About the CPD Talk

Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in partnership with the Archaeological Survey of India and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, has undertaken a major urban conservation and development programme in the Humayun’s Tomb – Nizamuddin area of Delhi. This inter-disciplinary project has had multiple objectives – met through a non-profit, People-Public Private Partnership.

In Nizamuddin, conservation of national monuments has been coupled with providing health, education, and sanitation infrastructure as well as providing the community with training to seek economic opportunities. Simultaneous focus on the intangible heritage of music, food, rituals, and crafts.

Cover Photo: Aerial view of the Nizamuddin settlement around the Dargah and baoli of Hazrat Nizamuddin. (Source: AKTC.)

About the Speakers

Mr. Ratish Nanda

Mr. Ratish Nanda, a conservation architect, is the India CEO for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. He heads the multi-disciplinary AKTC teams, presently undertaking the two major urban conservation projects in India: the Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative in Delhi and the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park Conservation in Hyderabad. For AKTC, he was earlier responsible for the Baghe Babur restoration (2002-2006) in Kabul, Afghanistan and the garden restoration of Humayun’s Tomb (1999-2003).

Dr. Sharif Shams Imon

Dr. Sharif Shams Imon teaches cultural heritage management at the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), where he is the Academic Coordinator for the Cultural and Heritage Management programme. Dr. Imon was trained in architecture and urban planning and has an MBA in Finance and a PhD in Urban Conservation. He is President of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Bangladesh and a fellow of the Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB), the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), the Macao Urban Planning Institute (MUPI), and DOCOMOMO.