AVISHKAR AWARD to Prof. Kavita Murugkar :First prize at State Level Research Competition

Prof. Kavita Murugkar has been awarded the STATE LEVEL FIRST PRIZE for her research project :

UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY IN HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTS IN INDIA at the AVISHKAR 2012, Maharashtra State Inter-university Research Convention, held at Dapoli Krishi Vidyapeeth this year. Her research project was selected as one of the best in the Teachers’ Category in Humanities Faculty, out of total 500 entries shortlisted across 20 universities in the state. It was selected through a long jury process starting at the University zonal level, University level and then finally the State level.
This study is a part of the research project granted by the BCUD, University of Pune to Prof.Kavita Murugkar.

Research projects that are innovative, creative and at the same time have a significant social impact were selected by the esteemed jury panel which comprised of national level experts from relevant fields.

The research conducted by Prof Murugkar, aimed to identify the barriers for physical and intellectual accessibility in heritage sites and develop design guidelines to overcome the same and make these sites accessible to all.

Heritage and visitor management strategies based on UNIVERSAL DESIGN have been suggested in this research project to enhance the heritage experience to all types of people in the society including the physically impaired, cognitive impaired, speech impaired, vision impaired, hearing impaired, elderly people and pregnant women.