Aayushi Dubey

Conservation architect and full-time doctoral research scholar at VNIT Nagpur, specializing in heritage continuity, documentation, and socio-cultural analysis. Brings diverse experience across adaptive reuse, policy-aware conservation, and site-based practice. Committed to bridging fieldwork and research to develop sustainable frameworks that position built heritage as a dynamic medium for cultural engagement and transformation.

Editorial Contributor – Visual Analysis & Captioning
Temples of Vidarbha – VNIT Heritage Documentation Project | 2024–2025

• Contributed to the stylistic analysis and captioning of temple imagery for a curated publication led by VNIT.
• Assisted in writing contextual heritage narratives and organizing the visual content for print.

Conservation Documentation Assistant
State Archaeology Department, Maharashtra | 2023–2024

• Supported documentation of listed temple sites under the state archaeology department.
• Contributed to condition mapping, measured drawings, and preliminary conservation strategy inputs.

Student Volunteer & Project Contributor
Documentation Cell – SMMCA, Nagpur | Aug 2013 – Dec 2015

• Progressed from volunteer to lead contributor in heritage documentation and conservation proposal development across Nagpur.
• Created measured drawings for three structures and visually documented 155 sites for the Nagpur Heritage Coffee Table Book.
• Co-authored the Maintenance Manual for the High Court, Nagpur, and supported documentation of the Markanda and Adasa temple complexes, key heritage sites in the region.

Council of Architecture | Registration No. : CA/2018/91136

M.Arch. Thesis
Maintenance Manual for the Wadas of Berdi and Sayra, MP | SPA Bhopal | 2020

Research Paper
Analytical Review of Traditional House Forms – Case of Wadas | SPA Bhopal | 2019

Conservation Studio Projects

• Chaman Mahal, Islamnagar – Conservation Strategy
• Kumbakonam, TN – Conservation Management Plan
• Cultural Resource Management Plan, MP

B.Arch. Thesis
Entrepreneurship Training Institute for Women, Nagpur | SMMCA | 2017

• 2015 – INTACH–NIASA Heritage Awards for Excellence in Documentation, awarded by the Council of Architecture
• 2013 – Participation in ‘Neemrana Competition’ – Documentation of the Neemrana Group of Hotels

• 2023 – UNESCO Sub-Regional Conference on World Heritage, Bhopal (Apr 17–18)
• 2022 – ICOMOS ICUCH: Incorporating Climate Change into Heritage Management
• 2021 – ICOMOS India – CSI & EPWG: E-Symposium on Intangible Cultural Heritage & Sustainability (Jun 19–Jul 31)
• 2020 – ICOMOS India – ICOFORT Webinar Series:
  Deccan Fortresses | Western Fortresses (MH, Goa)
  Northern & Central Strongholds (J&K, Delhi, MP, UP, Punjab, Gujarat)
  Northwestern Forts (Rajasthan) | Military Heritage of India
• 2019 – Hands-on Lime Workshop, Sadar Manzil, Bhopal (INTACH & SPA Bhopal)
• 2018 – Heritage Resource Management Training, SPA Bhopal (Beyond HRIDAY Scheme)

Dr. Smita Khan
PhD Supervisor | Assistant Professor, VNIT Nagpur
📞 +91 98224 73721 | ✉️ smita.khan@arc.vnit.ac.in

Ar. Sabrina Khan Patel
Director, Mira Miras Collective | Visiting Faculty, CEPT University
📞 +91 89757 54500 | ✉️ ar.sabrinakt@gmail.com

Ar. Shivani Sharma
Principal Architect, The Achintya Studio
📞 +91 98909 86178 | ✉️ theachintyastudio@gmail.com