Bolpur-Shantiniketan being converted into a model sustainable heritage city by IIT and MIT
Bolpur-Shantiniketan being converted into a model sustainable heritage city by IIT and MIT
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The department of Architecture and Regional Planning at IIT-Kharagpur has joined hands with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Architecture and Planning to study urbanisation in a developing world. The collaboration aims to safeguard the historic elements of the Bolpur-Shantiniketan.

On Friday around 40 students and faculty members from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in US, had an important session of rigorous discussion  at the American Center in Kolkata. The topic o discussion was how to convert Bolpur-Shantiniketan into a model sustainable heritage city. The students included in the discussion are apart of a year-long India Practicum Program (2016-2017). From MIT 15 students participated.The conference, was presided over by US Consul General Craig Hal. Those from IIT-Kgp were mainly research scholars and students pursuing masters in architecture and city planning.

According to MIT Professor Bish Sanyal the session was conducted to think about how to protect historical heritage in a middle-sized town, facing pressure of economic and spatial growth. It was a joint effort from the IIT and MIT

People at Visva-Bharati University feel that their cultural heritage is under threat. Given the rapid growth that is taking place“The central issue is the preservation of a cultural legacy and historical heritage in a place like Shantiniketan and Bolpur”. A plan for the land use is already developed by IIT and at MIT, over the next four months, a deeper analysis of the issue will be carried out.

The reports are made on the on the basis of the data collected from photo documentation, meeting municipal officials, artists, painters and NGOs in Shantiniketan, reconnaissance survey and cultural interaction.

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