Saju Kunhan

Sarmaya Arts Foundation is a not-for-profit curated repository of art, artefacts and living traditions from the Indian subcontinent, run by the Sarmaya Trust and led by Paul Abraham and Pavitra Rajaram. Founded by former IndusInd Bank COO Paul Abraham in 2015, Sarmaya started as a digital museum showcasing Abraham's private collection of numismatics, cartography, photography, engravings, modern art, living traditions and rare books. In 2024, the archive moved to a restored space inside the 146-year-old Lawrence & Mayo building on Dr DN Road in Fort, Mumbai. It houses the Sarmaya collection and a library of 15,000 books, and hosts events including the lecture series Sarmaya Talks. Past speakers have included, Devdutt Pattanaik, Javed Akhtar, Nayanjot Lahiri, Mallika Sarabhai, Manu S Pillai and Rudrangshu Mukherjee.