Six get INTACH awards for conservation of heritage

On the silver jubilee celebrations of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH),six people were awarded the INTACH Indira Gandhi Lifetime Achievement Awards for Conservation of Cultural Heritage.

Ebrahim Alkazi,theatre personality,Kapila Vatsyayan,art historian and cultural diplomat,Martand Singh,textile researcher and curator,Rajeev Sethi,leading designer and expert on South Asian culture,O P Jain,involved in the preservation and nurturing of India’s cultural heritage and O P Agrawal,instrumental in establishing Lok Kala Sangrahalaya for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage of all religions,were awarded on Wednesday.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Secretary Culture Jawahar Sircar attended the programme and also assured INTACH that there will no funds crunch for the conservation and preservation of cultural heritage.

In his inaugural speech,S K Misra,Chairman,INTACH elaborated in detail the developments that took place in the last 25 years of its existence.

“The work of the various divisions like Architectural Heritage,Natural Heritage,Material Heritage,Chapters Division,HECS Division,Heritage Tourism,Cultural Heritage Division have now been extended. The Divisions of Intangible and Cultural Heritage have also been added to the INTACH’s fold,” Misra said.