2017

Led by Dr M. Satish Kumar, the workshop, on ‘Transforming Heritage Networks in South Asia’, was funded largely by a Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) grant of £25,000 awarded to Satish by QUB from the Department of Education (NI). The workshop involved Urmi Sengupta (Planning), Ruth Morrow (Architecture), Keith Lilley (Geography) and Paul Ell (CDDA), as well as M. Satish Kumar (Geography), and drew together academics, NGOs, third sector and government bodies from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Assam, Delhi, Kolkata), including the British Council and the UK.

The workshop was jointly organised with South Asian University, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) and supported by the Indian National Trust for Arts and Culture (INTACH). It was officially opened by Professor Kavita Sharma, President and Vice Chancellor of the South Asian University (SAU) and Lord Diljit Rana, Honorary Consul for India in Belfast, followed by dinner hosted by the South Asian University.

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