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In July 2010, Balachandran joined the Johns Hopkins University in the capacity of Curator/Conservator of the Archaeology Museum.
Balachandran was elected Program Chair for the Objects Specialty Group of the American Institute for Conservation. She will be planning the Objects Specialty Group session for the annual conference in Pittsburgh in May 2011.
See the blog created by students in Balachandran's spring 2010 course at the Johns Hopkins University, "Critical Issues in Art Conservation". Download the syllabus.
In April 2010, Balachandran presented a lecture on her Fulbright research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Objects Conservation Department, New York. The talk was entitled, "Preserving the Gods: Early Twentieth Century Debates in the Conservation of South Indian Bronze Icons in the Government Museum, Madras." She also presented other aspects of her research work in the Rao Bahadur Vemuru Ranganatham Chetty Endowment Lecture at the Government Museum, Chennai, on January 11th, 2010. The title of her lecture was "Glorious Icons: How Bronze Images Transformed the Mission of the Government Museum, Chennai, 1851-1947."
Read a profile of Balachandran in The Hindu newspaper.
Hear Balachandran's presentation, “Among the Dead and Their Possessions: A Conservator’s Role in the Midst of Destruction.” Presented at the conference “Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths.” Royal Academy of Fine Art. London, ENGLAND. September 2009:http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/education/conservation-principles-dilemmas-and-uncomfortable-truths,1104,AR.html
Read the article “Artifact.” in the November/December 2009 issue of Archaeology Magazine: http://www.archaeology.org/0911/etc/artifact.html