# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meera-mukherjee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:42:19.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meera-mukherjee"
name: "Meera Mukherjee"
slug: "meera-mukherjee"
description: "Meera Mukherjee (1923–1998) was an Indian sculptor and writer, known for bringing modernity to the ancient Bengali sculpting art. She is known to have used innovative bronze casting techniques, improving the Dhokra method employing Lost-wax casting, which she learnt during her training days of the Bastar sculpting tradition of Chhattisgarh. She received the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1992 for her contributions to Arts."
tagline: "Indian sculptor and writer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/MeeraMukherjee-Profile.jpg/330px-MeeraMukherjee-Profile.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-05-12"
deathDate: "1998"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.806451612903226
  historical:           5.545573333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "میرا مکھرجی"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump