Summary Report Third Biennial Conference

Indian Heritage Cities Network 14 – 17 May 2011

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Contents Page Number

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE 2

CONFERENCE SUMMARY 2

INAUGURAL SESSION 3

INTRODUCTORY SESSION 4

SESSION 1: URBAN MOBILITY IN HERITAGE CITIES 4

SESSION 2: CASE STUDIES ON URBAN MOBILITY IN HERITAGE CITIES 6

SESSION 3: ROLE OF STATES IN INDIA IN SUPPORTING URBAN CONSERVATION 7

SESSION 4: OVERCOMING THE CAPACITY CRUNCH IN HERITAGE CITIES 9

SESSION 5: HERITAGE RELATED ACTIVITIES IN KARNATAKA 11

SESSION 6: SOLUTION EXCHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 11

FUTURE PLANNING FOR THE INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK FOUNDATION 14

CLOSING REMARKS 16

CONCLUSION 16

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 17

ANNEX 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 19

ANNEX 2: DETAILED PROGRAMME 27

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Executive Summary The Indian Heritage Cities Network (IHCN) was launched in September 2006 by UNESCO with the endorsement of the Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India, with a view to provide a common platform for reflection, information sharing and capacity building for Indian cities and towns to cope with the fast changing urban context, while promoting heritage-based sustainable development. Begun with 10 Indian member cities at its inception, the Network has grown at present to include 24 member cities along with several French cities and regional partners, 8 national universities and institutional members, and over 20 NGO members. In view of the importance of heritage-based development in India today, and the great potential of the UNESCO-led IHCN programme to play a key role in fostering, supporting and monitoring such heritage-based development in Indian historic cities, and following the request of the Network members during the second Biennial Conference in December 2008, it was decided to establish the IHCN as an independent, member-driven Indian institution. The Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation (IHCN-F) was thus established as an Indian Trust in March 2009. One important step was achieved recently, thanks to the city of Mysore offering to host the IHCN and the commitment of the Government of Karnataka to fund the Secretariat of IHCN-F for the next three years. The Foundation having a charitable status at present is now preparing to become a Society. The gradual transition of the UNESCO-led IHCN programme to the Foundation is underway.

Objectives of the Conference Further to the second Biennial Conference of IHCN in 2008, which addressed the issue of ‘Integrating heritage in urban planning initiatives in India’, the third Biennial Conference was structured around the theme of ‘Urban Mobility in Heritage Cities’ and ‘Initiatives for Heritage-based Development’. It highlighted urban mobility in historic cities and its connection to the expanding new city perimeters along with discussions and case studies on initiatives in culture-based urban development that showed how a city’s natural and cultural heritage can become assets in meeting the citizens’ “right to the city”, with improved housing, modern infrastructure and access to social and economic services. The Conference also provided an opportunity for discussing challenges and exchanging best practices among members and served as an occasion to agree on a common action plan for the Foundation.

Conference Summary

The Third Biennial Conference of the Indian Heritage Cities Network was organized from 14 to 17 May 2011 at the Infosys Campus, Mysore, Karnataka, India. It was convened jointly by the Government of Karnataka, Mysore City Corporation (MCC), Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation Ltd. (KUIDFC), UNESCO New Delhi and the Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation. The Conference was supported by the Department of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage, Government of Karnataka, the Embassy of France, New Delhi, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Embassy Cultural

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Centre, New Delhi, the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, the World Travel and Tourism Council and Infosys Technologies Limited. It brought together 175 participants, including experts from France, Italy, South Korea, Spain and Tanzania etc. as well as Indian experts from the States of Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan etc. The complete list of national and international participants is attached in Annex 1. Following the inaugural session in the evening of 14 May 2011, the Conference addressed five themes from 15 – 17 May 2011, namely: (i) Urban mobility in heritage cities with international and national case studies; (ii) Roles of different States in India in supporting heritage-based urban development; (iii) Capacity building of heritage cities; (iv) Heritage activities in the State of Karnataka; (v) Solution exchange and international collaboration including urban conservation examples in different cities from across the world. Parallel to the conference, the participants were also asked to form the working groups to formulate recommendations for action by IHCN-F in six identified areas in order to develop future work plan of the Foundation. The identified areas included: (i) Policy, Governance and Planning; (ii) Institutional Capacity Building; (iii) Technical Training and Skill Enhancement; (iv) Economics of Urban Heritage; (v) Community and Heritage; (vi) Knowledge and Information Generation and Sharing. The Conference concluded on 17 May 2011 with each working group presenting their suggested future Action Plan of IHCN-F. The detailed conference programme is attached in Annex 2.

14 May 2011

Inaugural Session The Inaugural Session was graced by the presence of several dignitaries from the Government of Karnataka, in particular Mr S Suresh Kumar, Honourable Minister of Urban Development, Mr SA Ramadass, Honourable Medical Education Minister and Mysore District in-charge Minister, Mr S H Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Mr S D Meena, Secretary Urban Development, Mr Arvind Srivastava, MD KUIDFC, Government of Karnataka, along with representatives from the city of Mysore, Ms Pushpalatha T B Chikkanna, Mayor of Mysore, Mr Harsha Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Mysore District and Mr K S Raykar, Commissioner, Mysore City Corporation. Both State Ministers acknowledged the vital role that heritage plays in the development process and confirmed the Government of Karnataka’s continued commitment to advance the concept of heritage-based urban development. The agreement to host and fund the Secretariat of IHCN-F is one clear manifestation of such policy of the Government of Karnataka. During the Inaugural Session, a host agreement was signed between the IHCN-F, MCC and the Government of Karnataka. Mr Takahiko Makino, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO New Delhi, informed the audience about the new phase of the IHCN programme, namely the gradual hand-over of UNESCO-led IHCN to the Secretariat of IHCN-F. Ms Rathi Vinay Jha, Chairperson, IHCN-F, presented the vision and mandate of IHCN-F, which is to instigate a new dynamic interaction between the heritage conservation and urban development process that goes beyond conventional approach to heritage conservation consisting mainly of studying and admiring old buildings.

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Ms Minja Yang, President, Raymond Le Maire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC) Leuven, Belgium and Director, International Cooperation, IHCN-F gave the keynote address and emphasized the imperative need to place human well-being at the centre of urban development and heritage conservation, and not to create historic cities deprived of local inhabitants. She further addressed that the level of development of a city should be judged not by the number of private car owners, but by the quality of public transport and the number of people who choose not to own personal cars. The Session ended with a classical dance performance and the inauguration of the exhibition on “Indian Palaces and Mansions: the Forgotten Heritage of the Cities of Bhopal, Benares, Gwalior, Srirangam and Karaikudi”, by Mr Serge Santelli, Professor, School of Architecture, Paris, Bellevite, Paris.

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Introductory Session Mr Takahiko Makino, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO New Delhi reminded the audience about the relation between UNESCO and IHCN-F and confirmed UNESCO’s continued commitment to assist the Foundation in operating the existing IHCN-F activities in a sustainable manner, as well as further enhancing and widening its vision and scope in terms of the heritage-based urban development in Indian cities. It was followed by Ms Nicole Bolomey, Programme Specialist for Culture and Development, UNESCO Dar-es-Salaam and formerly responsible for the IHCN programme at UNESCO New Delhi, providing an overview of the major activities of IHCN over the past two years. The session was concluded by Ms Rathi Vinay Jha, Chairman, IHCN-F, sharing the future plan of the Foundation and its intention to become a Society in order to enable more cities to join the Network. A proposed structure of the future IHCN-Foundation suggests the creation of region-wise Advisory Committee at the same level of authority as the Board of Trustees. Working Groups would constitute the core body of the future Society. To this end, Ms Jha encouraged the members of the IHCN-F to take an active role in together developing a pragmatic and feasible action plan for IHCN-F.

Session 1: Urban Mobility in Heritage Cities Chairperson, Mr Subir Hari Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, started the session by congratulating the organizers in choosing the urban mobility as an overall theme of the Conference, which has become an acute subject of concern for the Indian cities in general and for the historic cities in particular. Mr Guy Le Bras, Director General, Groupement des Autorités Responsables de Transport (GART), France, gave an overview of GART which was formed as an association for public transport authorities in France having a membership of 197 cities, 61 counties and 22 regions. It functions as a public spokesperson for local councils and offers its members economic, judicial and technical advisory services. He explained that public transport involves huge financial issues with 15.3 billion Euros being spent every year for urban public transport in Europe, while 30% of the cost is subsidized by tax income from salaries. He

