Mr. Neel Kamal Chapagain is an architect and heritage professional from Nepal, currently an Associate Professor and the Director of Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University in India. He was the lead faculty in conceptualising the Masters degree programme in heritage management at Ahmedabad University. In recent years, he has been part of UNESCO Bangkok’s initiative to draft a competence framework for cultural heritage management and relating the competences to academic learning outcomes at Masters level. He serves as a board member in two higher education networks related to heritage education in the Asia Pacific region, as well as the Association of Critical Heritage Studies.