The Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s ongoing restoration of the Qutub Shahi necropolis in Hyderabad is one of the most ambitious conservation projects undertaken in India. The AKTC is a philanthropic foundation that focuses on the social, cultural and economic revitalization of communities in different parts of the world. Its involvement with India dates back to 1997, when it undertook the garden restoration at Humayun’s Tomb in New Delhi. Their second conservation project on Humayun’s Tomb was the result of a public-private partnership between the AKTC and several state agencies, including the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Today Humayun’s Tomb attracts almost two million visitors annually. At the Qutb Shahi tombs in 2012, the AKTC was working on the initial documentation and assessing the condition before inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in January 2013 with the government of Andhra Pradesh - and now honoured by the government of Telangana - to restore the tombs to their previous glory. This is only the second public-private conservation-related MoU signed in India.