For his PhD he obtained the much-coveted Research Bursary of the University at Leicester, UK. An architect and   conservationist educated at Lucknow University and School of Planning and  Architecture, N. Delhi, Prof. Khare was the recipient of the fellowship of the Charles Wallace India Trust, London in 1993-95 during his second post-graduation  in conservation studies at York University, UK. He is author of a widely acclaimed book   ‘Temple Architecture of Eastern India’ published in 2005, and released in the  Sixth International Congress on Bengal Art. His book with a   foreword by Dr. George Mitchell is a systematic overview of the temple  architecture built in eastern India between the ninth and sixteenth centuries. Spanning eight hundred years, it defines the tradition of Temple Architecture of eastern India and examines the traits of continuity and of disruption in the tradition. He received ArchiDesign award for best written work in Architecture during 2007 for this book. He has edited many conference proceedings and  written articles, research papers and book reviews in national and international  journals. He edits two international journals called ‘CONTEXT’ as member of the   board of editors, and ‘ABACUS’ as Chief Editor. He has many completed and ongoing conservation and architectural projects to his credit in Rajasthan where he practiced with his architect wife, Rachna. Most notable amongst them is Conservation of City Palace Complex, Udaipur with funding from Getty Foundation USA. Since 1998, Prof. Khare is teaching architecture and  conservation, beginning at Indraprastha University, N. Delhi and recently at  Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta in the USA.