Shikha Jain — CEO

Shikha Jain’s wide experience in cultural heritage ranges from representations at International World Heritage UNESCO meetings to conservation planning and on ground implementation of more than 80 conservation and museum projects across India. As an international expert, she has advised the National Heritage Board, Singapore, FRIM-Malaysia, SGTS, UAE, UNESCO Jakarta Office, Indonesia and the Department of Archaeology, Myanmar. As Member Secretary to the Advisory Committee on World Heritage from 2012-2015 for Ministry of Culture, India she steered the revisions for Tentative List of India, advised and vetted nomination dossiers submitted annually by India, reviewed world heritage documents, nomination dossiers and state of conservation reports from various countries for India’s response as a World Heritage Committee member. She prepared the nomination dossiers and Management Plans for World Heritage Sites of Jaipur Walled City, Jantar Mantar and the 6 Hill Forts of Rajasthan through her organisation DRONAH; She has recently completed the international project ‘India Garden’ at Beijing, China for the Ministry of Agriculture, India that received the Golden award at the International Horticultural Expo in China in 2019. She is the Vice President for the International Scientific Committee ICOFORT and an expert member of the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL), ICOMOS. As Director, DRONAH, she has led more than 50 conservation and museum planning projects across India and received HUDCO awards for 2 urban conservation projects from Jaipur in 2013 which are also documented as Best Practice projects by the Ministry of Urban Development in 2015. She is State Convener of INTACH Haryana Chapter and member of National Committees under the Ministry of Culture. She has contributed several papers and articles on the cultural heritage of India in national and international journals and conferences. She is Visiting Faculty for Urban Conservation in the Department of Urban Planning, SPA, New Delhi and UNESCO C2C at WII, Dehradun and, Adjunct Faculty at Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cultural Heritage and Conservation expert with extensive project management experience.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 22 yrs 7 mos