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Vaibhavi is a Conservation specialist passionate about sustainably preserving cultural identity through the built heritage. Her background in architecture, conservation and aesthetics inform her mindful value based approach.
Unearthing the stories of these cultural resources and sharing them with the community, and enabling them to preserve them is what she loves most about her work. To contribute positively to the cause she is always updating her subject knowledge through continued coursework and professional development.
Her result oriented approach and persistence in overcoming hurdles has contributed to her recent accomplishments at National Monuments Authority, India where she works on Heritage Bye-laws & Categorisation of Centrally Protected Monuments.
In over five years of work experience she has been part of award winning conservation projects, research and seminars.
Scroll down to view her Resume.
Member of
Professional Bodies.
Council of Architecture
Registered Architect in India
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ICOMOS India Emerging Professionals Working Group | NSC Cultural Landscapes | NSC Shared Built Heritage
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ICOMOS Canada Individual Member
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Capital Heritage Connexion, Canada, Member
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Consultant (Conservation Architect)
National Monuments Authority, New Delhi
​August 2021 - 2022
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Critically analyzed & suggested improvements in draft Heritage By-laws & Categorization of National Protected Monuments of India
Created lasting organizational partnerships and improved Heritage-body participation in by-laws preparation by 600 percent in 8 months.
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Assistant Conservation Architect
KSHETRA, Space for Architecture, Hyderabad
​July 2019 - August 2021
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Executive organising officer at an International Online Conference on Cultural, Urban & Environmental Landscapes with Osmania University and IHSRDM Hyderabad. Responsibilities include centralizing data, coordinating at different stages, and conducting the conference.
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Ongoing review research on management of Cultural Landscapes of India: Responsibilities include Collating data (interviews, books, online sources) and writing the first draft for upcoming book.
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Book on Intach Heritage Listing Project, towards additional listing of Hyderabad: Responsibilities include Collecting & Systemizing data (previously listed), supervising random sampling, mapping of 400 buildings, Structuring information into a book, writing brief overview of heritage in the city, Client meetings.
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Book on Musi River & Hyderabad: Structuring information into a book, mentored the assisting planner for research writing.
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Conservation reports (6): Conducting secondary research on structures, documentation & analysis of structures, composing reports, preparing presentations, conducting client meetings with govt, officials.
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Infrastructure Management Plan of Medaram: Lead a team of 4 Architects towards Site documentation, Management Plan proposal & Drawings, and Conducted client meetings with government officials.
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Research Presentations (6): Conducting secondary research, Preparing presentations, writing 1000-600o word research papers, composing illustrations. Read few abstracts here.
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Integrated Management Plan of Rudreshwara Ramappa Temple (Temporary List of WHS): Structuring of report
Trainee Conservation Architect
INTACH, Kashmir
​May - July 2018
Amar Singh College Restoration Project (UNESCO’s Asia Pacific award for Conservation-Award of Merit): Designing Interpretation Centre panels, Writing & composing conservation completion report.
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All Saints Church Srinagar (damaged by flood): Documentation, material assessment & condition mapping, Improved the condition mapping technique by ortho documenting mural walls.
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Thisseru Stupa, Ladakh: Assisted in making the Heritage Impact Assessment report.
Junior Architect
Vaibhav Saharkar Architects, Chandrapur
​Oct - July 2017
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Estimation, Design and drawing of 2 Bungalows in neighboring cities, Landscape Drawings and Site supervision for Hotel near Tiger Reserve.
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Trainee Architect
Aedage Pvt Ltd, Mumbai
Oct 2015 Mar 2016
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Designed A bungalow in coordination with Senior Architect; made Presentations, Architectural Drawings, Sketchup Model for same.
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Completed Drawings, Sketchup model and conducted site supervision of an Interior Design project.
