
Vandana Manchanda
Director (Projects), Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH
India
Responsibilities
•Heritage Site Management
•Project Management And Development Of Heritage Projects In India
•Reuse Of Heritage Buildings
•Design And Display Of Museum
•Preservation, Promotion And Development Of Traditional Crafts, Skill Up-gradation And Formation Of Self Help Groups Of Crafts People Especially Women. The Craft Development Projects Have Involved Over 800 Crafts People Especially Women Belonging To Socially Backward Classes In Rural Area Spread Over 50 Villages In Each District.
Restoration Projects:
Gwalior, Shivpuri And Chanderi
•Restoration of Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior
•Restoration Of Jalvihar & Italian Garden
•Restoration Of Baija Tal
•Restoration & Beautification Of Moti Mahal
• Restoration Of Water Works Of Baija Tal & Jal Vihar,
•Restoration Of Chattri, Water Works And Garden Complex, Shivpuri,
•Restoration And Reuse Of Raj Mahal To Heritage Interpretation Centre And Museum, Chanderi, Heritage Walk & Listing, Chanderi,
•Nomination Of UNESCO Tentative List Of World Heritage Site, Chanderi,
•Restoration Of Scindia School And Shivaji House, Gwalior
•Restoration Of Chattri, Gwalior Phase I & II
•Restoration Of Gorkhi Temple
Ujjain
•Restoration Of Gopal Mandir,
•Restoration Of Madan Mohan Mandir, Restoration Of Kaliadeh Palace, Phase-I & II
Varanasi
•US Ambassadors Culture Fund (AFCP Documentation Of Balaji Ghat)
•Restoration Of Ganga Mahal, Varanasi
•Restoration Of Balaji Ghat, Varanasi, Phase-I And Phase-II,)
Ladakh
•Documentation Of Flood Affected Villages, Restoration Of Chortens
Himachal Pradesh
•Documentation Of Building With Rammed Earth In Spiti Valley
Pandarpur
•Conservation Of Shinde Sarkar Bada
Mauritius
•Evaluation Survey Of Historical Building, Aapravasi Ghat, Port Louis, Mauritius
Museums:
•Interpretation Centre for Mori, Jaisalmer
•Jai Vilas Palace Museum Designing And Up-Gradation, Gwalior
•Conservation Master Plan And Museum Up Gradation DPR For H.H.Maharaja Sir Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum, Jai Vilas Palace
•Heritage Interpretation Centre And Museum at Raj Mahal , Chanderi
•Partition Museum, Amritsar
•Museum at Balaji Ghat, Varanasi