SandHI-IIT Kharagpur: ICCR Exhibition 2015 HD

SANDHI is a major ‘Science-Heritage’ initiative. It means a ‘Scientific Approach to Networking and Designing of Heritage Interfaces’. SandHI is a recovery and recognition of our heritage through the ‘lens of science’. SandHI is also the augmentation of scientific methodology by incorporating and absorbing inputs and processes embedded in our Indian and global traditional knowledge systems. It is the ‘Sandhi’, - the spirit of assimilation and integration of the two –Science and Heritage that matters. SandHI is sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India. It is an inter-institutional and people and ground centric approach. One of the main objectives is to arrive at a holistic process of design systems and pedagogy, by involving students right from the first day and positioning them in real-life piloted projects through the 16 SandHI projects. IIT Kharagpur is exploring the various SandHI projects through an Apex body, which consist of Prof. P. P. Chakraborti, Director, IIT Kharagpur; Prof. Sunando Dasgupta (Dean) and Prof. Pallab Dasgupta (Associate Dean), Sponsored Research and Consultancy Cell (SRIC) of IIT Kharagpur and Prof. Joy Sen, of the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning as PI of the SANDHI initiative. SandHI has three bandwidths of projects. First, it has a deeper level, where Deep science and heritage interface based projects have been designed. Secondly, there are large scaled Geo-exploratory and geo-technical riparian based paleo-hydrological investigation; epigraphic investigation and iconographic-archaeological interpretation; and contemporary application/ tourism revival projects, which is also inclusive of a very Mega iconic project on ‘Varanasi’. Varanasi, as we all know, is a living river-based urban civilization of over 3500 years or more. Third and finally, there are creative economic generation projects of which one is to re-explore the application and design of terracotta technology as a building material based on a pilot project in Kumartuli belt, Kolkata. Website: www.iitkgpsandhi.org Advisor: Prof. Partha P. Chakraborti, Director, IIT Kharagpur Monitoring Cell: Prof. Sunando Dasgupta, Dean, Sponsored Research and Consultancy Cell, IIT Kharagpur Prof. Pallab Dasgupta, Associate Dean, Sponsored Research and Consultancy Cell, IIT Kharagpur Principal Investigator (overall) Prof. Joy Sen, Department of Architecture & Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur Professor-in-Charge, Documentation and Dissemination Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur SandHI Team: End of life care Tulika Bhattacharyya Chandrima Chatterjee Jaydeep Sengupta Dipanwita Chand Debolina Chatterjee Jaya Rajeev Roopa Raju Suchitra Pramanik Jayalakshmi Rajeev Sarami Ganguli Coastal Orissa Konark Srabani Rath Sweta Sen Subhamaya Jana Pushpagiri Debapriya Chakraborty Geo quest of Varanasi (GQV) Prerona Das Ashok Shaw Shahab Anwar