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George Jacob, Director - Khalsa Heritage Complex
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BITS Alumnus George Jacob has planned, designed and established museums and award-winning exhibit experiences spanning 11 countries in his 23 year museum career and is among the leading museum thinkers of our times. Former Smithsonian intern and Canadian Commonwealth Fellow, he received his M.Sc(Tech) in Museum Studies from BITS and degrees from the University of Toronto and Yale School of Management.
With a track record of over $200 million in museum projects worldwide, he is the author of the seminal books Museum Design: The FUTURE and its sequel Exhibit Design: The FUTURE. During these years, he has had the distinction of being the world's youngest planetarium Director, founding Director of three museums (including the $30 million NASA-Ames Astronomy Center), Vice President of Oregon Museum of Science & Industry & OMNIMAX facility, Chair of numerous professional committees on museum ethics, standards and best practices. He is, at present, the founding Director of the Rs.365 Crore 100 acre Khalsa Heritage Centre- India’s largest contemporary museum complex designed by the renowned Boston-based architect Moshe Safdie
