Seminar discusses ways to balance development, heritage conservation

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With the focus on rejuvenation of culturally significant cities, Vastu Kala Academy, College of Architecture in association with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)  organised a seminar on the topic "Culture as a fourth pillar of sustainable development" on November 10, 11 at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).

A senior official of Vastu Kala Academy said the seminar attempts to highlight the intangible and tangible cultural heritage of cities and try to find out ways and means to balance the developmental requirements, people's aspiration and heritage conservation.

"The seminar  also deliberated on issues concerning protection of temple art and architecture, role of museums in changing society, and also to make an attempt to formulate a mechanism by which the folk theatre, art, music and painting survives,” he said.

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