India, April 8 -- India Vision Institute CEO and veteran museum expert Vinod Daniel speaks to IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra on the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program, gaps in conservation, and the future of museums in India. Excerpts:

It's a privilege to be in Kolkata at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity. ICFP was designed to bring together conservation professionals to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and SRAL in Maastricht. We selected 55 professionals who were engaged in cultural conservation. They spent three to six months at these institutions, where they enhanced their skills in preservation.  The idea was to build a strong cohort of experts who can not only shape the future of conservation in India but also train th...