Ravi Gundu Rao and Associates is an organization that dedicates itself for offering excellence as consultants in the area of Architecture, Architectural Design, Architectural Heritage Conservation, Environmental and Landscape Conservation,
It specializes in designing in theHistorical context/spaces, Interior Designing, Training and Research.
Based in Mysore, a historical city since 2000, offering highly acclaimed services around the nation with over a hundred successfully completed meritorious projects for highly prestigious clientele in the Corporate, Public and private sector. We have won various awards over different projects and roles for the conservation and architectural work involved.
Principal Consultant Ravindra Gundu Rao, (cv link) is considered a pioneer in the field of Architectural Conservation in India who has had a sterling career since 1982.
From the inception since 1990’s we have been providing sterling, dedicated services especially in the areas of architectural conservation, architecture and planning in various capacities as turnkey service providers, consultants and advisors. Our conservation projects are entirely as per the set global standards and principles enshrined in the UNESCO charters and with high and unflinching emphasis on use of traditional materials, techniques, reversibility, accountability and authenticity, which has been our hall mark since decades.
Some of our meritorious and celebrated projects across the nation are given in this website and can be authenticated any time.
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Ravindra Gundu Rao (Conservation Architect)
Brief Curriculum Vitae of Ravindra Gundu Rao
| Education : | 1990 - M.A (Conservation of Historical Buildings, Landscapes, Sites and Gardens) - Univ. of York, UK - Charles Wallace Scholarship 987 - M. Planning, School of Planning & Architecture, Delhi 1982 - B.E (Civil), National Institute of Engineering, Mysore |
| Professional : | From 2001 – RGRA – Consultant Architectural Conservation of Heritage Buildings & Sites 1992-2001 - Manager, Architectural Conservation Cell, Research & Consultancy Directorate, Associated Cement Cos, Mumbai (from inception to closure) 2008-2013, University School of Design, PG in UD and B.Arch (visiting faculty) 1987-1992, Dept. of Architecture, MCE, Hassan 1984-1985, Dept. of Arch. MIT, Manipal 1982-1984. Dept of Civil Eng. SJCE, Mysore |
| Others : | Ex.Member Kalakshetra Board & Chairman Works Committee, Chennai Ex Member Heritage Committee Mysore City Member, Mysore School of Architecture Board Techniacl Advisor, Indian Heritage Cities Network (UNESCO) Technical Advisor, World Monuments Fund (NY) for India Guest/visiting faculty in various colleges of architecture |
| Area of work : | 1. Conceptualization, detailing, organizing, engineering, training, project management, preparation and use of traditional lime and lime mortars, timber restoration works, etc in the area of Heritage Building Conservation. 2. Mud architecture. 3. Promotion of traditional tools of conservation. 4. Artisan training programs. 6. Contemprary Architecural Design Services and Design and Build Services (under Aditya Athreya Rao) 6. Landscape Design, Architectural Services (under Aditya A Rao) |
| Head Office: | A5 Hemavati Pat, 22/23 temple rd, Jayalaxmipuram, Mysore 570012 Tel: 0821 4246335 / 9342101552. Email: saveheritage@gmail.com |
MAJOR CONSULTANCY WORKS UNDERTAKEN BY RAVI GUNDU RAO & ASSOCIATES
| Sl.No | Title of the Projects, Clients | Year |
| Projects done under R.G.RAO as the head of the Architectural Conservation Cell, ACC LTD, MUMBAI | ||
| 1 | Stone Cleaning (Mist Cleaning Technique) for Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa | 1993 |
| Clients : | Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi | Completed |
| 2 | Restoration of David Sassoon Library in Kalaghoda, Mumbai | 1994 |
| Clients : | The DSL Trust | Completed |
| 3 | Mist Cleaning of Stone Facade - Turner Morrison building | 1995 |
| Clients : | M/s Turner Morrison Ltd | Completed |
| 4 | Restoration of Doors, Windows and Stone Cleaning of Bombay House ( HQ's of TATA's Mumbai ) | 1996 |
