Padmashree Sardar Gurchan Singh, pioneer potter of India, started Delhi Blue Art Pottery in 1952 on the outskirts of Delhi. Set up primarily as a production and a teaching centre, it remains the oldest pottery institution in the country, with an extensive history of more than 65 years, for the promotion of pottery. In 1991 he founded the Delhi Blue Pottery Trust, to take forward his objectives. Presently his son, eminent potter, Sardar Mansimran Singh heads the Trust, supported by the Trustees.