Mangaluru, Apr 21: Srinivas School of Architecture (SSA) students of Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), Valachil, Mangaluru received the ‘Award of Merit’ (South Zone) for documenting city-based historic Zeenath Baksh Masjid at a programme on April 18 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
From left: Dr Shaila Bantanur, Adithya Hebbar , Santhosh Prabhu T N, Akshay kumar G K, Rajat K R, Maj. Gen. (Retd) L K Gupta, Dr C T Misra, Prajwal Prakash and Harsha Raj
The objective of the competition was to promote documentation of heritage buildings and sites of Historic, Architectural and Cultural significance. Students from all architectural colleges across the nation participated for this completion.
A team of six students namely Akshay kumar G.K., Santhosh Prabhu T N, Rajat K R, Prajwal Prakash, Adithya Hebbar and Harsha Raj extensively worked over a month for this national level competition under the guidance of Dr Shaila Bantanur (IIT Roorkee).
The award ceremony was organised by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Academy. Dr Sachchidananda Saha, who worked extensively on conservation of Angkor Wat, Cambodia and L.K Gupta, Chairman of INTACH, India and Dr C T Misra, Member Secretary of INTACH were present guests of the event.
Eminent architects, Head of Schools, teachers, academicians, professionals and students of architecture participated in the event in large number. The team acknowledged the kind support of the Management Committee of the Zeenath Baksh Masjid Mangaluru and the Principal SIT, Dr Srinivas Mayya D for their kind support.
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