Any vehicle
like a car or scooter or any electronic item after completing its life is
nothing more than a scrap for you. In such a situation, the new location of
that waste vehicle becomes a scrap market rather than a corner of your house or
a parking place built near your house. Where the scrap dealer separates all the
parts of that junked vehicle like iron, plastic, rubber etc. and sells them
according to their price.
But by using
his creative mind, if a person creates amazing and beautiful sculptures through
these scrap automobile and electronic waste parts then it will be really commendable.
In this
direction, the name of Professor Srinivas Padakandla of Vijaywada is very much
discussed these days, who uses automobile parts and electronic scraps in a very
creative way by recycling and creates many sculptures and artifacts from it. He turns waste metal into stunning pieces of art. Many of his
carvings are exhibited in parks and gardens across major Indian metros.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too recognized his talent and showered
praises on this artist in the latest episode of 'Mann Ki Baat'. ‘Deep-sea fishes', 'flying horses' and 'king of the jungle' seems
refreshingly alive through his art.
Professor Srinivas Padakandala is a master of art from scrap metals
Professor
Srinivas Padakandala, Head of Department, Acharya Nagarjuna University at
Guntur, Vijayawada district of Andhra Pradesh, recycles automobile scrap metal
and gives them the shape of beautiful sculptures. Srinivas did his graduation in
Sculpture and Fine Arts from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 1998. At the same
time, from 2007
to
2010, he served as
a faculty member at Potti Sriramulu Telugu University in Hyderabad.
In just a week
this scrap is given the shape of a statue: Shri Niwas
Presently 15 to 20 members are
working in Professor Srinivas Padkandla's team which includes his juniors,
sub-juniors and students. Speaking to The New Indian Express, Srinivas says –
“It takes only a week for an automobile scrap to be shaped into an idol. My
team members are experts in creating an attractive model by going to public
places from recycled metal scrap.”
These
sculptures have been installed in the parks with the help of Municipal
Corporation
Srinivas says
– “My mission is to create art forms mainly with recycled automobile metal metal
scrap in an economic and an eco-friendly manner. A middle-class family cannot
enjoy the variety of metal and other art forms displayed by going to big
hotels, exhibition halls or sophisticated art galleries. Keeping these people
in mind, we have installed our scrap metal murals in public parks with the help
of the municipal corporation, today people of all age groups and income groups
can enjoy this art without any cost.”
Srinivas has
participated in many sculpture camps
Since the year 2007 till now, Srinivas has participated in many sculpture camps. In which he has exhibited his sculptures in All India Carving Stone Camp organized by Lalit Kala Akadmi and Regional Center in 2007 and 2018. Apart from this, he has also participated in Automobile Sculpture Workshop of AP Shilparamam Arts and Culture Society in 2016. Not only this, he also encourages people to make low cost sculptures from metal scraps available in different regions.
Sculptures of
Srinivas are also favorable towards climate change
Srinivas who is
acknowledged globally for his art from
scrap, says – “Students and others are impressed by these eco-friendly scrap
based models which is really a pleasant feeling. Today, while climate change
has become a big issue globally, people like our work, it is a good thing, it
inspires us to do better in future.
These scrap
models have been set up by many regional municipal authorities
Srinivas
chooses scrap found in villages and small towns as the raw material for his
sculptures. In 2016, he collaborated with Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and
organized a camp to make sculptures from waste. As a result, the city’s
automobile waste has been turned into artefacts. A special scrap park was also
set up near the old bus stand. His art work are appeared in Andhra Pradesh,
Tamilnadu and other various regions of India. In 2016 and 2018, Vijayawada
Municipal Corporation took the help of Professor Srinivas to beautify the city
with these models. On the other hand, Guntur Municipal Corporation, Madurai
Municipal Corporation, Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation, Anantapur in 2017 and
Hindupur Urban Development Authority in 2018 and Greater Chennai Municipal
Corporation in 2019 have beautified their areas by installing these sculptures
built by Srinivas. Professor Srinivas team enters into an agreement with the
local authorities for making amazing art
works out of scrap. They provide five year maintenance for their models.
He said that fine arts are encouraged and highly sought after in the North. He hopes that the domain will gain popularity in Telugu states too. Collector of Krishna District, Imtiaz, lauded Srinivas for making Telugu people proud through his work and felicitated him with a shawl.
As per AISM reports domestic sales of
commercial vehicles in India surged by 17.55%, whereas the sales of passenger
cars spiralled by 2.05 percent in March-April 2019. Today, irrespective of the
rise or fall in the production and sales of automobile vehicles in the market, India generates a huge amount of end-of-life
vehicles every year.By the end of 2025, this unorganised automobile industry
will produce 2 crore end-of-life vehicles in India, which needs a proper
disposal policy to alleviate pollution. Unfortunately,
the scrappage policy put forward by the Union Road Transport and Highways
Minister Nitin Gadkari on March 18 was not as expected.
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