People of CHANGE
People of Change are architects that are making a difference to the profession with their exemplary work.
Here we have academicians and architects who are changing the landscape of architecture in India one building and one student at a time.
DR. POORVA UJWAL KESKAR
Principal,
BRICK School of Architecture,
Pune.
Dr. Poorva Ujwal Keskar is an architect, environment designer, quality manager, educator and author of numerous articles on the practice of environment design and environment management.
AR.MANOJ
PARMAR
Director,
KRVIA,Mumbai.
His academic interests include theoretical writing on Architecture and Urbanism. He has been in private practice of architecture, urban design since 1992.
AR.SNEHAL NAGARSHETH
Professor and Dean,
School of Architecture;
Master of Urban Design,
ANANT University.
Snehal Nagarsheth, an academic and an architect, pursued her undergraduate studies in rchitecture and postgraduate studies in Urban Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
AR.MANISH CHAKRABORTI
Director,
School of Architecture and town planning,
Sister Niveditha University, Kolkata.
Manish Chakraborti is an architect, urban planner, Professor in Architecture and is one of the leading conservation architect.
AR. Christopher Benninger,
Director,
CCBA Designs Pvt. Ltd.
Professor Christopher Benninger is one of India’s highly decorated Architects, having won the Indian Institute of Architects’ Annual Award for Excellence six times, more than any other architect.
Ar. Murali Murugan
Founder,
MURALI ARCHITECTS, Chennai.
Murali architects, one of the innovative design practices in Tamil Nadu, offers services in Architecture and Interior design.
Ar. PREM
CHANDAVARKAR
Managing Partner,
CnT Architects
Architect, academic, and writer, Prem Chandavarkar is the managing partner of CnT Architects –an award-winning and widely published architectural practice based in Bangalore. He is an academic advisor and guest faculty at Indian and international colleges of architecture.
AR. RAAJKUMAR
Dean
RVS Chennai Padmavathy School of Architecture
“He is an accomplished leader exemplifying ability to manage projects and stimulate growth combined with a unique blend of experience in Design, Planning and Execution segments of the building industry with updated knowledge of theory in contemporary process in architectural design.“
Prof. Col. Virendra Kumar Malik
Dean
Sushant University
Alumni of SPA, IIT and IIM with three decades of rich experience imparting “Experiential learning” to students by encouraging new avenues of thinking within the teaching disciplines, gaining experience by hands on activities in lab based environment, making physical models and structural testing of model by learning through “make and break “concept.
PROF. DHARITRI
DAS
Principal,
PMCA
Ar Prof Dharitri Das is an Urban Planner from SPA, New Delhi with 25 years of experience in the field of architectural education. Currently the Principal of PMCA, Cuttack, and her current research interests include Inclusive Development for the Aged and people-centric public spaces design.
AR. YATIN
PANDYA
Founder,
FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H.
Ar. Yatin Pandya, the founder of FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. (Environment Architecture Research Technology Housing), is an author, activist, academician, researcher, and practicing architect. He has written over 200 articles published in national and international journals. Ar. Yatin Pandya has received more than 25 national and international awards for architecture, research, and dissemination.
DR. PRAMOD
BALAKRISHNAN
Chief Architect
EDIFICE Architects & Interior Designers
He is a senate member at the SPA Vijaywada, and is also a founding member of The Chennai Architecture Foundation that works to discourse on architecture, the city, education and allied creative fields.
DR. KISHORE
PANNICKER
Co – Founder
architectureRED
Prior to founding architectureRED, his previous experience includes 10 years with Edifice Consultants Pvt. Ltd. – a leading architectural and interior design practice based out of Mumbai, including serving as Regional Director of their operations in Tamilnadu & Kerala from 2005 to 2008.
AR. BIJU
KURIAKOSE
Co – Founder
architectureRED
Biju is a USGBC LEED accredited professional. He has also been invited as a guest speaker in many architecture and planning conferences and seminars around the country. He is part of an invited team of multi-disciplinary professionals set up by the Goethe Institute, Chennai to advice on restoration of waterfronts in urban environments.
Ar. Chitra
Vishwanath
Founder,
BIOME ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
Chitra Vishwanath is an Indian architect based in Bengaluru who works on themes related to ecology and architecture. She has been running her own architectural firm since 1991, working with other architects on many projects in India and Africa.
Ar. AMUTHA K
Principal
RVS Chennai Padmavathy School of Architecture
A renowned architect among the industry with around 20 years of rich experience in both teaching and industry. She holds a specialization in sustainable housing architecture with which she has been associated with numerous government projects of Tamilnadu and various housing projects.
AR.MANISH
GULATI
Founding Partner,
M.O.F.A. STUDIOS
Working for more than 15 years, his experience from designing Accessories/ products , Exhibitions , Retail, Residences to National Institutional projects, Sports stadiums, Hospitality and residential.
AR. SRIRAM
GANAPATHI
Managing Director,
KSM Architecture
Sriram Ganapathi has been a part of KSM since its inception. Having become one of the ‘Young Designers’ cited by IA&B in 2002, he has been working towards energy efficient and climatically relevant architecture through KSM.
Ar. SANJAY
MOHE
Principal Architect,
Mindspace Architects
Sanjay Mohe, Principal Architect, Mindspace Architects, explores the relationship between architecture and the specific peculiarities of the Indian landscape to try and decipher a unique way of seeing that is at the core of our experience of the built environment in India.
AR. VINOD
ARANHA
Director
Nitte Institute of Architecture
Prof. Vinod Aranha is a keen visionary who has networked with organizations in India, U.S. and Indonesia to bring about positive change in policy and grass-root public participation. He holds dual Masters’ degrees in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), a certificate in business administration (UIU), and is also a LEED AP.