A Conservation Architect -has been in the field for over 21 years as a Practitioner, Researcher, and Academician. She has a keen interest in Architectural history and the traditional knowledge systems of Ancient India. She has worked on various World Heritage Sites for UNESCO’s nominations of Red fort, Delhi and Harimandir Sahib (Golden temple, Amritsar) in India to name a few and conducted Workshops, Research & Projects in 16 countries.
She also coordinated a workshop for conservation architects from 30 countries in association with Lund University, Sweden and School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, in 2012.
She is the founder of Samrachanā -Heritage Conservation & Research Initiative, to focus on attributes of Indian heritage.
She is an alumna of the SMMCOA, Nagpur, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (Architectural Conservation), and Lunds University, Sweden (Conservation Management of Historic Buildings) and also did her Doctoral studies on Southeast Asian Architectural History, with a special focus on Khmer Architecture, Cambodia, and Dravidian temple architecture of India.
Her research papers are published and presented at International Conferences and she has won many awards for her research papers and presentations.
She is an active member of professional organizations like- COA, ICOMOS, INTACH.