| Clients : | TATA Services Ltd | Completed |
| 5 | Structural Restoration of Contractor Building, Ballard Estate Mumbai | 1997 |
| Clients : | Shapoorji Pallonji & Co | Completed |
| 6 | Total Restoration of Sir Ronal Ross Memorial Building , Hyderabad | 1997 |
| Clients : | INTACH and British Council | Completed |
| 7 | Minor Restoration works for Saligao Church | 1998 |
| Clients : | Govt of Goa | Completed |
| 8 | External Facade Restoration-McDonald's Restaurant-Fort Mumbai | 1998 |
| Clients : | Hardcastle Restaurant, Mumbai | Completed |
| 9. | Bhatia Hosptial (Stone Cleaning and Minor Restoration) | 1998 |
| Clients : | Bhatia Hospital Trust | Completed |
| 10. | Conservation Plan for the Victoria Terminus Main Building ( Now CST) | 1998 |
| Clients : | Central Railways | |
| 11 | Restoration including Partial under pinning of Fort Wall (1730) | 1998 |
| Clients : | Ahilya Bai Holkar Trust and INTACH | Completed |
| 12 | Restoration of the Collapsed Parts (Lingarchan Waada) of Raj Waada of Maheshwar MP | 1999 |
| Clients : | Ahilya Bai Holkar Trust and INTACH | Completed |
| 13 | Minor restoration work of Mozamzahi Market (Hyderabad) | 1999 |
| Clients : | Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad | Completed |
| 14 | Major Structural Restoration of the 450 year old Mount Chapel , Old Goa | 1999 |
| Clients : | Fundacao Oriente, Portugese Cultural Organization | Completed |
| 15 | Restoration of Free Hall and Libarary, Mahabaleshwar | 2000 |
| Clients : | The Club, Mahabaleshwar | Completed |
| 16 | Total Restoration of Jayalakshmivalas Palace, Mysore | 2000 |
| Clients : | INFOSYS Foundation, University of Mysore. | Completed |
| 17 | Partial Restoration of Ahilya Waada, Maheshwar MP | 2000 |
| Clients : | Ahilya Bai Holkar Trust and INTACH | Completed |
| 18 | Roof Restoration of Governor's Bungalow, Hyderabad | 2001 |
| Clients : | PWD, Government of AP | Completed |
| 19 | Restoration using traditional Methods of 450 year old - Chaar Kamaan , Machli Kamaan, Kali Kamaan and Sher-E- Batil Kamaan all in Charminaar District, Hyd. | 2001 |
| Clients : | AP Tourism Department | Completed |
| 20 | Total Restoration of the 120 year old Hyde Sanatorium Building in Rajkumar College,Rajkot | 2001 |
| Clients : | RKC Trust | Completed |
| 21 | Authored and Edited : "Stone Cleaning of Heritage Buildings " - MMRDA Publications, Mumbai | 2001 |
| Clients : | MMRDA | Completed |
| 22 | Structural and Architectural Restoration of JN Petit Institute, Mumbai | 2001 |
| Clients : | Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai | Completed |
| Projects Under RGRA (RGRarchitects) as a Private firm - | ||
| 1 | Restoration & reuse of Vaidyaratnam P.S.Varier Memorial Museum (1912)for the Arya vaidya Sala. | 2002 |
| Clients : | AVS, Kottakal, Kerala. | Completed |
| 2 | Restoration of Ahilya Waada (1754), Maheshwar. | 2002 |
| Clients : | Ahilya bai Holkar Trust | Completed |
| 3 | Comprehensive restoration of Farhamjee Contractor's Heritage | |
| Building,(1909) Vadodara. | 2002 | |
| Clients : | Ms.Jeru M Contractor | Completed |
| 4 | Restoration of Santhome Cathedral Basilica,(1882) Chennai. | 2003 |
| Clients : | Parish Father of the Church | Completed |
| 5 | Restoration of Arakkal Kettu (16th century), Kannur, Kerala. | 2005 |
| Clients : | Deprtment of Archaeology, Govt. of Kerala | Completed |
| 6 | Emergency structural conservation for Sailana Palace, (1910) Ratlam | 2004 |
| Clients : | His Excellency Vikrum Singhji Sailana of Ratlam | Completed |
| 7 | ASI Bangalore Circle Structures (Full or Partial Restoration) - Daria Daulat Baug and Gumbez Monuments in Srirangapatna, Someshwara, Kolaramma, Ramalingeshwara temples in Kolar and Aavani, Jamma Masjid, Bibi ka Maqbara, Mallik Rehan Durga in Sira, most of the temples in Halebid and Belur. | 2004-2009 |
| Clients : | ASI Bangalore Circle | Completed |
| 8 | Restoration of Central telegraph office Heritage building, Flora fountain, (1875), Mumbai | 2006 |
| Clients : | Bharat Sanchar Nigam LTD. | Completed |
| 9 | Restoration of Church of Christ the King, Loyola College, Chennai | 2006 |
