An interdisciplinary organisation working across India to preserve built heritage, restore ecology, and empower communities through sustainable development.
DRONAH — Development & Research Organisation for Nature, Art & Heritage — is an interdisciplinary organisation of highly motivated professionals from architecture, conservation, planning, ecology, and the social sciences.
Founded with a commitment to sustainable development that honours traditional values, DRONAH works across Indian states on UNESCO World Heritage nominations, conservation master plans, museum development, and community-centred heritage programmes.
Documentation, conservation, and adaptive reuse of India’s monuments, precincts, forts, temples, and historic structures using indigenous materials and techniques.
Reforestation, water harvesting, renewable energy adoption, and wildlife conservation integrated with heritage planning and landscape management.
Empowering stakeholders and local communities through participatory conservation, promotion of traditional arts and crafts, and heritage education.
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UNESCO, New Delhi
Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF)
Friedrich Ebert Stifftung (FES), New Delhi
INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage)
PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia)
Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF)
Practice, Research and Advancement in South Asian Design and Architecture (PRASADA)
Nashik Municipal Corporation
Jaipur Development Authority
