A. Ramachandran graduated with a degree in Malayalam Literature from Kerala University. He also pursued Diploma in Fine Arts and Crafts from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan. He was very influenced by Nandalal Bose and thus makes a strong case for Indian aesthetics and for the use of classical Indian images to articulate an ideological position. Experience : He believes that his monumental painting 'Yayati' was one of the landmarks in his growth as an artist because it allowed him to incorporate elements of classical proportions and postures in his work. He also used Indian mythological imagery in a contemporary form. The painter converted to using archetypal Indian imagery only after years of painting in the modernist vein.