| Clients : | For Loyola college Society | Completed |
| 10 | Conservation works of Heritage temple at Perambara, Kerala | 2006 |
| Clients : | Dept of Archeology and museum, Kerala. | Completed |
| 11 | Conservation works of Heritage temple at Kottakal,(18th century) Kerala | 2006 |
| Clients : | Dept of Archeology and museum, Kerala. | Completed |
| 12 | Restoration of domes of CFTRI ( Cheluvambha Mansion) , Mysore | 2006 |
| Clients : | Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore | Completed |
| 13 | Conservation measures for Ornamental Wood work & Lime Plaster works Bagandeshwara Temple, Bagamandala, (18th century) Madikeri | 2007 |
| Clients : | P.G. Setty Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd., Mysore , for Kaveri Neeravari Nigam, Govt. of Karantaka | Completed |
| 14 | Lime Plaster Works for Karayalar Bungalow, Courtrallam | 2007 |
| Clients : | Saral Resorts, Chennai | Completed |
| 15 | Conservation of British Presidency, Pudukottai | 2007 |
| Clients : | ETL Hospitality services Ltd. | work stopped |
| 16 | Implementation of Conservation works for the Chatrappati Shivaji Maharaja Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai | 2007 |
| Clients : | Chatrappati Shivaji Mahavastu Sanghralay, Mumbai | Completed |
| 17 | Conservation of Garrison cemetry (1801), Srirangapatna | 2007 |
| Clients : | Louis Dominique Demeuron, Switzerland | Completed |
| 18 | Repair of roof of the Madura Coats Bungalows | 2007 |
| Clients : | ETL Hospitality services Ltd. | Completed |
| 19 | Restoration of St.Joseph Cathedral (1883), Trivandrum | 2010 |
| Clients : | Parish Priest | Completed |
| 20 | Restoration of Sagar Vilas Palace (1880), Barwani, MP | 2010 -2011 |
| Clients : | HH Mr.Manvendra Singh Barwani | Completed |
| 21 | Restoration of Multhan palace (1892), Multhan, MP | 2010 - 2011 |
| Clients : | HH Mr.Raghuvir Singh | Completed |
| 22 | Preparation of Detailed Project Reports for Mysore Heritage Buildings | 2009-2010 |
| Clients : | TP heritage Consultants, Mumbai | Completed |
| 23 | Restoration of Old Professor's Quarters (Mysore University) | 2014-2015 |
| Clients | Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation , Mysore City Corporation | Completed |
| 24 | Restoration of Moubrey's Coupola, (1777), Madras Club | 2010-2017 |
| Clients : | Madras Club, Chennai (consultancy) | Completed |
| 25 | Restoration of Dewana House, (18th century), Anegondi. | 2011-2015 |
| Clients : | Krishna Devaraya, Hampi, Karnataka (Consultancy) | Completed |
| 26 | Conservation DPR for Rajwada, Indore, MP | 2014-2016 |
| Clients : | WMF, New York | Completed |
| 27 | Restoration works for Vivekanandar Illam,, Chennai (consultancy) | 2014-2016 |
| Clients : | Ramakrishna Muth | Completed |
| 28 | Conservation DPR for Velankanni Cathedral, TN (Consultancy) | 2014-2017 |
| Clients : | Arch Bishop of Tanjore Dioscese | Nearing Completion |
| 29 | British Residency (Women's College Koti) | 2015 - |
| Clients : | Consultants to GN Heritage Matters for World Monument Fund | On going |
| 30 | Restoration of Vivekananda Smaraka ( Belvi House) Belgaum | 2014-2017 |
| Clients : | Sri Ramakrishna Mission | Nearing Completion |
| 31 | Restoration of Bidara Krishnappa (Ram Mandir) | 2016-2017 |
| Clients : | Mandir Trust | Completed |
| 32 | Thakkar Nu Ghara (Architectural Design - House for Mr. Nilesh Thakkar) | 2017 - |
| Clients : | Mr. Nilesh Thakkar | Ongoing |
| Committee's - | ||
| 1 | Board Director and Chairman of Works Committee of Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennaiappointed by the Union Govt of India. | 2012 - 2016 |
| 2 | Appointed Technical Advisor to WMF projects in MP | 2014 - Ongoing |
| 3 | Appointed Technical Advisor to Indian Heritage Cities Network, UNESCO, based in Mysore | 2012-2016 |
| 4 | Member Heritage committee of Mysore City, Karnataka | 2007 - 2017 |
| 5 | Member Heritage committee of Srirangapatna town, Karnataka | 2007 - Ongoing |
| 6 | Module Director - Conservation Project Management BHSC Program - At Sir JJ school of Architecture , | 2013-2017 |
| 7. | Mysore School of Architecture Board of Governors | 2015- Ongoing |