Part of the IHBC Annual School 2025 Pre-conference CPD Series #IHBCShrewsbury2025

An inspiring lunchtime webinar exploring how Jugaadopolis, a dynamic platform for creative placemaking, fosters meaningful community engagement in heritage projects. Co-founder Aishwarya Tipnis will be joining us to share some of the innovative approaches that have helped to empower a new generation to better understand, connect with and appreciate the urban heritage of India.

Whether you’re a heritage professional, planner, or educator, this session will provide valuable insights into building inclusive, low-cost, community-led heritage initiatives.

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About the speaker:

Aishwarya Tipnis, Aishwarya Tipnis Architects

Aishwarya Tipnis is an award-winning Indian architect, educator and heritage conservationist based in New Delhi, India. Born and raised in New Delhi, she completed her bachelor’s degree at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and went on to earn a master’s degree in European urban Conservation from the University of Dundee, Scotland. She holds a PhD in Urban Design and works at the intersection of architecture, urbanism and heritage conservation. In 2016, her work was recognised by the UNESCO Award for Heritage Conservation in the Asia-Pacific Region and in 2018 she was conferred Chevalier Des Arts et Des Lettre (Knight of the Arts and Letters), by the Government of France in 2018 for her outstanding commitment to preservation of French Heritage in India. In 2019, she co-founded Jugaadopolis, a social innovation enterprise to work with youth in making the rich heritage of India relevant to local communities in the contemporary context through a process of co-creation.

She has been widely recognized as a global cultural leader and is committed to preserving India’s rich cultural heritage through her work in architectural conservation.  In 2022, she spearheaded The Restoration Toolbox, a community led project that works at empowering citizens to restore their own heritage, which was recognised as one of the most innovative projects in international cultural relations by EUNIC in 2023. Some of her notable projects include Retrofit Design for Woodstock School Mussoorie, Restoration of The Doon School Dehradun. She was the urban conservation consultant on the UNESCO team for the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway World Heritage Site and has been a champion for the community-led revitalisation of Chandernagore, an erstwhile French town in West Bengal India. She is a published author and currently visiting faculty at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and serves as the member of the Academic Council at Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies, Mumbai as well as the Board of Review of CEPT University. She also serves as the Heritage Expert on the Heritage Conservation Committee for Delhi, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Government of India.