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further presented the main features of the typical inter-mode systems operating in France and especially with respect to historic cities and showed examples of the effective transport system that exists between the central city and the historic city centre. The urban mobility plan is integral to the urban planning design and transport network. He emphasized the complexity of the transport network and the need to provide the users with easy access to clear information on available transport system. Mr Le Bras further highlighted how the classical transport system can still be in use in historical cities, stating the example of La Rochelle, which uses the fish boat as part of its modern transportation in the city. Other examples highlighted the tram system in Montpellier whose new design is now part of artistic scenery of the city. Similarly, new plan for public transport is in the pipeline at the World Heritage Property of Mont Saint Michel, reintegrating the traditional use of moat to reach the historic centre. This would not only prevent the acceleration of natural silting up phenomenon aggravated by increased access of vehicles to the site, but also respect the original character of Mont St Michel as place of pilgrimage where one used to reach only after long journey on foot. Mr S K Lohia, Officer on Special Duty, Urban Transport (Ex-officio Joint Secretary), Ministry of Urban Development, highlighted the various initiatives of the Government of India for providing sustainable urban transport for Indian towns and cities. He pointed out that citizens’ right to transport or mobility is not listed in the Indian constitution and was not even considered as a topic for policy discussion until 5 years ago. The absence of clear leadership has resulted in multiple agencies involved in the management of various transportation systems in the country. To address this lack of coordination and resulting inefficiency, the Government of India took it upon itself to weave together a set of guidelines for all concerned agencies in the transportation sector to govern the investment, policies and proposals for urban transport under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Mr Lohia also underlined the imperative need for the cities to develop comprehensive urban transport plans and to include it at the very beginning of urban planning exercise for the city. Such work can be supported as part of the central government funding scheme for the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR). While the present urban transport plans generally do not pay attention to the particular context of heritage cities, Mr Lohia acknowledged the need to map urban heritage structures and to develop a toolkit for sustainable urban transport specifically catering to the situation of historic cities. A need is also felt to integrate water-based transport in heritage cities as part of the transport policy of JNNURM projects. The last speaker of the session, Mr Kulwant Singh, Trustee, IHCN-F, outlined multiple challenges in the area of public transport faced by Asian countries due to their rapid development. The negative side effect of increasing car traffic includes fuel consumption, pollution and traffic congestion leading to decrease in economic productivity and quality of life. Social exclusion whereby the poorer members of society are deprived of a quality and safe mode transport is another major concern. To address these issues, he explained that integrating urban transportation, as part of urban planning, is a pre-requisite. Traffic management and car parking must be considered at the very beginning of the planning process. Cities are also encouraged to consider the introduction of non-motorized mode of transport. Transport planning should be done not only at national level, but also at neighbourhood level for compact and viable mode of urban transport within the city and at regional level for connectivity between the cities. Master Plan of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City is one good example of planning that may be referred to for the benefit of Indian cities. Mr Singh concluded the presentation by stressing the need for strong and capacitated body and adequate funding for successful urban mobility.

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Session 2: Case Studies on Urban Mobility in Heritage Cities Chaired by Mr SB Honnur, Director, Town Planning, Government of Karnataka, the session examined specific case studies on urban mobility from Italy, South Korea and India. Mr Daniele Pini, Professor from the University of Ferrara, Italy, gave an overview on how the city of Ferrara, one of the 42 World Heritage Cities of Italy, that has been addressing the urban mobility as part of the overall heritage conservation plan over the past 30 – 40 years. Urban heritage conservation is a well-entrenched concept in the public policy of Italy. Already in 1942, a national guideline for urban planning provided model for conservation of Renaissance cities. In 1975, the city of Ferrara launched another initiative to redesign the city, placing historic areas as the heart of its cultural and service centre. The Master Plan included detailed regulation specifying the type of interventions authorized for each of the historical houses in the city. He pointed out that the successful conversion of the city into a cultural centre has however led to the increase of traffic through and to historical areas from outside that needed to be addressed. Some of the useful interventions included the creation of parking outside the city-wall; limiting car access to historical areas to only residents and workers using remote censors; and pedestrianization of some parts of the core historical area. Sanbokdoro Renaissance project, a plan to make Busan a Creative City of the 21st century presented by Mr Kim Hyeong-kyun, Executive Director, Creative City Office, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, showcased its holistic and thoughtful approach to urban regeneration. Busan is one of the largest port cities in South Korea, formed by the refugees of the Korean War. After the War, the refugees settled and gradually formed the present city of Busan with complex landscape that has evolved from slums. With the vision to create a human-based creative city, the project looks at the regeneration of three components: (i) public space, including expansion of green space, transport and landscape beauty, (ii) living space, including housing, medical and educational services and work place, and (iii) culture, including conservation of heritage areas and development of cultural activities for population. It was found that the Busan project could be one example which Indian cities may wish to refer to. Social Dimensions of Urban Transport – Where are the people? – The presentation by Ms Anvita Arora, CEO, iTrans, Delhi, alerted to the current approach to urban transport development giving priority to car users, which constitutes merely 5 – 10% of entire city’s population. Presently, the city of Delhi devotes 21% of its land for transport system (roads). Despite this high rate of space allocation, the traffic of the city has not improved. By giving more space to cars, it has actually worsened the situation by encouraging more individuals to own a car. Besides, it has also created a growing need for parking space that is yet to be solved. In the effort to find a solution for car users, the road planning has rarely considered other categories of road users including pedestrians, cycle rickshaws and street vendors whose security on the road is increasingly threatened. On the basis of her experience in the survey of road user profiles, Ms Arora made the case for ‘equitable sharing’ of space as per the percentage of different categories of road users. Mr Akash Hingorani, Oasis Designs Inc., Delhi, shared the view of Ms Arora and stressed that urban mobility should be designed on the basis of peoples’ needs and not that of cars. Contrary to popular belief, increased use of cars has a more negative impact to the quality of life, be it traffic jams, noise and air pollution or the encroachment into residential areas by parked cars. He has accordingly presented the opportunity to develop non-motorized corridors as a complementary or alternative solution to current road planning. Possibilities to make use of the cities’ natural sites (river, stream, green pockets, etc) for such corridors were presented as a viable option that is environment friendly and cost-effective

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to enhance urban mobility in Delhi. Mr Hingorani urged that a study on natural sites and not only cultural heritage be duly included in urban planning.

16 May 2011

Session 3: Role of States in India in supporting Urban Conservation Chaired by Ms Rathi Vinay Jha, Chairman, IHCN-F, the session shared case studies on heritage-based urban development from the States of Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala. Mr Shantappa B Honnur, Director, Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka, gave a presentation on the “establishment of an inter-departmental platform to coordinate heritage efforts in Karnataka”. He addressed that cultural heritage is often neglected in the urban development framework, thus it is important to develop heritage-based Master Plans which can regulate and guide the urban development, sensitive to the heritage resources of a city. He highlighted the activities by the Government of Karnataka including amendments to Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, provisions in zonal regulations, establishment of a heritage cell both at State and local levels, amongst others. Mr Honnur elaborated the role of the heritage cell at both levels and highlighted its objectives are to (i) develop the training and capacity building in conjunction with the IHCN-F, (ii) prepare the manual for heritage-based development, (iii) develop a common database, and (iv) formulate state level heritage policy. At local level, its role is to guide and advice the local planning authorities in the development activities, such as (a) pre-land use planning, (b) heritage resource mapping using GIS, (c) delineation of heritage precincts, and (d) post-planning assistance. He concluded his presentation by describing the institutional framework for a heritage cell as well as the mechanism of a proposed action plan. Mr Subir Hari Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, gave an example of the complex management issues of Hampi World Heritage property. The development issues at Hampi include tourism pressure, poverty, lack of education and awareness in terms of heritage sensitivity, and change in land ownership pattern from local to outside control. In a view to reduce these threats, there are a number of ongoing and upcoming activities under the heritage cell, that include (i) identification of zones in core, buffer and peripheral areas, (ii) proposed zoning regulation and building permission in and around the site, and (iii) tourist management. Mr Rupesh Puri, Assistant Controller Finance and Accounts, Government of Punjab, introduced its initiative in developing the state level cultural heritage policy. He provided an overview of heritage resources existing in Punjab State that should be protected against the development activities. The Government of Punjab through its department of culture, archaeology and museums, approached UNESCO New Delhi to together develop the cultural heritage policy that can regulate and guide the development. He further explained that the “policy” would include: (i) identified cultural resources in Punjab State, (ii) strategic framework that looks at different aspects that constitute the needs for safeguarding the cultural resources, (iii) action plan that focuses on three key cultural elements, (a) built heritage (b) movable heritage, museum, and (c) intangible cultural heritage. Mr Puri concluded his presentation by explaining that action plan is being developed in view of a large-scale funding scheme for heritage safeguard by the 13th Finance Commission of the Government of India, which targets these sectors of heritage conservation.

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Mr Mukesh Mittal, Deputy Town Planner, Jaipur Municipal Corporation, Urban Development Department, Government of Rajasthan, shared the state level initiatives in safeguarding their rich cultural heritage resources. It includes establishment of heritage cells in 23 municipalities under the Public-Private People’s Participation Schedule launched in 2004, development of a heritage sensitive Master Plan out of which the Jaipur Heritage Management Plan was prepared, and identified 1,096 heritage structures that are part of the Jaipur Master Plan 2025. He also gave examples of conservation projects that have been implemented in various other cities in Rajasthan, including conservation and adaptive-use project in Ghatki Guni, restoration project of Hawa Mahal, conservation project of the Walled City of Jaipur, façade restoration project at Mirza Ismail road, revitalization and waterfront development project in Aman-i-Shah Nallah, Amber Fort and town conservation project, integrated heritage tourism development plan at Sambhar, and conservation project of Albert Hall at Ram Niwas Bagh. The projects were presented as being the result of overall proactive government’s initiatives for heritage towns and cities of Rajasthan. Mr Sunil Kumar Singh, Deputy Director and Mr Rajarshi Sahai, Urban Development Planner, Madhya Pradesh Urban Services for the Poor, Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, shared their experiences in dealing with development of the City Development Plan in different cities in the State of Madhya Pradesh where heritage precincts have been increasingly coming under threat from Mass Transit Routes. The presentation highlighted how heritage is emerging as a key sector in some City Development Plans being prepared in Madhya Pradesh. However,a key focus of the State for the future is to follow an integrated approach for heritage-based development that is sensitive to the poor. Project cities identified in MP include (i) Burhanpur, where heritage can be a potential driver of the city’s economy, (ii) Sagar, which has been identified as “Transit Tourist Node” for the region’s rich heritage, (iii) Gwalior and Bhopal where adaptive re-use of the specific city areas are the main focus of the project, and (iv) Indore where the zonal plan of the heritage zone is being developed. The project strategy aims at integrated management of Heritage resources which remains an underutilized resource that can be harnessed for greater social, economic and environmental good of the city. The presentation also highlighted the ongoing and future partnerships of State government for implementing the heritage-based urban development strategies for the cities. A series of State level consultation has already been held. Preliminary assessment on harnessing the potential of urban built heritage for Social and Economic Development has been conducted by the World Bank in the context of the upcoming JNNURM/JNNURM+/Urban Transformations Project that has resulted in a set of recommendations on policy, interventions on protection, conserving, and exploiting the heritage. The Madhya Pradesh government partnered with UNESCO through IHCN programme and international partners like ANVPAH for providing technical assistance, international partnership coordination and training and capacity building at state and city levels on various heritage issues. Mr Sunil V M, Special Officer, Muziris Heritage Project, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, presented the integrated heritage conservation and tourism project in Muziris, Kerala. He provided a historical overview of Muziris, identified as a centre of Indian Ocean world system and enhanced trade relations with Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese and Arabs dealing in gold, metals, gemstones, pepper and spices. The presentation highlighted the unique implementation model for the project, which is being implemented by 25 government departments and agencies as well as the representatives from the local community. This project has resulted not only in the strengthening of government institutions but also

