APOORVA IYENGAR

Apoorva is a conservation architect and consultant based out of Mumbai. She is an Associate Director at the FORT, and works as a conservation architect consultant with organisations in the city. She was earlier an Asst. Stone Conservator at the prestigious CSMVS Museum Art Conservation Centre and served as a a research associate at the Urban Design Research Institute. FORT has taken up issues related to the UNESCO-inscribed World Heritage Site and aims to work at meeting the compliance requirements of the heritage area in South Mumbai, where 94 ensembles are located. The project helps craft planning policies and other measures to ensure that the World Heritage inscription is upheld in the future.

Apart from teaching and writing on heritage, museology and urban conservation, she is a decorated professional with a Chevening scholarship (UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office) in 2017-2018. She did her Master of Arts in Conservation of Historic Buildings from the University of York. She trained as an architect with a bachelor’s degree from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies, Mumbai.

As a professional she has also been a regular published author in architectural and city magazines. Extremely level headed and passionate in what she does, Apoorva is a delight to converse with because of the many different perspectives she brings to the table and her innate ability to connect the dots. She believes that our heritage and past narratives define the identity that we are.