Conservation of Cultural Heritage

by Kamal K. Jain (Ed.)

Archaeologists and conservators have contributed their latest research papers to felicitate Sri A.S. Bisht who retired as Head of the conservation laboratory of the National Museum, New Delhi, and is one of the senior most archaeological chemists in the country. The methods of preservation explained would be very useful to professional archaeological chemists.

Table of Contents:

• Editor's Note
• Man of Science and Spirituality (A Biographical Sketch of Shri A.S. Bisht/Amar Nath Khanna)
• List of Publications of Shri A.S. Bisht/Achal Pandya
• Message/R.C. Tripathi
• Message/R.D. Choudhary
• Metallurgical Heritage of North India/Shyam Narain
• Conservation of Chola Bronzes of Thanjavur Treasure - A Case Study/Shyam Narain and A.K. Mishra
• Exposure of Art Heritage Epidermis - A Conservation Approach in Rajasthan/Hot Chand
• A Brief Study of In-House Art Objects and their Conservation with Particular Reference to a Unique art form of Mysore/A.K. Bahadur
• Characterization of the Dust in the Ambience of the Taj Mahal, Agra/N.K. Samadhiya, D. Banerjee and S. Sarkar
• Conserving Our Architectural Heritage/M. Aslam
• Significance of Revitalization and Documentation of Traditional Knowledge/Abduraheem K
• Tatto: A Body Decorative Art of Gujarat Tribes/Sayed Rafiqa Sultana and Sayed Afroz Sultana
• Filling Inpaintings or Retourching/Meenakshi Devi Singhania
• Recent Developments and Techniques in Metal Conservation/V. Jeyatai
• The Storage and Display of Photographic Images/Anil Risal Singh
• Conservation of an Embroidered Chamba Rumal/A.R. Shah
• Removal of Stains from Graphic Prints/Ashish Patil
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Treatment to Heritage Structures/V. Lokanathan
• Museology, Interpretation of Heritage and Tourism/Syed Asif A. Naqvi
• Images of Museums in India/Atiq R. Siddiqui
• Conservation of Musical Instruments/S.P. Singh and Sukhjit Kaur
• Implementation of Preventive Conservation Plan in Libraries/Kamal K. Jain
• Some Issues in Conservation of Manuscripts of Assam/Subhra Devi and Kamal K. Jain
• Traditional Preventive Conservation Practices of Assam : With Special Reference to Sanchipat Manuscripts/Subhra Devi, R.D. Choudhury and Kamal K. Jain
• Analytical Procedures for Material Characterisation of Islamic Glazed Tiles (In India)/M.S. Gill
• Conservation Training in India/Achal Pandya and Vikas R. Usture
• Cultural Heritage and its Preservation/P.K. Agarwal
• Conservation of Structural Heritage : Requirements in Present Scenario/Namita Jaspal
• Conservation Treatment of "The Muleteer" an Oil Painting at Asiatic Society/Manjari Agrawal
• An Unfired Buddha Figure : Technical Investigation and Conservation Treatment/C.B. Gupta
• The Ajanta Caves and their Preservation/R.K. Sharma and Amar Nath Khanna
• RFID Technology for Library and Information Centers/B.N. Singh.

About the Author:

Kamal K. Jain, is well known professional in the field of conversation of cultural heritage. Presently he is serving as a Dean (Academic Affairs) and Head of the Department of Conservation at National Museum Institute, New Delhi. Prior to joining NMI, Prof. Jain Served as junior Scientific Officer, Senior Scientific Officer and Finally as project officer at National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC), Lucknow, a premier institution devoted conservation cultural Heritage.