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  • PublicationsCurrent 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 VitaeEducation 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,…
  • Recipient of the Butler Center’s 2022-2023 Research Project Grant

    Recipient of the Butler Center’s 2022-2023 Research Project Grant

    I was honored to receive Purdue University’s Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence‘s 2022-2023 Research Project Grant. This grant will fund my inaugural research project in the John Martinson Honors College, working with students to create a repository of documentation on Black heritage sites in the Greater Lafayette area. This research project grant for […]

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    December 8, 2022
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  • New article published in Change Over Time

    New article published in Change Over Time

    Excited to share the publication of my recent article “The Evolving Role of Contemporary Conservation Architects in India: Beyond Traditional Professional Practice” in Change Over Time by PennPress. View article here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/807670

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    October 10, 2021
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  • Our edited book is here!

    Our edited book is here!

    Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial IndiaApproaches and Challenges Edited By  Manish Chalana and Ashima Krishna Where to order your copy: Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Heritage-Conservation-in-Postcolonial-India-Approaches-and-Challenges/Chalana-Krishna/p/book/9780367619947 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heritage-Conservation-Postcolonial-India-Architectural/dp/0367619946 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heritage-conservation-in-postcolonial-india-manish-chalana/1137456656 Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/heritage-conservation-in-postcolonial-india/id1543780858?ign-gact=1 Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Heritage_Conservation_in_Postcolonial_In/3pAIEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

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    June 23, 2021
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  • Paper published in Preservation Education and Research with co-authors Kerry Traynor and Joy Resor

    Paper published in Preservation Education and Research with co-authors Kerry Traynor and Joy Resor

    Krishna, Ashima, Kerry Traynor, and Joy Resor. 2019. “Rethinking the Historical Significance of Modern Architecture: Lessons from the Local Landmarking of Shoreline Apartments, a Low-Income Housing Project in Buffalo.” Preservation Education & Research 11: 56–80. https://doi.org/10.5749/preseducrese.11.2019.0056. Article link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/preseducrese.11.2019.0056 Image credit: George Everard Kidder, 1973-77. Niagara Street between Carolina and West Mohawk, Buffalo, NY 14202; general […]

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    June 5, 2020
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  • Paper published in Journal of Urbanism with co-author Enjoli Hall

    Paper published in Journal of Urbanism with co-author Enjoli Hall

    Krishna, Ashima, and Enjoli Hall. 2019. “Serendipitous Conservation: Faith-to-Faith Conversion of Historic Churches in Buffalo.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability 00 (00). Routledge: 1–26. doi:10.1080/17549175.2019.1647276. Link to download article for free: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YN8GKJHACVX9K9XASP9F/full?target=10.1080%2F17549175.2019.1647276& (Only the first 50 downloads are free)

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    August 8, 2019
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