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helped build local ownership for the project and empowerment of the local people. Academicians, historians and experts in related fields have also been an integral part of the project implementation by participating in research committees set up to inform various projects. He addressed that the project is being used as an educational tool through improved visitor centres, museums, craftsman villages and heritage walks, amongst others. He concluded his presentation by emphasizing the scope for future collaboration on this project by IHCN-F and UNESCO.

Session 4: Overcoming the Capacity Crunch in Heritage Cities Chaired by Ms Neela Manjunath, Heritage Commissioner, Bangalore District, State of Karnataka, the session highlighted the role and current effort of central government, State and urban local bodies in undertaking heritage initiatives. As an introduction, Ms Manjunath gave the example of the activities of the Government of Karnataka for heritage management in the 6 selected heritage cities of the State: Mysore, Srirangapatna, Kittur, Bijapur, Gulbarga and Bidar. It includes publishing booklets showcasing both tangible and intangible heritage of the cities and placing signboard in front of each of the identified historical buildings. A conservation plan for each city is also being drawn up. In terms of raising awareness, heritage clubs have been established in 150 talukas, each of them undertaking various activities, such as research and documentation, cleaning of the site, and quiz competitions. Mr V K Dhar, HUDCO Chair Professor, National Institute of Urban Affairs, Delhi, presented the purpose and activities of Peer Experience and Reflective Learning (PEARL). Partly supported by MoUD, the initiative began to provide a platform for the member cities of JNNURM to exchange experience and know-how amongst themselves. Currently, 65 Indian cities are members of the network, which are subdivided into 5 categories following the nature and the size of the city. It was however felt that the cities from the North East region were not adequately represented. Considering their unique characteristic, a 6th category was thus added for the cities of North East India. PEARL confirms the importance of cross learning and makes the case for the advantage of network approach as a means for capacity building. Conservation initiatives in the city of Ahmedabad were presented by Mr P K Vasudevan Nair, Deputy General Manager - Heritage Projects, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Gujarat. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is known for its various pioneering efforts in the area of urban heritage conservation and management, including the establishment of a first-ever municipal heritage cell in association with an NGO, Foundation for Conservation and Research of Urban Traditional Architecture. This was followed by the preparation of heritage regulations by the AMC for the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA). A heritage conservation committee was also set up within AUDA in 2010 with a view to guiding repair permissions of listed heritage properties. It is currently proposed to review the old heritage listing of the city, because many buildings are no longer in existence. Other initiatives taken by AMC include the first agreement between AMC and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for the management of the Bhadra Fort and its precincts under JNNURM. Also significant is the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AMC and the Centre for Conservation Studies and CEPT University for developing strategies for heritage conservation. Mr Nair further highlighted the important role played by media in raising public awareness on heritage conservation initiatives of the city authorities. However, despite multiple success stories, Mr Nair admitted that much effort would still be required for capacity building of policy makers and technical personnel involved in heritage planning and management.

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Mr Debashish Basak, Town Planner, Surat Municipal Corporation, Gujarat, shared his experience for urban heritage conservation of Surat. Like many historic cities of India, pressure for urban growth urged the municipal authority to adopt concrete measures for heritage protection. In Gujarat, the heritage cell plays a central role in the implementation of heritage conservation. The initiatives of Surat Municipal Corporation, amongst others, are the inclusion of heritage aspects in Gujarat Development Control Regulations, Special Heritage Guidelines for heritage precincts; creation of a Heritage Conservation Committee; setting up of a heritage cell and heritage plan integrating heritage conservation and need for growth. Various support mechanisms were also devised to support the owners of heritage properties, namely the provision of Transferable Development Rights assistance to homeowners for the sale of heritage properties and support for the generation of income through ticketing. Through the example of the City of Chinon, a World Heritage City of France, Mr Yves Dauge, Senator and Vice-Mayor of the City of Chinon, France, explained how good planning can help ensure both protection and promotion of cultural resources of the city. A strong and efficient planning begins with a detailed survey of the planning area, which lays the basis of the development of a conservation plan of the city. A good technical team and joint funding by both the national and local authorities are also important factors behind a successful initiative. Noting that the designing of a city’s conservation plan usually requires some good three to four years, Mr Dauge specified that the city does not necessarily need to wait for the completion of the overall conservation plan to begin some smaller initiatives. Example of the attempt in Luang Prabang, a World Heritage city in Laos PDR, to realign the airport runway with the World Heritage Master Plan was also presented. As a useful tool, Mr Dauge shared the concept of a heritage house, a popular institution in many European cities, aimed at documenting local heritage documentation as well as providing technical and legal service to local population for the management of heritage properties. Ms Nawel Rafik-Elmrini, Vice Mayor, Strasbourg, France, presented the example of heritage-based sustainable and innovative urban development in Strasbourg, which is also a World Heritage City. In the past the historical fabric of Strasburg was not exempted from the damage caused by multiple urban development projects. After several years of trial and error, the city has taken up the concept of Eco-city to guide future development in the city, which aims at maintaining the density of the old historic centre, renovating old residential structures and giving new life to public spaces. In order to achieve these aims, the city is committed to avoid gentrification and musefication, promote social housing through legal support and to ensure effective implementation of the management plan for the city. The city has also set its goal to address environmental challenges by ensuring projects in the area following a ‘three frames’ development of the city. These ‘three frames’ development implies: (i) building green infrastructure or preservation of the natural heritage and respecting bio-diversity as a vital urban resource, (ii) blue infrastructure which recognizes water as one of the defining elements of the city, and (iii) building public transport infrastructure around soft and existing active mode of transport. These “three frames” development has the potential of changing the energy use in the city by developing low energy buildings, sustainable mobility, land and urban planning and mitigating and adapting biodiversity. Ms Rafik-Elmrini extended Strasbourg’s willingness to partner with Indian cities to share its sustainable and innovative urban development practices. She concluded by informing the audience of the proposed signing of a MoU between Udaipur and Strasbourg on 2 October 2011.

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Session 5: Heritage Related Activities in Karnataka The session had one speaker, as other speakers were unable to attend the conference. Mr N S Nagraj Rao, former Director-General, ASI, introduced the session by congratulating the State of Karnataka as a role model in heritage management in India. Mr N S Rangaraju, Professor, University of Mysore presented the conservation project of the restoration work of Jayalakshmi mansion, which was built by King Shri Chamarajendra Wodeyar for his eldest daughter, Jayalakshmamanni. Today the mansion is a part of the University of Mysore. He presented his team’s restoration work of different parts of the building including, façade, roof, parapet, balcony, cornice, de-vegetation, underground drainage system, and ceilings. The second part of his presentation introduced the excavation work of his team of the Rajaghatta site, recognized as one of the best examples of brick built Buddhist Chaityalaya and Vihara in South India. He concluded his presentation by requesting the support of UNESCO and IHCN-F to assist his University in conservation work and to prepare a nomination file for the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Session 6: Solution Exchange and International Collaboration The session was chaired by Ms Minja Yang, President, RLICC, Leuven, Belgium. Presentations were made by four speakers respectively from the World Bank, Embassy of France in New Delhi, United Cities of Local Governments (UCLG), and the Government of Zanzibar. Ms Giovanna Prennushi, Chief Economic Advisor, World Bank, Delhi, noted that, although heritage conservation is not part of the World Bank’s mandate, its works have had heritage components since 1970s. Presently, the World Bank has some 110 activities related to heritage. The impetus came partly from the Government of Italy, which has established a funds-in-trust within the Bank with a view to mainstreaming the concern for heritage in development work. Recently, India also joined Italy by contributing funds to the World Bank. The bank’s objective is to help mainstream heritage concerns into larger developmental activities. In India, the World Bank sees the opportunity of bringing heritage component in various areas of partnership with the Government of India, including the second phase of JNNURM to work on urban water systems, redesigning of slums as part of collaboration with the Ministry of Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation, and the national rural livelihood mission under the Ministry of Rural Development. Mr Benjamin Gestin, Attaché, Decentralized Cooperation, Civil Society, Cultural and Cooperation Department, Embassy of France, Delhi, presented an example of the decentralized cooperation as an alternative model of cooperation between the cities. Decentralized cooperation is an initiative of the Government of France consisting of delegating the international cooperation at regional and municipal level. It is a concrete project-based cooperation and has to be differentiated from conventional city-twinning schemes. It has the benefit of involving a wider variety of stakeholders as compared to traditional bilateral cooperation where communication goes only at the highest level of government authority. While it can be applied to any domains of mutual interest of the concerned cities, urban heritage management is perhaps one area where an exchange of know-how between France and India would be most relevant and deserves to be promoted. The Embassy of France thus considers IHCN-F and the MoUD, as particularly important partners for the future Decentralized Cooperation.

