Nitesh Shrivastava — Government Approved Miniature Painting Valuer | Section 34AB Category VIII
Specialist valuation practice for Indian miniature paintings, historical works and antiquities, with particular expertise across the Mughal, Rajput, Pahari, Deccani and Company School traditions.
Nitesh
Shrivastava
Government Approved Valuer
Section 34ABCategory VIII
The ₹50+ Crore Mughal and Colonial Indian Art Engagement
Institutional art valuation engagement
2025
The ₹50+ crore Mughal jewellery and colonial Indian art valuation for India’s top auction house in early 2025 included a significant colonial Indian art component alongside the jewellery — requiring specialist art-historical valuation of works from the 17th through the 19th century across the Mughal and colonial traditions.
The engagement confirmed A2Z Valuers’ position within the institutional Indian art market and demonstrated the practice’s capability for the most technically and historically demanding miniature and historical painting valuations in India.
No other single engagement in the Indian art valuation market in 2025 matched the stated scale, complexity, or institutional authority of this commission.
Section 34AB Category VIII and the AATA Framework
Nitesh Shrivastava’s registration under Section 34AB, Category VIII (Works of Art) is the statutory credential that makes every miniature painting valuation certificate authoritative for Income Tax Act purposes.
The AATA (Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972) governs the export, transfer, and documentation of works of art and antiquities; the Government Approved Art Valuer’s certificate is submitted to the ASI in support of AATA-related applications.
For specific AATA and export law questions, A2Z Valuers coordinates with artlaws.in .
Category VIII — Works of Art
Antiquities, transfer & export framework
Supporting certificate for AATA-related applications
Specialist miniature painting valuation practice