[3] Om Prakash Agrawal, born on 22 October 1931, held a master's degree (MSc) in chemistry.
[2] He was one of the founders of the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC), Lucknow in 1976[4] where he served as its director till 1985.
[citation needed] During his stint there, he joined a group led by Pupul Jayakar and founded the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in 1984.
[1] It is reported that Agrawal played a part in the formation of the Indian Conservation Institute as an INTACH unit under the aegis National Mission for Manuscripts in 1985 and, after retiring from NRLC, joined the institute as its director general, a post he holds to the day.
[2][14] The Government of India included him in the Republic Day honours list, in 2011, for the civilian award of Padma Shri.