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Painter and collage artist Baldev Raj Panesar, also known as B.R. Panesar, was a statistician who moved to Calcutta to work for the Ministry of Planning, eventually retiring as the deputy director of the Indian Statistical Institute. A self-taught artist, he began making collages out of discarded computer punch cards he found in his office.

Panesar joined the Society of Contemporary Artists in 1974. He kept a low profile and used to donate the proceeds from the sale of his works to charities.