Amareswar Galla
An alumnus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, Prof Amareswar Galla is currently the Curator of Amaravathi Heritage Town,
A.P. India, upholding how Mahayana Buddhism took birth and spread from
here to all over Asia. He is also a Visiting Professor and International
Curator at the Don Bosco Museum and University, Shillong, India; and an
Honorary Professor in the prestigious Global Change Institute at the
University of Queensland, Australia. Prior to moving back to India, Prof
Galla was the first full Professor of Museum studies in Australia at
the University of Queensland, after a national leadership engagement as
the full Professor of Sustainable Heritage Development at the Australian National University in Canberra. As an applied museologist, he played
an active role in the transformation of museums and heritage agencies in
several parts of the world. During the five years of Mandela’s
Presidency in South Africa, 1994 to 1999, he was the International
Technical Adviser for the transformation of apartheid museums and
National Parks into democratic institutions. It was during this period
that he was brought to Cincinnati for the very early Trustees meeting of
National Underground Railroad Freedom Centre. An accredited
mentor/trainer of UNESCO for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding
Intangible Heritage, he is the founding Executive Director of the
International Institute for the Inclusive Museum
(http://inclusivemuseum.org/director/).
His extensive publication record ranges from World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders, Cambridge University Press & UNESCO Publishing, 2012, to Heritage Curricula and Cultural Diversity, Prime Minister & Cabinet, Australia, 1993.