Skills
Heritage Conservation
Architectural Design
Project Management
Communications
Event Management
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Honors & Awards
UNESCO's Asia Pacific Awards for Conservation. Award of Merit 2020 (Amar Singh College, Kashmir
Research Scholarship 2017-19
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering GATE 2016 (All India Rank 159)
Software Skills
ArcMap | QGIS
Good
Academic Conservation Studio Basemaps
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Agisoft |Alicevision Meshroom
Good
Photogrammetry
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2D
Excellent
Architectural Drawings
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CorelDraw
Good
Sheet & Poster Presentation
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Adobe Photoshop
Good
Rendering Architectural Drawings
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Google SketchUp
Good
3D Visualisations of Buildings and Site
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Microsoft Office Word, Excel Powerpoint
Good
Document Preparation
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Adobe InDesign
Good
Designing Documents and Papers
Languages
English
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 8 on a scale of 9 |Very good User
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Hindi
Native proficiency
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Marathi
Native Proficiency
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Korean
Test of Proficiency In Korean (TOPIK) | level 4 Intermediate
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French
Beginner Proficiency |A2
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Sanskrit
Reading Comprehension
ICOMOS India Steering Committee, New Delhi
2021 onwards​
Yearly Activity Management Plan for NSCs, mapping of NSC activity to enhance NSC performance and inter-NSC engagement.
Assisting the scientific Council of ICOMOS India with meetings, Conclave, & NSC Open house, structuring and formalising processes & being the voice of EPWG..
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COMOS INDIA Qissa 2020
​2020
Sharing Memories with Heritage for a week on the occasion of World Heritage Day 2020.
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ICOMOS General Assembly 2017, New Delhi
Dec 2017​
Volunteer in organising and arranging the general assembly in facilitating seminars and Scientific Symposium.
HRIDAY Training Workshop, Bhopal
​2018
Training workshop for Government Officials working on HRIDAY scheme, conducted by SPA, Bhopal.
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Lime Workshop with INTACH, Bhopal
​2018
Hands on experience in lime plastering and assessing properties of lime for same, conducted by SPA, Bhopal.
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Lime Workshop, School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal
​2017
Hands on lime plastering Experience Workshop conducted for the Students of Architecture of SPA Bhopal.
Master of Architecture (Conservation)
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
​Institute of National Importance
2019
Conservation Studio on Kamlapati mahal and its surrounds (Building level), Historic walled city of Burhanpur (Area Level), the Sacred Landscape of Tamil Nadu (Regional Level), Conservation strategies.
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Documentation (building, area & regional level), Primary (Site Survey, interviews) and Secondary (Archives, museums, books, Online archives) level data collection, digitization (ArcGIS, AutoCAD), cultural mapping
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Master’s Thesis: 19th to mid 20th century Historic Library buildings of India
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Extra curricular: Smart city Heritage workshop, Bhopal 2018, Concluding workshop for HRIDAY Heritage policy by dept. of Conservation at SPA Bhopal 2018, Volunteer at ICOMOS GA 2017, Lime workshop 2018
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The Heritage Management Organization, Athens
Summer School on Digital Tools in Heritage Management
May-June 2021
Erasmus funded Scholarship
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Understanding and implementing the documentation tools of GIS, Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning in Heritage Management.
Certificate course in Indian Aesthetics
University of Mumbai, Mumbai
​2016
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Aesthetics, a branch of Philosophy. Aesthetic theories in the Indian and Western traditions.
Project report on ‘Rasa Theory in Architecture’.
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Bachelor of Architecture
Academy of Architecture, Mumbai
​2016
Architecture
Library Committee Member 2015
L.I.K trophy (Citation) hosted by National Association of Students of Architecture, Documentation and Analysis of India's Largest Railway Workshop in Trichy 2010
ANDC (Best 25 entries)hosted by the National Association of Students of Architecture, Analysis and Community Space Design for Chuim Village Gaothan, Mumbai.
UCP (Best 10 entries) Environmental friendly and Sustainable design of a dying community in Dang, Gujarat.
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