Shailja Parashar

Currently working with Banglanatak dot com, Kolkata, National Partner and Advisory to Safeguarding Intangible Heritage Convention 2003, UNESCO. Shailja is based in Panjim Goa as a Consultant at one of their branch offices. She has worked with Elixir Foundation, Ahmadabad, as a Project Manager for the 'Lets Heritage' project, World Heritage Volunteer (WHV) UNESCO. She has also worked with Kala Varso, Bhuj as a consultant and with Drishti Media, Ahmadabad as an Intern. She has pursued Masters in Heritage Management from Center for Heritage Management, Ahmadabad University and Bachelors in Commerce from Gujarat Law Society (GLS) Institute of Commerce (IC) from Gujarat University. During Masters, She has presented paper in the International Heritage Management Conference organised by Ahmadabad University. The topic of the paper was 'Rural Development and Crafts : Empirical Study of Eklavya Foundation and Banglanatak dot com'. She has presented a paper in the Symposium, 'The Observations on the Challenges of Buddhist Heritage Site Management in India' from the perspective of Cultural tourism. The areas she is interested in are as follows: Photography Community Consultation Intangible Cultural Heritage Heritage Tourism Crafts and Rural Development Urban Heritage