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Heritage Education in India

Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
 


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Heritage Education in India
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is a nationwide, non-profit membership organization. INTACH was set up in 1984 to protect and conserve India's vast natural and cultural heritage.

Target Group

Heritage awareness and people’s involvement in heritage issues is one of INTACH’s primary mandates. Our target groups are:
Schools and colleges
Professional groups
Policy makers
Locals development authorities
Visitors to heritage sites
Private owners of
heritage properties
The public at large

Training & Capacity Building

Conservation of heritage sites and creative capacity building programmes for the economic and social improvement of communities living in the vicinity of heritage sites.

Team

The team consists of committed art historians, heritage educators and researchers.
Dr. Shobita Punja
Chief Programme Director
Ms. Shanta Khanna
PS to CPD
Ms. Purnima Dutt
Senior Consultant
Ms. Payal Joshi
Programme Coordinator
Heritage
Clubs


Heritage Clubs programme started in 2002 to involve school students in our efforts to save heritage by creating awareness.
At present, HECS has a network of over 1000 Heritage Clubs in 48 cities across the country.

Projects

The projects include a variety of heritage awareness programmes for teachers, students and the public and conservation projects for heritage sites.