Prof. Smita Dalvi authored the book ‘Panvel: Great City, Fading Heritage’ that was released on 17th January 2020, at the august hands of Mr. Sudhir Patwardhan, India’s topmost artist and Dr. K.M. Vasudevan Pillai, chairman of Mahatma Education Society.
This bi-lingual book is co-authored by Prof. Smita Dalvi and Ar. Sonam Ambe and Marathi translation is by Ms. Seema Hardikar. The book draws upon – ‘Navi Mumbai (Raigad) Heritage Project’, a heritage listing project led by Prof. Smita Dalvi (sponsored by the MMRHCS) and ‘Treasures of Panvel’, an Exhibition created by Ar. Sonam Ambe (through the Saint Gobain Scholarship) in collaboration with MES Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel.
Panvel is a historic port town and trading centre in the Raigad District of the Konkan region in the Indian state of Maharashtra whose urbanity precedes that of the neighbouring Mumbai. With several archival images and narrative illustrations, the book records and rekindles the memories of a great city whose historic heritage is seen in the form of lakes, wadas and sacred places and contains the stories of its communities.
