Dr. Urvashi S. — CEO

An architect and heritage conservation expert, she has two decades of experience working in Indian historic cities. She has worked extensively in several historic cities, towns and villages of Rajasthan focusing in the specialized areas of heritage conservation, heritage tourism, heritage interpretation and architectural designing in historic contexts. The nature of projects she has handled range from preparation of conservation plans, detailed documentation of architectural heritage, inventorisation and mapping of built heritage, preparation of strategy documents and project profiles for heritage conservation projects for government, trusts and individual clients. She has also worked with UNESCO office in New Delhi as a Consultant in the Culture Sector. She was actively involved with the setting up of the Indian Heritage Cities Network (IHCN) launched in September 2006. She has extensively researched in Shekhawati region of Rajasthan and has authored a book, On The Merchants Trail in Shekhawati (Rajasthan) under the IHP Program of UNESCO New Delhi Office for Department of Culture and Tourism, Government of Rajasthan. She has also undertaken extensive heritage mapping exercise in Bharatpur district and has authored a book, Bharatpur: Built Heritage Resource Mapping, documenting in detail the heritage resources in the city. She continues her research work on the revival and sustenance of traditional construction technology and ornamentation techniques of Shekhawati. Specialties: Building Conservation, Urban Conservation, Research, Documentation, Interpretation

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cultural Heritage Conservation Expert with extensive experience in architectural conservation and heritage tourism.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 26 yrs 3 mos