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Mr Jordi Pascual, Coordinator, Committee on Culture, UCLG, Barcelona, Spain, outlined the vision of UCLG in making culture a fourth pillar of sustainable development. UCLG may be equated to a kind of United Nations of cities and is presently comprised of some 1,000 cities and 100 city-level networks as its members. The UCLG has adopted and lays the basis of its work on Agenda 21 for Culture. It is a charter adopted in May 2004, which advocates for the first time for culture-based development by cities and local governments. It provides several recommendations, including:(i) the need for strong commitment from higher national authorities, (ii) balance between past and future,(iii) participation of civil society and private sectors,(iv) mid-term work plan in addition to short and long terms that are to be constantly reviewed,(v) accountability,(vi) continuous training of staff to update their skill to give them exposure to new information, and (vii) a public space for people from different sectors to meet and discuss different culture. The case of the Stone Town of Zanzibar, “UNESCO World Heritage City since year 2000” was presented by Mr Mwalim A Mwalim, Principle Secretary of the Government of Zanzibar, Tanzania. The city’s uniqueness lies in its harmonious mixture of multiple cultures including African, Indian, European and Arabic cultures in its landscape. It is also known as the place of memory of slave trade. Like many historic cities, the Stone Town faces several challenges – in particular the poverty of inhabitants and heritage property owners that have accelerated the decay of historical buildings. Open public space is being considerably reduced further for the hunt of space for business development. Traffic congestion is another major concern as cars were introduced to this traditionally pedestrian town.

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Session 6: Solution Exchange and International Collaboration (contd.) The session continued with showcasing the UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Recommendation, and other integrated conservation and development examples from Cairo, Damascus and France. Ms Nicole Bolomey, Programme Specialist for Culture and Development, UNESCO Dar-es-Salaam and formerly responsible for IHCN programme at UNESCO New Delhi, gave a comprehensive overview of the global debate on historic urban landscape. She highlighted that the concern for urban heritage conservation emerged during the 1970s as the world began to witness an unprecedented pace of urban growth. As the focus shifted from archaeological sites to living cities, so did the approach to heritage management from conventional restoration to urban regeneration, from being mono-disciplinary to multi-disciplinary and from the protection of physical monuments to the protection of values with increasing attention on local communities and their activities. Currently, out of some 911 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 260 are World Heritage Cities and 359 are sites located within urban areas. Recognizing the crucial need to balance heritage conservation and urban development, UNESCO General Conference in 2009 gave a mandate to the World Heritage Centre to develop a guideline for urban heritage management. In response to this, a series of tool kits addressing the questions of regulatory system, community engagement, international cooperation, amongst others, is under development for review and endorsement by the next General Conference in October 2011. UNESCO endeavours to be the global leading agency on urban heritage through the mobilization of a community of professionals and the provision of technical assistance packages to those countries in need.

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Mr Serge Santelli, Professor, School of Architecture Paris Belleville, France, shared his work on the Darb-El-Labbanah Sustainable Development Initiative in Cairo, Egypt. The situation of urban heritage in Cairo has much in common with many cities of India wherein only important monuments are preserved and not the rest of the urban fabric. Despite the fact that the city is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage city, no regulation is in place to protect the buildings other than major monuments. Mr Santelli’s initiative thus selected a portion of the city where vernacular architecture is still relatively well preserved to make a demonstration case for urban heritage management. Intensive mapping and studies of various types of architecture were undertaken and the suggestions were made for adaptive re-use of these historical buildings in tune with the city’s vibrant economic activities. However, to be materialized, the initiative would need to overcome a number of challenges. Many historical buildings belong to the Government and it has no funds to execute the plan. Besides, the rule of the Supreme Council of Antiquity of Egypt prohibits the alternative and adaptive re-use of historical buildings. The initiative is now suspended due to the political instability in Egypt. A case study of Damascus, another example of a UNESCO World Heritage City, was provided by Mr Daniele Pini, Professor, University of Ferrara, Italy. The city of Damascus has been under a highly disputed infrastructure and urban renewal plan, namely the introduction of a number of highways going around the historical areas. The concern has led the city of Damascus to be placed under the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger urging for UNESCO’s intervention. An insensitive introduction of highway has not only divided the core historical area from its suburb which also has historical fabric, but has also led to the development of all sorts of factories along the historical zone, as the highway invited large-scale trucks to circulate. The case of Damascus pleads for the need to introduce protective measures not only for the core historical area but its buffer zones as well. Mr Yves Dauge, Senator and Vice Mayor of Chinon, and President, National Commission on Urban Heritage Areas of France, gave a quick overview of the approach of the cities of the Loire Valley for heritage conservation. The plan considers not only the protection of historical urban fabric, but also the river front and overall natural landscape along with the promotion of agriculture and local traditional industries. France has at least 50 years of experience in urban heritage planning as part of public policy. Thanks to this experience, France has rendered technical support to many parts of the world, including the Antique Town of Syria and Luang Prabang, Lao PDR where Mr Dauge played an active role. Mr Jean-Marin Schuh, Councillor, Embassy of France, Delhi, confirmed the Government of France’s continued interest in collaborating with UNESCO to mainstream heritage-based urban development and using it as one of the main areas of partnership between the cities of India and France. The Government of France believes that a network-to-network partnership such as IHCN-F and various networks of French heritage cities is an efficient approach enabling wider scope for exchange. France is a pioneer in heritage-based development over the past 50 years and believes this is the area where the country has the best expertise to offer. France is also convinced that heritage-based urban development provides one concrete model of much needed harmonious development especially for small and medium sized cities. Decentralized Cooperation initiated by the Government of France is precisely the framework through which the Embassy of France endeavours to support such city-to-city partnerships for heritage-based urban development. Presently, partnerships with the State Government of Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are on-going and the Embassy of France hopes that many more examples will follow later. The Chairperson concluded the session by noting that the inception of IHCN-F was indeed inspired by the French association of historical cities and that the credit for the start of this initiative in India does go to France. She further encouraged the IHCN-F to also exchange experience with other cities especially in

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Asia, including Hong Kong SAR and Singapore, where unfortunately only pockets of heritage areas have managed to survive. Potential partners in the future can include City Net, an association of Asian Cities, Association of Turkish cities, and the Association of Cities of Iran. Expanding the partnership basis is vital to consolidate the Secretariat of IHCN-F.

Future planning for the Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation IHCN-F Working Groups have been set up to undertake working sessions for intensified collaboration to help orient the IHCN programme in a manner that shall be best suited and useful to our members in the future. The Working Group members shall be actively engaged towards formulating short-term and long-term programmes and activities of IHCN. Within this context, the working group session took place parallel to the conference. Working groups are technical groups within the Network to further discuss: (i) Policy, Governance and Planning, (ii) Institutional Capacity Building, (iii) Technical Training and Skill Enhancement,(iv) Economics of Urban Heritage, (v) Community Participation, and (vi) Knowledge, Information generation and Sharing. Each group was specifically asked to identify challenges and gaps in their respective thematic areas and to elaborate on short and long-term objectives of the IHCN-F. The groups have been working since March 2011 through on-line exchange and prepared working documents which were tabled and discussed for further refinement in the margin of the plenary thematic sessions of the Conference. 1. Policy, Governance and Planning It is necessary to evolve a national level policy framework for heritage-based urban development. Ideally, heritage management should be an integral part of town planning, and municipalities endowed with heritage cell and a comprehensive listing of heritage buildings. Currently, however, States and cities have varying degree of interest on heritage protection and the state of progress of their work on heritage regulation is also uneven. Each member of IHCN-F may be therefore expected to act as grass-root advocacy agency. At a macro-level, it can function as advisor to the Ministry of Urban Development towards the development of a National Heritage Management Act. 2. Institutional Capacity Building IHCN-F should focus on the establishment of a Heritage Cell in each city and the development of Heritage Walks. The process of developing Heritage Walks leads to the documentation and planning of a city’s cultural assets and thus provides the perfect starting point for heritage-based urban development. IHCN-F should also coordinate and organize periodic peer training and learning events. 3. Technical Training and Skill Enhancement The need for capacity building varies greatly among the stakeholders as each city and site shows different characteristics and problems. It is therefore not easy to draw general guidelines on heritage conservation techniques. As an immediate task, IHCN-F should initiate interaction with local authorities to understand various training needs of different stakeholders. In particular, skill upgrading of various kinds of artisans is important considering extreme shortage of construction workers and artisans. In the long term, a database needs to be established to share good practices of capacity building.

