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Current Coming soon! Past In January, 2009 I presented a research paper titled ‘Future of Hindu Temples at Hampi as Intangible and Tangible Resources’, at the international conference, “Tangible and Intangible Heritage of the Hampi Region” at NIAS in Bangalore, India. Read my abstract here. In 2008 I researched and successfully defended my Masters Thesis titled “The Krishna Temple, Hampi: Exploring its identity as a Medieval Hindu Temple in the Contemporary Context”. This year-long research focused on a single, renowned temple complex in the World Heritage Site of Hampi, and tried to determine the future of a temple that is located within a dynamic and complex site with a comprehensive, integrated Master Plan being developed for its future. My research focused on the various factors that would determine the temple’s future as a contributing participant in this Master Plan, and if possible, then what could the various contributions be. Read my abstract here. In 2006 I also drafted a detailed Research Paper on the preservation planning and process of the Reliance and the Rookery Buildings in Chicago, IL. This research paper was a comparative study between two similar urban projects, having private and public funding respectively. This research paper aimed to draw out similarities, disparities,…
Curriculum Vitae
Education Cornell University, College of Architecture Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY, USA Ph.D Candidate in City & Regional Planning / Historic Preservation Planning, ’13 Cornell University, College of Architecture Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY, USA Master of Arts in Historic Preservation Planning, October ’08 School of Planning and Architecture, (SPA), New Delhi, India. Bachelor of Architecture, June ‘05 Loreto Convent Intermediate College (Class 11 & 12) Indian School Certificate (I.S.C) in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Hindi Loreto Convent High School (Nursery through Class 10) Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E) in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Hindi, Computer Science, History and Geography. Relevant Courses CORNELL UNIVERSITY – PhD (in progress; 2009 -) Urban Transformations in the Global South International Institutions Advanced Planning Theory CORNELL UNIVERSITY – M.A.HPP (2006 – 2008) Documentation in Preservation Perspectives in Preservation Surveys and Analysis Workshop History of American Architecture and Buildings I & II Building Materials Conservation Economics and Finance of Neighborhood Preservation Urban Archaeology Historic Preservation Law Environmental Archaeology The Museum and the Object The Museum and the Public Landscape Preservation Fieldwork in Preservation SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE – B.ARCH (2000 – 2005) Architectural Design Studio I, II, III Theory of Structures I,…
Funding > Stein Grant award
Recipient of the Stein Grant from the Clarence Stein Institute in
August 2009.
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