{"id":"deepak-shimkhada","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/deepak-shimkhada","language":"en","name":"Deepak Shimkhada","name_en":"Deepak Shimkhada","name_ne":null,"description":"Nepali American educator, artist, art historian, author, and community leader","headline":"Nepali American educator, artist, art historian, author, and community leader","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Deepak Shimkhada (Nepali: दीपक सिंखडा) (born September 5, 1945) is a Nepalese-American with a diverse professional background, including work as an Asian art historian, educator, writer, editor, and painter. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and has previously held visiting and adjunct positions at several U.S. universities, including Scripps College, Claremont Graduate University, California State University, Northridge, University of the West, and Claremont School of Theology. His teaching career began in 1980, and while he has retired from full-time teaching, he continues to teach Asian art part-time at Chaffey College.","summary_more":["He holds the position of founding president in two organizations, namely the Foundation for Indic Philosophy and Culture (Indic Foundation) and the Himalayan Arts Council. In his career, Shimkhada has actively contributed to several institutions, including Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast and the America-Nepal Society of California, where he also held the position of president. His leadership extended to serving as the Chair of the Hindu Council on the Board of Visitors for the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University from 2006 to 2012. Furthermore, he played a foundational role as a board member in the South Asian Studies Association (SASA).","He has an extensive publication record, including journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, and edited books. His artistic endeavors encompass exhibitions of his paintings and graphics, which have been displayed in group and solo shows in various countries, including Nepal, India, Japan, and the United States. Additionally, he has made appearances as a commentator in several episodes of the History Channel series Ancient Aliens."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"5 September 1945","date":"1945-09-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Darkha","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3412666","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/darkha"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"art historian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1792450"},{"text":"artist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483501"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Southern California","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4614"},{"text":"Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747272"},{"text":"Claremont Graduate University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50015"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046#P69"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Shimkhada","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Deepak Shimkhada born?","a":"Deepak Shimkhada was born on 5 September 1945 in Darkha."},{"q":"Where did Deepak Shimkhada study?","a":"Deepak Shimkhada was educated at University of Southern California, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Claremont Graduate University."}],"related":[{"name":"Araniko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/araniko"},{"name":"Tara Devi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tara-devi"},{"name":"Motiram Bhatta","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta"},{"name":"Rohit Saraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rohit-saraf"},{"name":"Aanchal Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aanchal-sharma"},{"name":"Anmol K.C.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anmol-k-c"},{"name":"Indira Joshi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/indira-joshi"},{"name":"Jassita Gurung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassita-gurung"},{"name":"Pashupati Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pashupati-sharma"},{"name":"Richa Ghimire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richa-ghimire"},{"name":"Thinle Lhondup","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thinle-lhondup"},{"name":"Usha Rajak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/usha-rajak"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/deepak-shimkhada-e6fe8390f3.jpg","width":500,"height":578,"license":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","credit":"Happiest persoN","page":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deepak_Shimkhada.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Deepak Shimkhada","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Shimkhada","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q18706046","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706046","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Deepak Shimkhada.jpg by Happiest persoN (CC-BY-SA-4.0)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deepak_Shimkhada.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Deepak Shimkhada, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Deepak Shimkhada.jpg — Happiest persoN, CC-BY-SA-4.0.","cite":"\"Deepak Shimkhada\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/deepak-shimkhada. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T15:28:16Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-03","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/deepak-shimkhada","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/deepak-shimkhada","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/deepak-shimkhada?lang=ne"}}