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4. Economics of Urban Heritage 17 ideas were put forth under the three headings of: (a) Economic and Financial Aspect, (b) Socio-Cultural Economics of Heritage Management, and (c) Research, Training and Operational Issues. Under Economic and Financial Aspect, there are seven possible areas of study for IHCN-F: (i) relation between macro-economic planning and heritage, (ii) macro and micro economic-models specific to heritage management (loans, tax incentives, subsidies, concession, new funding schemes and partnerships), (iii) capital valuation of heritage asset, (iv) funding source, (v) risk analysis, (vi) property management, and (vii) asset management. Under Socio-Cultural Economics, three ideas were proposed: (i) databank on various models of the reuse of heritage, (ii) tourism, and (iii) employment opportunity. Finally, under Research, Training and Operational Issues, seven ideas suggesting different types of stakeholders to be engaged and trained for effective management of heritage, namely: local schools, volunteers, real estate developers and various other actors whose action have direct or indirect impact on heritage management. 5. Community Participation Heritage management should set as its goal the quality of life and environment of local communities. To this end, and as a concrete example of community involvement, an idea to involve some millions of informal waste-pickers as part of mainstream heritage management strategy was tabled. Such “green-actors” of the city should be an integral part of planning. 6. Knowledge and Information Sharing The Knowledge and Information Sharing working group should play the role of supporting the Foundation of the five other thematic groups as data bank and for information sharing. In building such a system, however, it is imperative to determine whose information is to be collected and to whom to provide access and what type of data. This leads to the question as to who can be the members of IHCN-F and what criteria should be applied. Ideally, a resource person from each member city and/or urban local body should be identified to liaise with and provide information to IHCN-F. Building a knowledge sharing system presupposes that each working group is an active entity with moderators taking full ownership of their task. In the discussion that ensued the presentations it was suggested that IHCN-F takes more of a coordinating role in linking various actors and activities than implementing various projects of its own. Thus, each and every member of the IHCN-F is expected to be active and take ownership of their own projects as IHCN-F. Furthermore, in terms of building a wider scope in this field, it was suggested to invite ASI to join the network as various sites in member cities concerned fall within the ambit of the national heritage laws, and its action will have an implication on the management of the urban heritage fabric of the cities. A suggestion was also made that IHCN-F looks for partnership with various educational institutions to inculcate the value of heritage in the younger generation. In response and noting the current policy trend to give more emphasis on value education, it was advised that IHCN-F also liaise with entities as National Resource Centre for Value Education to influence the curriculum development. In conclusion, it should be noted that the IHCN-F is still a small network yet already endowed with incredible number of resource persons which constitutes its inherent strength. The main challenge in

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the future is to effectively activate this Network for solution exchange. This indeed requires a very structured process, which the IHCN-F has to work out in the near future.

Closing Remarks The third Biennial Conference ended with a vote of thanks by Mr Takahiko Makino, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO New Delhi, on behalf of the Director of UNESCO New Delhi. The Conference was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Government of Karnataka, MCC and KUIDFC. The success of the Conference also owes to various partners namely the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Italy in New Delhi and World Travel and the Tourism Council who supported the travel of the resource persons. Infosys and its pristine premises gave a perfect setting for the Conference. The organizer also thanked the Media for the interest it has shown in the event and the press coverage. Finally, the acknowledgement was given to the staff and volunteers of the organizing and supporting agencies whose hard work ensured successful completion of the Conference.

Conclusion The third Biennial Conference provided a much-needed occasion for the communities of experts to meet and exchange recent issues and progress in urban heritage management. After five years of its launching, the Indian Heritage Cities Network has witnessed a growing awareness and interest on the issue of urban heritage safeguard, protection, conservation and management amongst the municipal authorities, state government officials and the civil society organizations. The presence of more than 170 participants to the Conference is a testimony to its upward progression with a dramatic increase in the number of participants from the urban local bodies as well as the support provided by international experts and also the friends of IHCN -as potential members of IHCN-F in the future. IHCN has in fact been regularly receiving requests for membership from numerous small and medium sized cities and NGOs working in heritage cities of India. More international cities have also come forward to foster city-city and academic and research oriented partnerships. IHCN-F will work towards the setting-up of its head quarter in Mysore and regional offices in other member cities. It shall recruit a Director, the technical and administrative team members to help in the smooth running of the operations and activities of the Foundation. As next steps, it will work towards the creation of a Society in order to ensure an equal participation of all members. It will revise the membership criteria and categories and allow for more IHCN membership requests to be processed. As an advocacy organisation, one of the primary objectives will be to build the capacity and increase the knowledge base of the city officials and of the technical staff of its member urban local bodies through the medium of holding workshops and joint project activities that would help train them towards a more heritage-friendly approach to urban development and equip them to undertake heritage conservation based interventions in their cities. IHCN-F shall undertake pilot demonstrative heritage-based urban development projects in the key states and cities it is involved in. It will hold international technical

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expert missions to these cities/ states and provide technical support and assistance in all aspects of the projects. IHCN-F shall consolidate and finalize the Action Plan for the next three years based on the deliberations of the Working Groups. As a solution exchange platform, it shall further enhance its website and provide its members with the necessary platform for discussions. As an independent new entity, IHCN-F looks forward to receiving continuing support from all its members and friends.

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List of Abbreviations AMC Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation ANVPAH Association Nationale des Villes et Pays d’Art et d’Histoire ASI Archaeological Survey of India AUDA Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority DPR Detailed Project Report GART Groupement des Autorités Responsables de Transport HUL Historic Urban Landscape IHCN Indian Heritage Cities Network IHCN-F Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission KUIDFC Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development &Finance Corporation Ltd MCC Mysore City Cooperation MoUD Ministry of Urban Development PEARL Peer Experience and Reflective Learning RLICC Raymond Le Maire International Centre for Conservation UCLG United Cities of Local Governments

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Annex 1: List of Participants National Participants

No. City Name Organisation Contact No. Email Address

1 Ahmedabad Mr P K V Nair DGM, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

2 Ahmedabad Mr Debashish Nayak Heritage Advisor, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

+91 79 3298 4116 +91 11 2657 4335 +91 98 2403 2866

debashishnayak@rediffmail.com

3 Badami Mr W V S Narasimhan

Assistant Superintending Archaeologist, ASI

+91 83 5722 0157 +91 94 4818 8407

mus.badami@gmail.com

4 Bangalkot Mr Tirupati Lamani JE (Civil) CMC ILICAL BAGALKOT DISTRICT

+91 97 3952 3822

5 Bangalore Mr Subir Hari Singh Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

+91 80 2225 3958

6 Bangalore Ms M S Shantala Deputy Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 80 2235 3976 +91 99 4568 6232

shasachi@yahoo.com

7 Bangalore Mr Rajesh Munshi Assistant Executive Engineer, Directorate of Municipal Administration, Government of Karnataka

+91 92 4250 2778 +91 98 8075 0908

8 Bangalore Mr S B Honnur Director, Karnataka State Town Planning Board

+91 80 2225 8988 +91 98 4515 0829

shanthonnur@gmail.com

9 Bangalore Ms Arati V Sunadholi Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 98 8628 2337 aratijsb@gmail.com

10 Bangalore Ms Asha Kitte Gowda Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+9199 4596 8111 asha_kitte@yahoo.co.in

11 Bangalore Ms Asma Syedi Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 76 7621 0047 syediasma@gmail.com

12 Bangalore Mr Balagangadhara K Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 90 1943 5827 balagangadhar.k@gmail.com

13 Bangalore Mr M N Veeraiah Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 94 4917 0897

14 Bangalore Ms Meenakshi Kumari M S

Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 99 4556 9965 meenaapr18@gmail.com

15 Bangalore Ms Pankaja M S Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 98 8678 8124

16 Bangalore Ms S Lavanya Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 98 8075 0908 +91 92 4250 2778

lavanya_s09@rediffmail.com

17 Bangalore Ms Savitri Patil Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 99 7202 4491 savitrip2002@yahoo.com

18 Bangalore Ms Seema H V Assistant Director, Directorate of +91 98 4581 4629 keerthi_prasad@yahoo.co

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19 Bangalore Ms Shilpa Desai Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 96 3240 7649 shilpa123desai@yahoo.com

20 Bangalore Mr Suresha J Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 97 4029 0887 suresharchplr@gmail.com

21 Bangalore Ms Veena Nirwani Assistant Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Karnataka

+91 99 8691 8938 veenanirwani.architectplanner@gmail.com

22 Bangalore Mr B V Chandrasekhara

General Manager (Tech), KUIDFC, Government of Karnataka

+91 94 4812 9636

23 Bangalore Mr Ashok Jain General Manager (Urban Affairs), KUIDFC, Government of Karnataka

+91 98 8400 0077

24 Bangalore Mr Arifliila Shariff General Manager (Admn.), KUIDFC

+91 94 4845 1122

25 Bangalore Ms Monica Kashkari Deputy General Manager, KUIDFC, Government of Karnataka

+91 94 4845 8076 monicakashkari@kuidfc.org

26 Bangalore Dr H S Sudhira Consultant, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

+91 80 4113 7705 +91 94 4811 3575

hs.sudhira@iihs.ac.in

27 Bangalore Ms Devi Kalyani J Manager Infrastructure Project & Research Analyst, Space Matrix Design Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

