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Dr. Rima Hooja is an archaeologist, historian, and heritage specialist with decades of leadership across conservation, academia, and cultural institutions. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and currently serves as President of ICOMOS India, the UNESCO-linked International Council on Monuments and Sites. She is also the Managing Trustee of the Jaipur Virasat Foundation and Director Emeritus of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur. Her past roles include Member of India’s National Monuments Authority, the Central Advisory Board for Archaeology (CABA), and Chairperson of the Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH.

Recognised as a Distinguished International Academician by the University of Minnesota, Dr. Hooja has held senior academic and programme leadership positions in India and abroad, including Founder-Editor of the SAGE Journal of Heritage Management, Director of the University of Minnesota’s MSID India Program, Faculty Director for the New York State Independent College Consortium’s India Program, and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.

A prolific scholar, she has authored and edited numerous seminal works on archaeology, history, and heritage conservation, including History of Rajasthan, Conserving Fortified Heritage, Rajasthan: A Concise History, and The Emperor’s General: The Life and Times of Raja Man Singh of Amber (2025). With over 95 published papers, Dr. Hooja also serves on multiple governing boards and committees and actively runs the Animal Care Trust.

Neha Saxena is a conservation architect, heritage expert and a certified BIM professional, with over 16 years of experience across architectural, interior, urban and heritage conservation projects. Her work spans adaptive reuse of historic buildings, streetscape and façade improvement, heritage precinct revitalization, tourism-focused heritage development, interpretation and signage design, and urban policy and guideline formulation for historic areas.

She has extensive experience in on-site documentation, condition assessment, heritage grading, preparation of Detailed Project Reports, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders for conservation-led development. In her current role at Manipal University Jaipur as Associate Professor, Neha combines practice and academia: she mentors students and young professionals, leads research related to heritage, tourism and traditional crafts, and advises on heritage-sensitive design and evaluation frameworks.

While she has been associated with prestigious redevelopment and adaptive reuse projects of UNSECO Worls Heritage City of Jaipur and its vicinity, Neha is also a recipient of Academic Excellence Awards for her role as an academician.