Nitya is a conservation architect, from Hyderabad, India, where she worked with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on a conservation and landscape restoration project at the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park. After receiving her MSc in Architectural Conservation from the University of Edinburgh, she has worked in the field of urban conservation including the historic cores of the temple cities of Bhubaneswar and Puri, India, and is currently involved in creating a Special Area Heritage Plan for the World Heritage Site of Jaipur City with the Heritage Cell, Jaipur Municipal Corporation.