+91 80 4049 4000 +91 99 4523 0717

devi.kalyani@spacematrix.com

28 Bangalore Ms Krupa Rajangam Conservation Architect, Principal, SAYTHU, Bangalore

+91 99 7211 4110 www.saythu.com rajangamk@gmail.com

29 Bangalore Ms Neela Manjunath Commissioner, Department of Archaeology Museum & Heritage

+91 80 2286 3736 +91 94 4963 7501

heritagebangalore@gmail.com

30 Bangalore Mr Asutosh Wagh CSC Bangalore +91 72 5928 1806 wagh.ashutosh@gmail.com

31 Bangalore Mr G S Narsimhan Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Bangalore Circle

+91 80 2553 7348 +91 11 2252 2532

circleban.asi@gmail.com

32 Bangalore Mr M V Visweswara Assistant Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Bangalore Circle

+91 94 4825 4187

33 Bangalore Ms Ritu Verma Founder-Director, Urban Explorers HQ: Bangalore

+91 97 3966 9167

34 Bangalore Mr Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Convenor, INTACH Bangalore +91 80 2679 4220 +91 11 2676 7854 +91 98 4501 6781

varanashi@gmail.com sathyaconsult@gmail.com

35 Bangalore Mr Shailender Singh Special Officer, D.U.L.P +91 99 8672 4172

36 Bangalore Ms Swati Deore Space Matrix Design Consultants Pvt. Ltd

+91 99 4540 0726 Swati.deore@spacematrix.com

37 Bangalore Mr T M Keshava Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, ASI Bangalore Circle

+91 80 2553 7348

38 Bangalore Mr Thejesui N ASI Bangalore Circle +91 94 4879 5953

39 Bangalore Mr Vivek Kumar V Principal Architect, Envisage Design Consultants Pvt. Ltd

+91 98 4571 9210 vivekkumarv@rediffmail.com

40 Bangalore Mr H R Murali Ride a Cycle Foundation +91 99 4506 6612

41 Bangalore Mr Pankaj Modi +91 93 4213 5215 modip25@gmail.com

42 Bangalore Ms GitanjaIi Rao Assistant professor, Department +91 98 4514 5192 gitanjalikr@yahoo.co.in

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43 Bangalore Mr Amit Chanchal Project Manager, Sustainable Urbanism International

+91 80 4117 9686 +91 886143 7736

amit.chanchal@hotmail.com

44 Bangalore Mr S Madhusudhan INTACH Bengaluru Circle +91 82 1242 1507 +91 1 1243 9028 (Fax) +91 96 8627 1879

madhusudhanschetty@gmail.com

45 Bhopal Mr Nitin Raje Systems Analyst Architect, Living Heritage Alliance

+91 75 5267 1807 +91 75 5266 0873 (Fax) +91 98 2624 2266

living.heritage.alliance@gmail.com

46 Bhopal Mr Rajarshi Sahai Planner, Urban Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh

+91 94 2504 0852 rajarshi.rakesh.sahai@gmail.com archieroger@gmail.com

47 Bhopal Ms Savita Raje Registrar, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

+91 75 5267 1807 snr1418@yahoo.com

48 Bhopal Mr Sunil Singh Deputy Director, Planning, Government of Madhya Pradesh

+91 94 2515 0108 sunilsingh213@rediffmail.com

49 Burhanpur Ms Madhuri Atul Patel

Mayor, Burhanpur Municipal Corporation

+91 73 2525 7525 +91 73 25 5639 (Fax) +91 94 2532 6534

ngrngmburhanpur@yahoo.com

50 Burhanpur Mr Atul Patel Ex- Mayor, Burhanpur Municipal Corporation

+91 73 2625 7525 (Tel) +91 73 2625 5639 (Fax) +91 94 2532 6534

51 Chandigarh Mr Rupesh Puri Assistant Controller (F & A), Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Punjab

+91 17 2269 4889 +91 98 5540 7405

panchtatav@yahoo.co.in

52 Chandigarh Ms Alka Kapoor Project Manager, Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Punjab

+91 17 2269 4889 +91 98 8889 6765

alka.kapoor99@yahoo.com

53 Chennai Mr Azhar Tyabji Professor, Anthropology +91 98 4034 5424 azhartyabji@gmail.com

54 Chennai Mr Steve Borgia Chairperson, Indeco Leisure Hotels

+91 94 4441 4369 steve@indecohotels.com

55 Dharwad, Karnataka

Mr A V Rangesh Additional Director, Department of Town and Country Planning, Dharwad, Government of Karnataka

+91 83 6244 7901 +91 94 4812 2254

rangesh56@gmail.com

56 Dharwad, Karnataka

Dr S V P Halakatti Superintending Archaeologist ASI Dharwad Circle

+91 83 6244 3678 +91 11 273 5815 +91 11 244 7539 (Fax) +91 94 4826 1602

circledha.asi@gmail.com

57 Gangavathi Mr R R Patil A.E.E, C.M.C. Gangavathi +91 94 8166 0504

58 Goa Mr K Amarnath Ramakrishna

ASI +91 94 2318 0285 mus.velhagoa@gmail.com

59 Gwalior Mr N B S Rajput Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Gwalior

+91 11 243 8300 (Office) +91 75 1243 8249 +91 11 234 7144 (Fax) +91 94 0690 0005

nbsrajput@hotmail.com

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60 Hampi Mr B Sarathchandra Project Manager, Hampi World Heritage Area Management Authority

+91 94 4920 6246 chandra.bsa@gmail.com

61 Hyderabad Prof P Chenna Reddy Director, Archaeology & Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh

+91 402 3234 9421 +91 98 4925 4956

chennareddyp@gmail.com

62 Hyderabad Ms Vasanta Sobha Turaga

Vasaamaha Consultants +91 40 2335 1153 +91 98 4803 5124

vasantasobha@gmail.com

63 Indore Mr Himanshu Dudwadkar

Architect, Design Cell +91 98 2605 2100 himanshududwadkar@gmail.com

64 Indore Ms Shreya Bhargava Architect, Design Cell +91 93 0210 7258 shreyabhargava@hotmail.com

65 Jaipur Mr Devendra Gupta Executive Engineer, Jaipur Development Authority

+91 14 1259 7607 +91 94 1404 4014

dev_gupta@rediffmail.com

66 Jaipur Mr Susovan Mitra Joint Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority

+91 98 2921 6407

67 Jaipur Ms Lavang Sharma Additional Chief Town Planner, Jaipur Development Authority

+91 14 1229 6839 +91 98 2905 1733

ldsharma@hotmail.com

68 Jaipur Ms Sadhana Sharma Deputy Town Planner, Jaipur Development Authority

+91 14 1220 3589 +91 94 1406 4656

sadhana9011@gmail.com

69 Jaipur Mr Subhash Sharma Jaipur Development Authority subhsharma@gmail.com

70 Jaipur Mr Mukesh Mittal Deputy Town Planner, Municipal Corporation, Jaipur

+91 94 1405 8884 mukeshmittalji@yahoo.com

71 Karwar Mr A H Doddamani A.E.E, C.M.C. Karwar (Uttar Kannada)

+91 94 4983 4500

72 Kerala Mr K Remanan Office of the Senior Town Planner, Local Self Governance Department., Government of Kerala

+91 48 4220 4291 +91 9 4410 3975

rksakrem5@gmail.com stpekm@gmail.com

73 Kerala Mr Sunil V M Special Officer, Muziris Heritage Project, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala

+91 48 0280 7717 +91 99 9588 0262

sunil@keralatourism.org

74 Kharagpur, West Bengal

Ms Sanghamitra Basu Associate Professor, Architecture and Regional Planning Department, IIT

+91 32 2228 3206 +91 94 3404 1982

sbasu@arp.iitkgp.ernet.in s.basu.arp@gmail.com

75 Kota Mr Amjad Khan Ekta Welfare Society +91 74 4242 2686 +91 98 2909 8192

amjadkhan2009@rediffmail.com

76 Madurai Mr M P Vasimalai Executive Director, DHAN Foundation

+91 45 2261 0794 +91 94 4373 8587

dhanfoundation@dhan.org

77 Madurai Mr K P Bharathi Programme Leader, DHAN Foundation

+91 93 4410 2841 tourism@dhan.org

78 Madurai Mr A Madhan Kumar Programme Leader, Centre for Research, DHAN Foundation

+91 94 8601 7722 madhankumar@dhan.org dhanmad@gmail.com

79 Mandya Mr G Jayaram CEO, Zilla Panchayat Mandya +91 94 4818 6388

80 Mandya Mr J S Sathyamurthi Assistant Executive Engineer, District Urban Development Cell, Mandya

+91 99 4556 6213

81 Mandya Mr Putta Sesha Giri Assistant Executive Engineer, C.M.C. Mandya

+91 90 1948 1148

82 Mangalore Mr A W Suresh Assistant Engineer, Mangalore City Corporation

+91 98 4581 9818

83 Mumbai Ms Tapan Mittal Deshpande

Conservation Architect, TMD, Mumbai + MCC Heritage Cell

+91 98 7052 6557 tapan.mittal@gmail.com

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84 Mumbai Mr Niket Deshpande Architect, Mumbai Proprietor TMD. + MCC Heritage Cell

