEALING PROJECTS.

2020 PHD ( Naturoveda) from Bharat virtual University for peace and Education

Working on City Beautification projects with healing .

Patents : Since 2004 

• Herble insects Repellent composition & process of preparation . Sprayable synergistic polymerase insecticidal composition . 
• City Beautifications & different types of healing projects . 

 Award :

• 2006 jagtic chember of commerce .
• 8 march 2018 Women's day BMC. Mayor Mr. Mahadeshvar. 
• 8 March 2020 Women's day BMC Mayor kishori pednekar.  
• 2020 Global Maharashtrian  Enterpreneurship conclave.  

BSE : Mayor Kishori Pednekar and Minister Nitin Gadkari.

A balanced environment is essential for all living things on earth. Therefore, it is necessary to protect and conserve all life forms including natural resources and implement environmental supplemental projects for human progress without harming the environment. Therefore, every element of all life forms will be positive and protected. Rare plants and Ayurvedic plants are on the verge of extinction in the name of development.

Our company is "Emo Eco" and it is implementing environmental complementary projects. One of the projects in our project "Lakshyaveda" is "Vrikshveda". Our project "Vrikshveda" will preserve rare plants and enrich all life forms. Society will be closer to nature. Ayurvedic plants will be protected and conserved. These projects will increase employment and tourism.

Animals, birds and insects will be conserved and protected. We have studied the planting of plants and trees necessary for animals and birds according to the natural plan. This will help in strengthening the five elements. Careful planting of plants will protect and conserve nature. With this life form, all human beings will also become healthy. Environmentally complementary city beautification projects will empower the inner beauty of the city, not the outer beauty. All our projects are carefully and meticulously executed.