Carl Lindquist

Carl Lindquist works in the International Programs Office at Arkansas State University. His duties include managing the study abroad program, assisting in the recruitment of South Asian students, and advising government-sponsored foreign students. Recently he was selected for NAFSA Academy, representing Region 3.

When he's not in the International Programs Office, he's working on projects for the Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program. He has two home towns: Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Bangalore, India. He is married to Pavitra Kalappa, a native of Mysore, India.

Carl Lindquist earned the bachelor's degree in philosophy from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and the Master of Arts in Art History degree from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He also studied philosophy and art history at the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven in Belgium and at the University of Malta.

At Hamline University, he completed the program for teaching English as a foreign language.

For several years, he was Director of the Project Art program at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. In 1995 and 1996 he visited India and Pakistan, studying Mughal architecture and traveling extensively. He has also worked as a Program Developer at International Tech Park, Bangalore, India, and with Microsoft India, Pvt., Ltd.

The photograph at the top of this page was made in 1996 near Mandu, 16 km from Gujri, at Taliysarai, an unpublished Shah Jahani monument from the 17th century. The lower photograph is at the Fort of Mandu.

Contact: Carl Lindquist In India: #2, 7th Cross, Opposite Carmel Convent Ramaiah Layout, KK Halli Bangalore, 560084 INDIA In USA: PO Box 2782 State University, AR 72467 E-mail lindquistcarl@yahoo.com Web site: http://carl.lindquist.googlepages.com/ Writings and research about India Fort of Daulatabad Nek Chand's Rock Garden Fort of Chitradurga Hampi and Vijayanagar

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