The Chamarajendra Technical Institute, now rechristened as Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) was established by the Maharaja of Mysore Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV in 1906 AD
Chamarajendra Technical Institute (CTI) and Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) Did you know that the Chamarajendra Technical Institute, now rechristened as Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) was established by the Maharaja of Mysore Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV in 1906 AD? The Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) is a succssor institute to the Chamarajendra Technical Institute (CTI) which bears the onerous task of promoting tradtions of excellenece and manifestation of visual arts. While both tradtional and contemporary, CAVA was established in 1982 at Mysore by the Government of Karnataka on the basis of the recommendations of the Dr. Svetoslav Roerich Committee set up in 1976, the CTI came into existence in 1906 as the intiative of the Maharaja of Mysore Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV; the Roerich Committee took note of tradition of creativity and craftsmanship encouraged and nurtutred by the erstwhile Mysore state and the siginificant role played by the CTI. ...
