Robert Arnett

Robert Arnett is the author and photographer of the internationally acclaimed book India Unveiled that has won 3 national book awards. It is probably the only book on India ever written in the West to receive official recognition by an Indian Prime Minister. He is also the author of Finders Keepers?, an illustrated children’s book set in India, that has won 4 national book awards.

Mr. Arnett has had an avid interest in India for over 25 years. From 1988 to present, he made five trips to India and spent over 19 months there studying art, culture, and religion while living with Indian families.

A nationally recognized speaker, Mr. Arnett has lectured on India widely throughout North America to include The Smithsonian Institute, The Kennedy Center, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Universities. He has also spoken extensively in public and private schools and libraries. He was a speaker at The Parliament of World Religions held in Cape Town, South Africa in December 1999.

His corporate presentations include AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Delta Airlines, British Petroleum, and General Electric Corporation.

Mr. Arnett was a featured speaker at the following annual conventions: AAPI, JAINA, TANA, Bengali, Konkani, Marathi, and Leuva Patidar Samaj.

Mr. Arnett has been interviewed on National Public Radio, Voice of America, South African Broadcasting Corporation, and on various television programs.

A native of Columbus, Georgia, Mr. Arnett has a Master's Degree in History from Indiana University. Undergraduate studies were at Tulane University, University of Georgia, and the London School of Economics in England. He taught History of Western Civilization for the University of Maryland, European Division, while serving in Turkey as one of the youngest Commanding Officers in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

He and his brother, William, put together a nationally and internationally known collection of Oriental, African, and Primitive Art.