Ar. Xavier Benedict

Founder Trustee

Ar. Xavier Benedict is the founder trustee of AARDE Foundation [1], an Indian non-profit working on environment and arts & culture from Chennai.

AARDE Foundation

AARDE — Art & Architecture Research, Development and Education — Foundation is a Chennai trust campaigning under the banner 'Save Pulicat to Save Chennai' for the conservation of Pulicat Lagoon, India's second-largest lagoon. It trains over 120 women in self-help groups in palm-leaf craft, organises heritage walks, conferences and publications, and has exhibited at the Ministry of Culture's Red Fort programmes in Delhi.