With Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Government of India, working on the folk, history and anthropology of tribal regions in and around Hirakud Dam area, Odisha; and work out an Eco-tourism Landscaped Garden plan with heritage tourism networking ancient Cora-Mandalam (the land of Korahs, who are linked to Kharasan of Persia, Korahites of the Old Testament, Menes-Kurah of Egypt and Korah (Curetes) of ancient Greece)
Know MoreWith Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning (GSAPP), Columbia University, New York City, USA for conducting two successive workshops on a) the Creative economy and ecosystem of Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal and b) 'Water Urbanism' project in the historic City of Varanasi.
Know MoreWith Network: QMUL Centre for Creative and Cultural Economy., Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom for conducting a pilot project on the 5 sector driven creative industry potential around the ‘pulsar effect’ created by Autumnal Mother Goddess (Durga Puja) festival in Greater Kolkata Metropolitan region to various districts of West Bengal.
Know MoreWith Professor Sytse de Mat, Visiting University Lecturer. Architect PhD EPFL. The Perfect SlumEcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, for understanding and engaging to explore and extract working features of traditional subsistence, livelihood and liveability of informal settlement systems around the world and particularly, in India, which holds many traditions and forwards the variety of major labour flows in a country.
Know MoreWith Raja lakshmi School of Architecture, Rajalakshmi Institutions, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu to explore, understand and document the ancient architectural, cultural and maritime legacy of Pallavas, with a special focus on KAILASHNATHAR KANCHEEPURAM, in relationship to Temple of Kailashnath in Ellora Complex, and various Temple Complexes in Himalayan North under Kashmir Shaivism; and establish a connection with Pehlevis of ancient Persia.
Know MoreWith the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the Center of Geographical Information Systems, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA for conducting a major workshop on a) Smart Infrastructure and b) Community logistics networking for sustaining livelihood in the historic City of Varanasi.
Know MoreWith JNANA PRAVAHA, Varanasi headed by Padma Shree Vimala Poddar of SURESH NEOTIA FOUNDATION and Chair, Jnana Pravaha, Field Archaeologist of BHU and OXFORD, Prof. Vidula Jayswal, and Art Historian Dr. Kamal Giri, for exploring the Creative industries and their cultural systems of greater Varanasi.
Know MoreWith Kolkata Museum Society for advancing the comprehensive heritage Museum of Kolkata and Bengal Renaissance for upgrading TOWN HALL PROJECT Kolkata, funded by Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Government of India.
Know MoreWith Ayodhya Research Institute (in the pipeline) for advancing a Special Volume on the Implication of Rig Vedic Sages (Sapta Rishis) and the lore of Valmiki Ramayana, based on the Global Ramayana Encyclopaedia Project 2021.
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