Amareswar Galla
An alumnus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi with PhD from the Australian National University, Canberra, Prof. Galla is currently Professor of Inclusive Cultural Leadership & Founding Director of the International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership (ICICL), and Dean of Faculty Development & Leadership, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India; and Founding Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA. Until recently he was a Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, a National Institution of Importance, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India. He lived and worked as the Chief Curator in Amaravathi Heritage Town and its Amaravathi Heritage Centre and Museum. He was the Editor and Producer of the flagship project and publication to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1972 World Heritage Convention launched in Kyoto, Japan.
In the past two decades, Amar has been the full Professor of the World Heritage and Sustainable Development at the University of Split located in the World Heritage City of Split; first full Professor of Museum Studies in Australia at the University of Queensland, Brisbane; and prior to that he was the full Professor and Director of Sustainable Heritage Development Programs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. He has held prestigious visitorships at several institutions in the past including the Smithsonian and more recently as the Honorary Professor at the Global Change Institute, the University of Queensland
In the past he was also a regular visitor at the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, working on the implementation of Museums and Cultural Diversity Promotion in the Netherlands; Guest Curator of International Projects with the Vietnam National Department of Cultural Heritage; and Founding Convener of the Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Sustainable Heritage Development in partnership with several bodies including UNESCO. It is now subsumed into the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum.
A Trustee of the Pacific Islands Museums Association, he is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of the Inclusive Museum (2008-2018); Founding Editor of the International Journal on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability (2005- Oct 2015); and Co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Intangible Heritage. His extensive publication record includes World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders, Cambridge University Press, and Heritage Curricula and Cultural Diversity, Prime Minister & Cabinet, Australia.