An architect and urban designer by profession (B.Arch, IOE, Tribhuvan University; MSc. Urban Design and Conservation, Purbanchal University), Padma Sundar Maharjan is currently working on heritage conservation. Experienced as a conservation architect for reconstructing monument buildings in the Kathmandu Valley. Mr Maharjan is the principal co-founder of RICH Architectures Company, managing the Architects’ Bookshop, RICH Publishers, and RICH Museum of Craft and Design as associate initiatives in Patan. He has been associated with various lectures on heritage conservation and development issues in multiple colleges and workshops in Nepal. He is pursuing his doctorate in Landscape Architecture at the School of Architecture, Tianjin University, China.