Youth for Heritage Foundation
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| Abbreviation | YfHF |
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| Formation | 26 January 2014 |
| Founder | Vikramjit Singh Rooprai |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Heritage Awareness and Promotion |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Website | Youth for Heritage Foundation |
The Youth for Heritage Foundation is a non-profit non-governmental organization registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. It was started as a hobby project in October 2009 and became popular over time.
In October 2009, Vikramjit Singh Rooprai, an information technology consultant and social media guru went on a personal sightseeing trip to monuments in Delhi. He found many sites, for which, there was no reference available online. He launched a project named Didar-i-Dilli and started gathering information about Delhi's heritage. The information was made public via his website monumentsofdelhi.com later that year.[1]
In October 2010, Vikramjit formed an online club named Delhi Heritage Awareness Club. This club started heritage walks with a small group of people. Upon suggestions from members, the club was renamed The Heritage Photography Club. In less than 7 years, they had 21,000 members on Facebook and became one of the largest repository of photographs of monuments from across India.
In 2013, the Heritage Photography Club started organizing heritage talks at monuments. These talks were branded Heritage Durbars. Initially, these durbars (sessions) were held at various monuments in Delhi. In 2014, the club was invited by India Habitat Centre to conduct these sessions at one of their auditoriums. In 2014, the body was registered under the Societies Registration Act as Youth for Heritage Foundation. Rooprai was the founding chairman.