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Publisher: Mes Publication, English and Marathi, ISBN: 978-81-964891-0-6

The book draws upon – ‘Navi Mumbai (Raigad) Heritage Project’, a heritage listing project led by Prof. Smita Dalvi (sponsored by the MMRHCS) and ‘Treasures of Panvel’, an Exhibition created by Ar. Sonam Ambe (through the Saint Gobain Scholarship) in collaboration with MES Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel. Panvel is a historic port town and trading centre in the Raigad District of the Konkan region in the Indian state of Maharashtra whose urbanity precedes that of the neighbouring Mumbai. With several archival images and narrative illustrations, the book records and rekindles the memories of a great city whose historic heritage is seen in the form of lakes, wadas and sacred places and contains the stories of its communities. This bi-lingual book is co-authored by Prof. Smita Dalvi and Ar. Sonam Ambe and Marathi translation is by Ms. Seema Hardikar.
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Smita Dalvi

Smita Dalvi is a Professor at MES Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel and the editor of Tekton, A Journal of Architecture, Urban Design and Planning — being published by the Mahatma Education Society, Mumbai. She led the 'Navi Mumbai (Raigad) Heritage Project'. In 2007, she was awarded the fellowship of Fulbright Visiting Specialist: Direct Access to the Muslim world. Her research areas are in Architecture, History of Art & Culture, and Urban Heritage and has read and published papers and essays in conferences and several architectural and cultural journals. Her PhD thesis is on the subject of cinematic architecture at IIT-Bombay.

Sonam Ambe

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An architect who pursued the social sciences, Sonam brings to life the courses and learning paths at ACEDGE. A teacher par excellence, she brings with her a very cheerful spirit and an intent learner's curiosity. She aspires to contribute to the space of architectural education through pursuits of her passions of writing and research.