Jatin Das (painter)
Jatin has built a large personal collection of traditional arts and crafts over the last 35 years.In 1997 a trust was registered with Jatin Das as its founder, settler and chairman for the creation of the JD Centre of Art, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, designed by BV Doshi, an eminent architect.[4] It is a private non-commercial institution that will celebrate the whole range of traditional and contemporary visual and plastic arts.In 2015, around 24 artists including Jatin Das have been issued notices for staying for decades in government flats that were originally allotted only for three years.[5] In 2018, Nisha Bora accused him of sexual misconduct in 2004 when she went to meet the painter at his studio he tried to grope her and forcefully kiss her on the lips.