Our Team
Karan Jain
Karan Jain is a budding architect passionate about heritage and conservation. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur.
After working on Urban Redevelopment Project for Crafts Tourism Village at Kunda, Amber, and partaking in various workshops with veteran architects like Ar. Remi Papillault and Ar. Peter Rich, on topics like Water Harvesting Devices in the city of Amber and Haveli Architecture of Jaipur, he expands his belief to 'conserve and promote heritage as our inheritance, which is the root of our being.'
Kanika Goyal
Kanika Goyal joined DRONAH as an architect in September 2022. She received her bachelor's degree from the Institute of Architecture and Planning, Nirma University in Ahmedabad. During her academic internship, she worked at the World Monuments Fund's project coordination office in India, where she learnt firsthand about conservation practices in the field. Her thesis, 'Adaptive Reuse of Traditional Buildings of Dhundhar Region in Rajasthan: A Revival of Local Building Crafts,' was presented at the 11th International Seminar for Vernacular Settlements (ISVS) in Vadodara, Gujarat. She is a historical enthusiast with a passion for conservation and research and she hopes to gain more expertise and understanding in the field through hard work.
Pooja Agrawal
Pooja is an Architect and an Associate Professor at Aayojan School of Architecture, Sitapura, Jaipur and is presently completing her thesis in Urban Design Masters Programme. She also freelances, particularly for Research Projects.
After graduating in the year 2001, Pooja worked as an Assistant Architect, in Surat, Ahmedabad and Jaipur, mainly on conservation and research projects. She also holds considerable experience in coordinating and managing outreach events for DRONAH such as heritage walks, conferences and workshops. Her main area of interest lies in urban transformations and how urban precincts should be carefully dealt with in the present context.
Sarita Choraria
Sarita has been handling all office operations at DRONAH since September 2004. Always keen to learn, she takes care of all managerial work related to DRONAH and DRONAH Foundation with sincerity and zeal. Sarita graduated from Kanoria Post Graduate Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jaipur, Rajasthan in 2003 and completed her Master’s from Rajasthan University in 2004.
Making use of good coordination skills, she has successfully coordinated and managed several events like heritage walks, conferences and workshops in the past. Her main area of interest lies in exploring new places.
Somya Johri
Somyais working as an Associate Conservation Architect at DRONAHher strength lies in architectural documentation of heritage structures and conservation planning. At DRONAH, she has been involved in historical research, preparation of conservation and management plans, Heritage Impact Assessment of industrial sites in India, preparation of inventories and architectural documentation, and condition mapping of heritage structures. She also has considerable experience in organising conferences, workshops and publications for World Heritage Projects.
Nitya Bali
Nitya Bali is a cultural heritage practitioner and museum expert at DRONAH. She has been enthusiastically working in the heritage field, both government and non-government, for the past 7 years. She is a recipient of Commonwealth Scholarship (2019) for her MA in Heritage and Interpretation from the University of Leicester, UK.
Having worked on various heritage and museum-based projects of documentation, research and designing, she started her journey as an Architect with DRONAH in 2016 and went on to also start her own initiative in 2019 where she works as a consultant with Archaeological Survey of India and Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh. She has keen interest in museums, exhibitions and their communities.
Yash Pratap Singh Shekawat
Yash is working as an Associate Conservation Architect at DRONAH and has worked on various conservation projects in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. He holds a Master’s Degree in Architectural Conservation from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and a B.Arch from Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur.
He is presently serving as Head of the Department of Architecture, School of Planning and Architecture, Poornima University, Jaipur. Yash has also presented papers in various national level conferences on Historic Landscapes and Built Environments of Kishangarh and Bikaner with a special focus on historical sustainable development patterns.
Priya Gosain
Priya Gosain is a Heritage Management Expert and Architect. She has been working with DRONAH since December 2017. Her interest in conservation, vernacular architecture, arts, history, exploring cultures and communities, led her to delve into the compassionate side of architecture that is Heritage and thus she pursued her Masters in Heritage Management from CHM, Ahmedabad University.
Her interest lies in reading, writing, travelling, and exploring. Her aim is to work for the betterment of the Heritage with a holistic and compassionate approach.
Diksha Goel
Diksha Goel has been a part of projects led by the DRONAH team since 2020. She completed her bachelors in history from Miranda House, Delhi University and her masters in Heritage Management from Durham University. During her masters, she interned with UNESCO Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage held by professor Coningham.
