Advancing the Heritage Conservation Discourse in India, one step at a time.

Joined March 2019
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: Adivasi women in the agricultural settlements of Kolhan in Jharkhand meticulously maintain the mud-plastered surfaces of their households through daily, bi-weekly and weekly practices of care.
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The team acknowledges the knowledge-holders featured in these images: Ajho Mardi, Tulsi Murmu, Naharani Murmu, Belo Kui and Sunita Singh. All images ©: CHC, CRDF and TSF. All images are under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 for the EMKP project.
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Photographers: 1, 2: Harshada Warrier 3,4: Aman Murmu 5: Jayashree Bardhan @chccept @CeptResearch @EMKP_BM TATA STEEL FOUNDATION Gauri Bharat Jayashree Bardhan @ankitatoppo11 Pushpa Murmu @babulal_goipai Harshada Warrier Aman Murmu @SrivishalM
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CHC’s EMKP 2025 project ‘From Earth to Inhabited Space: Life Cycle of Mud Plastering in the Tribal Agricultural Landscape of Jharkhand’ has begun! Sharing some photos from Fieldwork Phase-1. Community consent and ethical representation of indigenous voices forms project's core.
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8: Pushpa Murmu and Jayashree Bardhan discussing abouts soil types with a practitioner. Photographer: Harshada Warrier
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Project funded and supported by: EMKP, British Museum @EMKP_BM and Arcadia Host organisation: CHC, CRDF Partner organisation: Tata Steel Foundation Team: Gauri Bharat, Jayashree Bardhan, AnkitaToppo, Pushpa Murmu, Babulal Goipai, Harshada Warrier, Aman Murmu, Srivishal
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Open Positions at Centre for Heritage Conservation (CHC) Internships , Fellow Architect and Research assist post are open. To Apply Send your Resume and Portfolio on : [email protected] We are looking forward to receive your applications
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We have released Bhuj’s Watch Day Video screened at the special public event at Khengarji Park near Hamirsar Lake on 10th October 2025. The event was organised by World Monuments Fund India (WMFI), CHC-CRDF, Bhuj-based Homes in the City (HIC), and Bhuj Nagarpalika.
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Watch Full Video Here : youtu.be/GUGZWNzPhlI?si=DzYd… @CeptResearch @WorldMonuments @HIC_Bhuj Arid Communities and Technologies Jigna Desai Jayashree Bardhan Harshada Warrier Association for Appropriate Built Habitat and Technologies
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Center for Heritage Conservation, CRDF retweeted
The registrations are now open for the conference Reframing Vernacular Architecture for a Decolonised World, jointly hosted by Oxford Brookes University (UK) and CEPT University (India).   Register here: crdf.org.in/event/reframing-… Email: [email protected]
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Sharing some snippets from the ‘Endangered Material Knowledge Programme’ (EMKP) training week at British Museum in September 2025. The training was for the new grantees to prepare them for material culture documentation and post-fieldwork components of their projects.
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Photographs: 1-Group photograph of the 2025 trainees. Photo Credit: Emily Tarry 2-Orientation by Lissant Bolton. Photo Credit: Paula Granados 3-Session by Paula Granados. Photo Credit: Jayashree Bardhan #EMKP #britishmuseum #endangeredmaterialknowledgeprogramme #culturalheritage
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Photographs: 4-One of the practical sessions on audio-visual documentation. Photo Credit: Paula Granados 5 & 6-At the ethnographic drawing workshop. Drawings: Jayashree Bardhan; Photo Credit: Paula Granados
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