A 2-days workshop on Heritage Conservation, Planning and Management were organized at the State Institute of Urban Development in Mysore for the Urban Managers and officers from DMA, DTCP etc., understanding urban heritage, documenting and mapping of heritage and heritage in the context of Masterplan were part of the workshop sessions. The sessions additionally included legal framework and field study concepts as well.

IHCNF organizes masons training workshops to increase the skill level in traditional building techniques for the benefit of Urban Local Bodies that can be replicated and multiplied. Beyond training, this project is eventually aimed to culminate in a publication of documented traditional regional-based techniques which, until now have been only orally transmitted and are thus in danger of being lost. The training results in the ‘certification’ of unskilled and semi-skilled construction workers which upgrade their skills and earning capacity per day. The workshops were organized in Mysuru (24th to 26th August 2015), Bidar (8th to 10th December 2015), Bijapur ( 5th to 7th January 2016) and Gulbarga (25-27th January 2016).