Jyoti Hosagrahar

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ABOUT JYOTI HOSAGRAHAR

Deputy Director for the World Heritage Center at UNESCO. Among other responsibilities, I lead initiatives on integrating cultural heritage for sustainable cities and towns; policies for cultural and natural heritage for the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda; the implementation of the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape; and the development and implementation of the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators: Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development across the Culture Sector. I am also responsible for the Earthen Architecture and Modern Architecture programmes of the World Heritage Centre. From May 2016-November 2018, I served as Director of the Division for Creativity at UNESCO. Prior to joining UNESCO, I was a professor and Director of the SUI Lab at GSAPP, Columbia University, New York; UNESCO Chair in Culture, Habitat, and Sustainable Development at Srishti Institute of Art, Design, and Technology in Bangalore, India where I was also Chair of the Ph.D. program; and Founder-Director of Sustainable Urbanism International (SUI), an NGO in Bangalore, India. In all these capacities I have worked extensively with cultural and natural heritage in cities and settlements and on sustainable development. I was an expert for the UN Habitat Policy Unit on Socio Cultural Urban Framework, and Chair of the ICOMOS Cross-Scientific Committee Task Force on Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development. From 20••••16 I was a member of the Advisory Committee for World Heritage Matters for the Ministry of Culture in India. I has a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from University of California, Berkley; Masters in Urban Planning from University of Southern California; and a Bachelor’s in Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi