MANOJ KACHANGAL was born in 1979 at Shahdhora, MP, in 2003 did his MFA (Painting) from the Government Institute of Fine Arts, Indore. He has received several awards from 1999 and in 2001 the Raza Award by M.P.Kala Parishad, Bhopal. Manoj has attended several Camps from 2000 to 2007. He has held several solo exhibitions from 1998 at Indore; 2000 at Indore; 2001 at Allahabad; 2002 at Indore; 2004 at Chandigarh; 2005 at New Delhi; 2006 at Ahmedabad; 2007 at Delhi & Mumbai and 2008 at New Delhi & Kolkata. Has participated in numerous group shows from 1999 all over India and in Germany. His works are in private and public collections in India and abroad. He lives and works in Delhi.