Dr. Gill Chitty, Director of the Conservation Studies MA programme and the Centre for Conservation Studies, and Dr Louise Cooke, Associate Lecturer in Conservation, attended the 19th ICOMOS General Assembly in India, and gave a paper at the International Symposium.

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Dr Chitty was also on the judging panel for the INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) Heritage Awards for documentation of unprotected cultural heritage, after which the terms for a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Trust were agreed. This included the Department of Archaeology working with them on developing a new Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Conservation, and on their "Smart Heritage" initiative.  

 

The signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with CEPT University's Faculty of Architecture in Ahmedabad  to work on research and training projects focussing on the Fort Wall of Ahmedabad project was also agreed.