Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical theoretical and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research education advocacy and practice. Split into four sections this book covers important themes of institutional and programmatic developments in the field of conservation; critical and contemporary challenges facing the profession; emerging trends in practice that seek to address contemporary challenges; and sustainable solutions to conservation issues. The cases featured within the book elucidate the evolution of the heritage conservation profession clarifying the role of key players at the central state and local level and considering intangible minority colonial modern and vernacular heritages among others. This book also showcases unique strands of conservation practice in the postcolonial decades to demonstrate the range scope and multiple avenues of development in the last seven decades. An ideal read for those interested in architecture planning historic preservation urban studies and South Asian studies. | Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India Approaches and Challenges