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New Convener for INTACH Pune The Pune Chapter has a new Convener, Co-Convener and Executive Committee. Ms. Tara Warrior stepped down from the post of Convener, INTACH Pune, after 14 years of dedicated work at the end of 2000. The Convener Search Committee, after a careful selection procedure, has selected Ms Arti Kirloskar as the new Convener. Ms Samita Gupta, Historian, has joined in as Co-Convener. The members of the new Executive Committee in addition two the Convener & Co-Convener are: Mr. Kiran Kalamdani, Architect Mr. Sanjay Deshpande, Archaeologist Ms. Rashmi Ranade, Designer / Public Affairs Ms. Sanskriti Menon, Environmentalist Mr. Shekhar Bonagiri, Lawyer Congratulations All ! And here's wishing you success aplenty in all your endeavors ! Listing and Legislation for Architectural Heritage of PUNE Narendra Dengle who has been working on the Urban Conservation Committee (UCC) has urged the PMC to enlist the cultural and natural heritage sites in the newly merged 38 villages. The Grade III structures in the list are yet to be made statutory by the Govt. of Maharashtra, due to inordinate delays by the city improvement committee of the PMC. The Town Planning Dept., Govt. of Maharashtra, has deputed a special officer for this cause. Kiran Kalamdani had filed a suggestion for enlisting the cultural and natural heritage sites in the hearings of the draft regional plan of Pune for 1990- 2011. The steering committee which asked for such a list to be prepared and handed over to them, received it. The case of the Prarthana Samaj in Budhwar Peth is an example of a valuable piece of Pune's Heritage saved from the clutches of unscrupulous developers by the committee. Heritage Committee for Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar Narendra Dengle and Kiran Kalamdani worked as honorary members on the Heritage Committee for Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar between July 1998 and Dec 1999. They visited several sites with other members of the committee and made their recommendations in the form of draft rules and regulations for the natural and cultural heritage sites of the endangered hill towns. INTACH Pune completes the PCB Heritage List INTACH Pune's Convener Ms Arti Kirloskar and Co-convener Ms Samita Gupta presented a list of Heritage Structures with their architectural profile to PCB President and Pune Sub Area Commander, Brigadier Ashok Anand. The list comprised of structures that are good examples of colonial bungalows and typify the value and nature of cantonment as a garden town with wide open spaces and greenery. Top I Back