The following article has been reproduced from Rediff.com, written by Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Mumbai

‘We are looking here at the colossal damage to a country’s culture and history – something that cannot be quantified. There are artefacts, archaeological items and historical memorabilia that can never be replaced,’ says Vinod Daniel, museum specialist [Chair of AusHeritage].

A disaster management plan, particularly for fire, is all the more important for monuments and historical structures constructed or lavishly embellished with wood, like the pretty Padam Palace, Rampur, Himachal Pradesh. Photograph: With kind permission of Khagendra Nath Jana.

Ian Cook, Foundation Chair of AusHeritage has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to heritage conservation and preservation.

AusHeritage signed a Memorandum of Understanding with George Town World Heritage Incorporated (Penang, Malaysia) to further strengthen the collaboration between the two parties.

Mission to Taiwan June 2018
In late June AusHeritage members travelled to Taiwan for a program known as ‘Kinmen 7’, being the 7th mission by AusHeritage to Taiwan, with an ongoing focus on the Taiwanese island of Kinmen. The visit was at the invitation of Prof Alex Yen of the China University of Technology (CUTe) in Taipei, and the AusHeritage participants were Deputy Chair Peter Romey, Sharon Veale and Mary Knaggs.

AusHeritage hosted a Think City Delegation dinner on 11 April 2019 at the Sydney offices of GML Heritage. AusHeritage and Think City (based in Malaysia) recently signed an MoU to develop their mutual relationship.

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 06 Mar 2019

Vinod Daniel, Chairman, AusHeritage, and Board Member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), during his recent visit to Kolkata, tells IBNS correspondent Godhuly Bose, how Indian museums need to come out of their dependence on government funds and transform them from a house of curiosity to vibrant and interactive knowledge centres.

Recently the 2019 AusHeritage Delegation travelled to Malaysia and Singapore to the visit to the Museum of Islamic Arts Malaysia based in Kuala Lumpur to discuss future collaboration.

The following is an excerpt from The Hindu News, Chennai, written by K. Lakshmi and published 24 January 2019.

Visiting delegation hopes to collaborate on projects and share expertise

The Public Works Department is likely to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Australian government soon to share knowledge on conservation of heritage buildings.

The following excerpt is from an article reproduced from the Financial Express, India, by: PTI, Published: December 30, 2018 5:14 PM

Vinod Daniel, [chairman of AusHeritage]an India-born Australian and a top museum specialist, said the fire at the National Museum of Brazil, in which a massive collection of it was destroyed, holds valuable lessons for developing countries, including India.

A visiting six-member senior Australian museum and heritage expert’s delegation has signed a memorandum of understanding between Think City and AusHeritage to further an on-going cooperation.