+91 98 9257 9588

85 Mysore Mr A S Hari Horologist +91 94 4832 2800

86 Mysore Mr B M Kapani Gowda

Executive Engineer, Karnataka Slum Development Board

+91 99 8603 2895 +91 82 1249 1424

bmkgowda@gmail.com

87 Mysore Mr Chandrashekar K Regional Coordinator, DHAN Foundation, Mysore

+91 99 1689 5060 kfmysore@dhan.org

88 Mysore Mr D Padmanasha President, District Urban Planning Committee, Mysore

+91 94 4940 8066

89 Mysore Mr K S Raykar Commissioner, Mysore City Cooperation

+91 98 4565 5553 kishraykar@rediffmail.com

90 Mysore Mr H N Sankaraiah Ex- Mayor and Corporator, Mysore City Cooperation

+91 94 4984 1060 +91 82 1245 1430

91 Mysore Mr Shivakumar K P Corporator, Mysore City Cooperation

+91 94 4984 1002

92 Mysore Mr K V Mallesha Corporator, Mysore City Cooperation

+91 94 4984 1018

93 Mysore Mr Shivakumar K P Superintending Engineer, MUDA +91 94 1697 6505

94 Mysore Mr Mahesha Superintending Engineer, S.E.M., Mysore City Cooperation

+91 94 4805 5134

95 Mysore Mr Suresha Babu Superintending Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 82 1241 8873 +91 94 4984 1067 +91 94 4814 4611

sejnnurm@gmail.com

96 Mysore Mr H C Subramanya VVWW, Mysore City Cooperation +91 94 4984 1076

97 Mysore Mr P Kumar Leader, Urban Poverty Alleviation Mysore City Corporation

+91 98 4464 4937

98 Mysore Ms Shanisas ZAC-1, Mysore City Corporation +91 94 4984 1078

99 Mysore Mr Mahesh ZAC-9, Mysore City Cooperation +91 81 9789 0999 maheshgowda64@gmail.com

100 Mysore Mr A T Somashekarappa

Assistant Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 94 4860 1981

101 Mysore Mr K Anand Krishna Assistant Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 94 9984 1167

102 Mysore Mr T Ravindra Assistant Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 94 4984 1136

103 Mysore Mr Nadeem Ahemed Assistant Engineer, Mysore City Cooperation

+91 94 4984 1168

104 Mysore Mr B Channabasauogowa

Junior Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 94 4984 1173

105 Mysore Mr J S Prasad Junior Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 98 8043 4585

106 Mysore Ms Roopashree. P Junior Engineer, Mysore City Corporation

+91 94 4984 1192

107 Mysore Ms Nisha Naidu Conservation Architect, Heritage Cell, Mysore City Cooperation

+91 94 4932 9897 naidu.nisha@gmail.com

108 Mysore Dr Laxmansing R Rathod

Lecturer, Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts

+91 94 8116 8895 drlrathod@gmail.com

109 Mysore Mr N S Nagraj Rao Director, Vivekananda Institute of Indian Studies

+91 99 4590 0573 mirlenrao@gmail.com

110 Mysore Mr N S Rangaraju Professor, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Manasa Gangotri, University of Mysore

+91 82 1241 9617 +91 11 254 4546 (Home) +91 98 4540 4648

nsrangaraju@hotmail.com

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111 Mysore Mr Pranalinga Sivasali

Director, State Institute of Urban Development

+91 94 4710 3975 +91 080 252 0164

madhusudhanschetty@gmail.com

112 Mysore Mr Ravindra Gundu Rao

Conservation Architect, Ravi Gundu Rao & Associates

+91 93 4210 1552

113 Mysore Mr S Raghavendra Executive Engineer, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation

+91 94 4959 8539

114 Mysore Mr S.Subbe Gowda E.E. JNNURM +91 94 8081 3129

115 Mysore Mr Somalingaiah. S. +91 99 0088 9408

116 Mysore Mr Premsubramanian

+91 73 5964 8752 premsubramaniam@yahoo.com

117 New Delhi Mr Akash Hingorani Principal Architect, Oasis Designs +91 98 1126 5750 +91 11 2612 2044 +91 11 2612 2440

mail@oasisdesigns.org design.oasis@gmail.com

118 New Delhi Mr Anand Bhatt ABA-NET / Architexturez Imprints +91 98 7196 1332 anand.bhatt@ab-a.net

119 New Delhi Dr Anvita Arora Transport Planner, Director & CEO, Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt. Ltd., Technology and Business Incubation Unit, IITD, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

+91 11 2658 1765 anvitaa@gmail.com anvitaa@itrans.co.in

120 New Delhi Mr Ashis Banerjee Advisor, INTACH HQ +91 98 1043 4234 ashis137@gmail.com

121 New Delhi Dr Atasi Chatterjee Chief Heritage Advisor, Behrampur Municipality

+91 92 1227 7366 atasi_1970@rediffmail.com

122 New Delhi Ms Gurmeet Rai Director and Principal Conservation Architect-Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative

+91 11 2664 1018 (Tel) +91 11 2664 1060 (Fax)

raidelhi@gmail.com

123 New Delhi Mr Hari Om Saran ASI +91 98 6899 8944 hariomsharan4delhi@gmail.com

124 New Delhi Mr Rohit Jigyasu Conservation & Risk Management Consultant

+91 98 1815 3839 rohit.jigyasu@gmail.com

125 New Delhi Mr S K Lohia Ministry of Urban Development +91 11 2306 1114 +91 11 2306 1102 (Fax)

hemantthapar@yahoo.com

126 New Delhi Mr Sayantan Chatterjee

Secretary General, Brace Foundation

+91 98 1001 0108 sayan_1810@rediffmail.com

127 New Delhi Mr Sheikh Mo Shabbir

Vice President, Ekta Welfare Society

+91 98 1109 6290 ektawelfaresociety1997@gmail.com shek.mo.shabbir@gmail.com

128 New Delhi Mr Srinivas Town and Country Planning Organization

+91 11 2337 0837 srinimetro@gmail.com

129 New Delhi Mr V K Dhar Professor & Pearl Co-ordinator, National Institute of Urban Affairs

+91 99 9039 2966 vdhar@niua.org

130 New Delhi Mr Vijay Saluja Senior Fellow, Ex-Chief Engineer, Institute of Social Sciences

+91 11 2612 1902 +91 98 7147 9230

salujavijay@hotmail.com

131 Surat Mr Debasish Basak Town Planner, Surat Municipal Corporation

+91 26 1245 2932 +91 97 2434 5219

basak.debasish@gmail.com

132 Tumkur Ms Pundareesha Executive Engineer, Tumkur City Corporation

+91 94 4855 6791

133 Tumkur Mr G Ganganna Assistant Executive Engineer, City +91 95 3812 0241

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Municipal Council, Sira

134 Udaipur Ms Rajni Dangi & Mr Virendra Kumar Dangi

Chairperson, Municipal Council Udaipur

+91 29 4241 0323 +91 94 1416 5333

rajaniudaipur@yahoo.com

135 Varanasi Mr Navneet Raman Director, Kriti Gallery, Banaras Visual Archive

+91 54 2236 3350 +91 98 3905 8007

navneet@kritigallery.com

136 Varanasi Mr Norman Smith Kriti Gallery, Banaras Visual Archive

+91 73 7616 1185 normanmsmith@btopenworld.com

137 Mr Puttaswamy H S Junior Engineer, Channapatna CMG

+91 72 5950 4627 madhusudhanschetty@gmail.com

138 Ms Prasanna A T +91 98 4538 1681

International Participants

No. Country / City

Name Organisation Contact No. Email Address

139 France, Chinon

Mr Yves Dauge Senator and Vice Mayor of Chinon, President, National Commission on Urban Heritage Areas of France

+33 6 8010 9898 ville.de.chinon@wanadoo.fr

140 France, Paris Mr Serge Santelli Professor, School of Architecture +33 1 4887 7283 +33 6 7799 2083

serge.b.santelli@gmail.com

141 France, Paris Mr Guy Le Bras GART +33 1 4041 1821 +33 6 7675 3771

guy.lebras@gart.org

142 France, Paris Ms Isabelle Baechler Senior Reporter, France 2 French TV

+33 6 2211 4541 +91 96 0001 6656

isabaechler@gmail.com

143 France, Strasbourg

Ms Nawal Rafik-Elmrini

Vice Mayor (Strasbourg) nawel.rafik-elmrini@cus-strasbourg.net

144 France, Strasbourg

Ms Gabrielle Hanning Maria Fernanda

Conseilleire (Strasbourg) +33 3 8843 6522 jean-baptiste.mathien@strasbourg.en

145 France Mr Jean Fabien jean.Fabien@gmx.Fr

146 India, New Delhi

Mr Jean Marin Schuh Minister Counsellor, Embassy of France

+91 11 3041 0040 +91 11 4319 6100 +91 11 4319 6101

jean_marin.schuh@diplomatie.gouv.fr

147 India New Delhi

Mr Benjamin Gestin Attaché (Service de coopération et d'action culturelle), French Embassy

+91 11 3041 0040 benjamin.gestin@diplomatie.gouv.fr

148 India, Tamil Nadu

Mr Bernard Dragon Arches - Founder member +91 98 8493 6158 +91 45 6528 3010 (Fax)

arches@hotmail.fr

149 India, Tamil Nadu

Mr Michel Adment Arches - President +91 98 8493 6158 +91 45 6528 3010 (Fax)

arches@hotmail.fr

150 Italy, Ferrara Mr Daniele Pini University of Ferrara, Italy +39 5 3229 3600 amicol@tin.it

151 South Korea, Busan

Mr Kim Hyeong-Kyun Executive Director, Busan Metropolitan City

+82 5 1888 3700 chgll@korea.kr

152 South Korea, Busan

Mr Choi Yeon Sik Busan Metropolitan City gumgek@korea.kr

153 South Ms Hwang Jeong-eun International Relations Division, +82 5 1888 3545 hje0814@korea.kr

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Korea, Busan

Interpreter, Busan Metropolitan City

+82 10 2079 4791

154 Spain, Barcelona

Mr Jordi Pascual Coordinator, Agenda 21 for culture-United Cities-UCLG

+34 6 2763 1955 +34 9 3316 1009

jordipascual@bcn.cat

155 Tanzania, Zanzibar

Mr Mwalim A Mwalim

Principal Secretary, MLSWE kompresa@hotmail.com

156 New Delhi Ms Giovanna Prennushi

Economic Advisor, India Country Management Unit, Country Sector Coordinator, SASPF, World Bank

