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| name = Dulari Qureshi

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Artart historian, academic, author

'''Dulari Qureshi''' is(born an24 academicSeptember from1950) [[Aurangabad,is Maharashtra]].an SheIndian holds a Doctorate in Art History; the topic of her thesis beingacademic,'Art andart Vision of [[Aurangabad Caves]]'. She also has a degree in Journalismhistorian and a post graduate diploma in Tourismauthor. She has written more than 1,000 articles on art, culture and tourism development and its impacts on monuments. She is a retired professor and Director in the Department of Tourism Administration, [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]], [[Aurangabad]]. She is also the Cultural chairperson of the [[Ellora]]-[[Ajanta Caves|Ajanta]] Aurangabad Festival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Syed|first=Rizwanullah|date=3 October 2009|title=Ellora-Ajanta festival cancelled. Reason swine flu|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/pune/28081053_1_swine-flu-festival-revenue-officials|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113050140/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/pune/28081053_1_swine-flu-festival-revenue-officials|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2013|accessdate=17 November 2013}}</ref> One of her significant contributions is the discovery of inscriptions at [[Pitalkhora]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Unhale |first=Sanjeev |date=4 December 1991 |title=Cave inscriptions discovered |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=Mumbai, India |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> near Aurangabad. Dr Dulari Qureshi is now also the President of Indian Tourist Congress (Western Zone).<ref>[http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=17637 About the author] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223070954/http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=17637 |date=23 February 2012 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sitikanth Mishra appointed ITC Chairman|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090118/1155603.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-23|website=WebIndia123.com|publisher=Suni Webindia 123]<Systems|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132348/ref><ref>[http://wwwnews.indiaclubwebindia123.com/Shopnews/SearchResultsArticles/India/20090118/1155603.asp?ProdStockhtml |archive-date=176377 AboutMarch the2012 author]}}</ref> She is from [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra]].<ref name=":0" />

Dulari Qureshi is the daughter of Professor Ramesh Shankar Gupte, an art historian, author and the former head of Department of History and a senior professor in [[Marathwada]] university in AuranagabadDr. HeBabasaheb wasAmbedkar in the BoonMarathwada University,]] USA as a visitingin ProfessorAurangabad. Her mother Nalini Gupte was a practising physician.

Dr Dulari Qureshi has made an allround contributioncontributions in the fieldfields of Artart, Historyhistory and Journalismjournalism. She has written more than 20 research articles which were published on national level in books and journals.<ref name="inscription">[[#inscriptions|Times of India]]</ref> Apart from her research work, she also contributes articles, feature stories, conducts interviews of famous personalities and has more than 500 articles and other stories to her credit. She started a series of articles and feature stories on the [[Gates in Aurangabad, Maharashtra|gates of Auranagabad]], their present condition which received attention on national level. More so, to promote the local culture and tourism, Dr Dulari along with Dr Morwanchikar took efforts to start the Ellora-Aurangabad festival, of which she is the cultural chairperson, which is held annually.<ref name =MLBD.com>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlbd.com/AuthorDecription.aspx?id=2652 |title=Dulari Qureshi |author= |date= |work= |publisher=MLBD.com |accessdate=21 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714104243/http://www.mlbd.com/AuthorDecription.aspx?id=2652 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== History Activist ===

Apart from being a Historian Dr Dularihistorian, Qureshi is also a History activist. She played a major role in coercing the [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]] to plan and to carry out some rock-buttressing and [[waterproofing]] works in the [[Ajanta Caves]] along with the chemical conservation of a few of its [[frescoes]]. Dr DulariQureshi along with Dr Morwonchikar, and Dr [[Walter Spink]] also pointed out the blunders made at Ajanta by conservators in the past. They opined that only those frescoes in immediate danger of crumbling should be attended to by the ASI or any other national or International body working for the conservation of Ajanta caves.<ref>{{cite news |title=ASI plans to shore up boulders at Ajanta

|author=TOI |newspaper= The Times of India |date= 19 December 2002 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-19/mumbai/27294488_1_asi-plans-ajanta-caves-frescoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050115/http://wwwarticles.tribuneindiatimesofindia.indiatimes.com/20032002-12-19/20030119mumbai/spectrum/main2.htm |title=Ajanta 27294488_1_asi-plans-ajanta-caves-frescoes get a facelift|authorurl-status=Das Zoya dead|date=19 January 2003 |worknewspaper=[[The SundayTimes Tribuneof |accessdate=21 March 2010}}</ref>India]]

==Her AssociationAssociations==

[[File:DrdulariquresiDr Dulari Quresi.jpg|thumb|right|Dr Dulari Qureshi addressing a heritage walk rally organised by [[Divya Marathi]], a pullout of [[Dainik Bhaskar]], a leading newspaper of India]]

== Books Writtenwritten ==

*''Art and Vision of Aurangabad Caves''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bkpbooks.com/Bookdesc.aspx?id=1840|title= Book details |author= |date= |work= |publisher= Bharatiya Kala Prakashan |accessdate=6 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

*''Tourism Potential in Aurangabad''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.flipkart.com/tourism-potential-aurangabad-dulari-gupte/8186050442-cw23f8tyvd|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120527151806/http://www.flipkart.com/tourism-potential-aurangabad-dulari-gupte/8186050442-cw23f8tyvd|url-status= dead|archive-date= 27 May 2012|title= Tourism Potential in Aurangabad: With Ajanta, Ellora and Daultabad|author= Flipkart|date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate= 6 March 2010}}</ref>

== Books Editededited ==

*[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20090208182227/http://aurangabadfestival.in/organiser.html Ellora-Aurangabad Festival Committee]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605231540/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030119/spectrum/main2.htm/ Tribune India]

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