Vedakumar Manikonda, a noted heritage conservationist from Hyderabad, has been elected to the National Executive Committee of INTACH for a three-year term. Already a member of the Governing Council, his inclusion in the Executive Committee strengthens South India’s representation in national heritage initiatives.
Vedakumar Manikonda has been re-elected as an INTACH governing council member for a fourth consecutive term, securing the highest votes. A heritage conservationist, he has played a key role in promoting preservation and securing UNESCO recognition for historic sites
According to historians, Sardar Mahal was built in the European style by Nizam VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan in 1900. Though Mahboob Ali Khan, the then ruler of Hyderabad State, built the palace for one of his beloved consorts, Sardar Begum, she refused to inhabit this token of love as it did not live up to her expectations.
To engage young minds in heritage preservation, a design competition titled "Revitalizing Heritage: Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs" for graduate architecture students was organised on the occasion of World Heritage Week Celebrations-2024 by Department of Heritage Telangana & Deccan Heritage Academy Trust (DHAT) in collaboration with JBR Architecture College, Hyderabad on Monday.
Presiding over the programme, FBH chairman and INTACH National Governing Council member, Prof. Veda Kumar Manikonda emphasized that its people's responsibility to keep the rivers clean.
Hyderabad: Noted heritage activist Vedakumar Manikonda has been re-elected as a member of the Governing Council of INTACH for a third consecutive term. According to a press release, understanding the need of protection of heritage for the sustainable development of the nation as a whole, Vedakumar had made it his mission to impress upon policy […]
Hyderabad: Do you know why Hyderabad is referred to as a walled city? It is so because for around two centuries – a six-mile circumference wall guarded the city, protecting it from enemy attacks and standing as a sentinel for the dwellers then. The impressive wall – 18 feet high and 8 feet wide ran […]
Hyderabad: Celebrating the World Environment Day and its 21st anniversary as well, Forum for Better Hyderabad (FBH) organised an online panel discussion on Saturday, in collaboration with JBR Architecture College, Deccan Heritage Academy and IHSRDM. The panel included speakers reputed in environment and ecology. KT Ravindran, INTACH governing council member, NK Patel, president, Institute of […]