+91 99 5855 6411 gprennushi@worldbank.org

157 New Delhi Ms Moe Chiba +91 98 718 31205 moe.chiba@gmail.com

IHCN-F

No. City Name Organisation Contact No. Email Address

158 New Delhi Ms Rathi Vinay Jha Chairperson IHCN-F +91 98 9988 4840 rvjin67@yahoo.com

159 France, Paris Ms Minja Yang Director International Cooperation, IHCN-F and President, Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

+33 6 3738 0511 minja.yang@gmail.com

160 New Delhi Dr Kulwant Singh IHCN-F Trustee / Consultant UN Habitat

+91 98 7195 3232 kulwant2002@gmail.com

161 Bangalore Mr Rajen Varada IHCN-F Trustee/ CEO Labour net +91 80 4450 4450 +91 95 3844 4616

rvarada@labournet.in

162 New Delhi Dr Shikha Jain IHCN-F Trustee / Director DRONAH

+91 12 4408 2081 +91 93 1287 6831

dronah@gmail.com

163 New Delhi Mr Victor de Lannoy Intern victordelannoy@yahoo.fr

164 Bhopal Ms Marie Kindel Intern +91 75 6633 3128 mariekindel@hotmail.fr

UNESCO

No. Organisation Name Contact No. Email Address

165 Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO New Delhi

Mr Takahiko Makino +91 11 2671 3000 t.makino@unesco.org

166 Project Manager, UNESCO New Delhi Ms Paromita Desarkar

+91 11 2671 3000 p.desarkar@unesco.org

167 Project Manager, UNESCO New Delhi Ms Shalini Mahajan +91 11 2671 3000 s.mahajan@unesco.org

168 Research Associate, UNESCO New Delhi Ms Shivaa Rawat +91 11 2671 3000 s.rawat@unesco.org

169 Programme Specialist Culture and Development, UNESCO Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Ms Nicole Bolomey +255 2 2266 6623 +255 7 5355 8002

n.bolomey@unesco.org

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Annex 2: Detailed Programme

INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK THIRD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

DAY I URBAN MOBILITY IN HERITAGE CITIES

DAY II

INITIATIVES FOR HERITAGE-BASED DEVELOPMENT

DAY III

LAUNCH IHCN-F & ASSEMBLY

MYSORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA 14 – 17 MAY 2011

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Jointly Organized by

UNESCO New Delhi, Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation, Govt. of Karnataka, Mysore City Corporation, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation Ltd

Supported by

Dept. of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage, Govt. of Karnataka, France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement,

Embassy of France, Embassy of Italy, Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, World Travel and Tourism Council, Infosys Technologies Limited

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Saturday, 14 May 2011 Arrival of participants 18:00 Inaugural Session Inauguration of Exhibition

“Indian Palaces and Mansions: the Forgotten Heritage of the Cities of Bhopal, Banaras, Gwalior, Srirangam and Karaikkudi” Exhibition by Mr Serge Santelli, School of Architecture, Paris Bellevile, France

19:30 Cultural Performance 20:00 Dinner

Sunday, 15 May 2011 06:30 – 08:00 Heritage Walk 09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:30 Introductory Session Indian Heritage Cities Network (IHCN) Mr Takahiko Makino, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO New Delhi Office IHCN Review of Activities

Ms Nicole Bolomey, Programme Specialist Culture & Development, UNESCO Dar-es-Salaam Office

IHCN Foundation (IHCN-F): Introduction and Outlook Ms Rathi Vinay Jha, Chairperson, IHCN-F 10:30 – 12:45 Session 1: Urban Mobility in Heritage Cities Chair: Mr Subhir Hari Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka Introduction by Chair Importance of Inter-Mode Transport Systems in Heritage Cities Mr Guy Le Bras, Director General, GART, France Tea Break Sustainable Urban Transport; Initiatives by Government of India Mr S K Lohia, OSD (Urban Transport), Ministry of Urban Development

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Effective Strategies for Sustainable Urban Transport: Policy Options for National and Local Governments

Mr Kulwant Singh, Trustee, IHCN-F

Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:15 Session 2: Case Studies on Urban Mobility in Heritage Cities Chair: Mr S B Honnur, Director Town Planning, Government of Karnataka Introduction by Chair Ferrara, Italy Mr Daniele Pini, Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara Busan, South Korea Mr Kim Hyeong-kyun, Executive Director, Creative City Office, Busan Metropolitan City Social Dimensions of Urban Transport Ms Anvita Arora, CEO, iTrans, New Delhi Green Networks: Linking, Revitalizing & Connecting Derelict Areas Mr Akash Hingorani, Oasis Designs Inc., New Delhi Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 16:15 – 16:45 Tea Break 17:30 Visit of Mysore Palace 19:00 Cultural Performance at Mysore Palace 20:00 Dinner at Lalit Mahal Palace

Monday, 16 May 2011 06:30 – 08:00 Heritage Walk 09:00 – 09:30 Registration Initiatives for Heritage-Based Development 09:30 – 11:00 Session 3: Role of States in India in Supporting Urban Conservation Chair: Ms Rathi Vinay Jha, Chairperson, IHCN-F

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Creating an Inter-Departmental Platform to Coordinate Heritage Efforts in Karnataka Mr Subhir Hari Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka Mr S B Honnur, Director Town Planning, Government of Karnataka State Policy for Cultural Heritage in Punjab Mr Rupesh Puri, Assistant Controller Finance & Accounts, Government of Punjab State Level Initiatives for Heritage Cities of Rajasthan

Mr Mukesh Mittal, Deputy Town Planner, Jaipur Municipal Corporation, Government of Rajasthan

Developing an Action Plan for Heritage-based Development in MP Mr Sunil Singh, Deputy Director, Planning, MPUSP, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Mr Rajarshi Sahai, Urban Development Planner, MPUSP, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Sustaining Cultural Heritage in Kerala

Mr Sunil V M, Special Officer, Muziris Heritage Project, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala

Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break 11:30 – 13:00 Session 4: Overcoming the Capacity Crunch in Heritage Cities Chair: Ms Neela Manjunath, Heritage Commissioner, Bangalore Introduction by Chair Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Mr P K Vasudevan Nair, Deputy General Manager, Heritage Projects, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Surat, Gujarat, India Mr Debashish Basak, Town Planner, Surat Municipal Corporation Chinon, France

Mr Yves Dauge, Senator and Vice Mayor of Chinon, President, National Commission on Urban Heritage Areas of France

Strasbourg, France Ms Nawel Rafik-Elmrini, Vice Mayor of Strasbourg JNNURM - PEARL Initiative Mr V K Dhar, HUDCO Chair Professor, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

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14:00 – 15:00 Session 5: Heritage Related Activities in Karnataka Chair: Mr N S Nagraj Rao, former Director General of ASI Introduction by Chair

Conservation and Archaeology Mr N S Rangaraju, Professor, University of Mysore Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 15:00 – 17:30 Session 6: Solution Exchange and International Collaboration Chair: Ms Minja Yang, Founder, IHCN-F & President, RLICC Leuven, Belgium Introduction by Chair I. International Partnerships and Collaboration

World Bank Support for Cultural Heritage Ms Giovanna Prennushi, Chief Economic Advisor, World Bank, New Delhi

International Cooperation in the field of Heritage-based development; the French approach through decentralized Cooperation Mr Benjamin Gestin, Attache for De centralized Cooperation, Embassy of France, New Delhi

16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break II. Urban Conservation Agenda 21 for Culture

Mr Jordi Pascual, Coordinator Committee on Culture, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Barcelona, Spain

Zanzibar Stone Town Mr Mwalim A Mwalim, Principal Secretary, Zanzibar Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 17:30 – 19:30 IHCN-F Working Groups 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:30 – 10:45 Session 6: Solution Exchange and International Collaboration (continued) Chair: Ms Minja Yang, Founder, IHCN-F & President, RLICC Leuven, Belgium

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II. Urban Conservation

Historic Urban Landscape Ms Nicole Bolomey, Programme Specialist Culture & Development, UNESCO Dar-es- Salaam Office

Cairo: Private Initiative for Urban Renewal Mr Serge Santelli, School of Architecture, Paris Bellevile, France Damascus: Linking Urban Conservation to Urban Mobility Mr Daniele Pini, Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Italy

Management of Grand Landscape Sites: Examples of Antique Towns of Syria, Loire River Valley of France and Luang Prabang of Laos Mr Yves Dauge, Senator and Vice Mayor of Chinon, President, National Commission on Urban Heritage Areas of France

10:45 – 11:00 Network-Network Collaboration Chair: Ms Rathi Vinay Jha, Chairperson, IHCN-F

Introduction by Mr Jean-Marin Schuh, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of France, New Delhi

Discussion and Concluding Remarks by Chair 11:00 – 12:30 Presentations by IHCN-F Thematic Working Groups and Discussion Moderator: Mr Rohit Jigyasu Policy, Governance and Planning Institutional Capacity Building Technical Training and Skill Enhancement Economics of Urban Heritage Community and Heritage Knowledge/Information Generation and Sharing 12:30 Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks Mr Takahiko Makino, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO New Delhi 13:00 Lunch

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