India, March 24 -- Ashok Singh Thakur was elected as the Chairman of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) for a period of three years. He won the election held on March 22 at its head office in New Delhi.

INTACH is India's premier heritage conservation organisation formally constituted on January 27, 1984. It is a national registered Society under the Societies Registration Act (1860). The mandate for preserving and conserving both tangible and intangible heritage has been upheld by INTACH for more than four decades. It also acts as a cultural bank for providing financial and technical expertise towards the preservation of cultural, natural resources and heritage as also of cultural and innovative activities.

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