Project Scope: Research Project with Policy level Recommendations

Client: NITI Aayog, Government of India

Project Cost: NA

Project duration: January 2020 Onwards

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Brief: It is an all India level project to research and review the entire built cultural heritage scenario in the country – protected and unprotected. It will provide an overview of the current status of built heritage and archaeological sites, organisation structure and status of various institutions involved in heritage management, heritage inventory under various Central, State and Local Governments, Private Trusts and private ownerships, existing gaps in conservation, archaeology, heritage management, outreach, promoting and marketing of India’s heritage, assessment of various heritage projects Departments of Archaeology, Temple Trusts, Local bodies and other ministriessuch as Tourism and Urban Development. It will also assess the potentials for capacity building through various institutions involved in Heritage Management across India. It will present best practice examples along with recommendations for improving Heritage Management in India.