Academics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
August 2017, from the Industrial Design Center (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay (IIT-B)
Field of Specialisation: Architecture, Architectural Semiotics, Visual Communication, History of Art & Architecture
Title of Research Thesis: Buildings as Text: Developing a Semiotic of Bombay’s Art Deco Architecture (1930-1949)’
Postgraduate Diploma in Indian Aesthetics
June 2000, from the Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai First Class
Field of Specialization: Philosophy of Indian Art, Architectural History, Indian Aesthetics
Title of Research Thesis: ‘Lesser Architecture in Bombay’ in the 1930’s & 1940’s: Aesthetic Assertion in an Age of Chronological Eclecticism
Master of Architecture (by Research)
December 1989; from University of Mumbai, from the Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai
Field of Specialization: Built Space and Behavior, Institutional Architecture
Title of Research Thesis: An Analysis of the Relation between Human Territoriality and Architectural Design; with Special Application to the Design of Campus Environments
Awards
The Sir Jairazbhoy Peerbhoy Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies in Maharashtra; University of Bombay, 1986
Bachelor of Architecture (B Arch [Hons])
April 1986, University of Mumbai, from the Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai
First Class with Honors
Teaching Training Program on Pandemic and Future Cities
National Online Training Program (5 days)
Sponsored and Organized by Council of Architecture Training and Research Centre (COA-TRC) Bhopal July 2021
Proto-History: From Sedentism to Civilization
E-Certificate Course (14 days)
Sponsored by the India Study Center (Instucen) Trust, Mumbai May 2020
Teaching Indian Architectural History
Online Training Program (5 days)
Sponsored and Organized by Council of Architecture Training and Research Centre (COA-TRC) Pune May 2020
Earthquake Resistant Building Design and Construction
Workshop (2 Days)
Sponsored by the Government of Maharashtra & conducted by the University of Mumbai at the Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai December 2009
Conservation of Old Manuscripts and Paper Objects
Workshop (1 Day)
Conducted by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vaastu Sangrahalaya & the Museum Society Bombay, Mumbai, September 2006
ANKIT- Exploration of Languages in Communication
Short Term Course (1 week)
Sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), conducted by Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai December 2005
Attitudes & Methods of Architectural Design Education
Short Tem Course (1 week)
Sponsored by the AICTE and Council of Architecture (COA),
conducted, School of Architecture (CEPT) Ahmedabad, November 2001
Critical Theory and Architecture
Short Tem Course (2 weeks)
Quality Improvement Programme for Teachers of Architecture
Sponsored by the AICTE and COA, conducted by QIP Cell, School of Architecture & Planning, Anna University, Chennai; July-August, 1999
Induction Training Programme for Teachers of Architecture
Short Tem Course (3 weeks)
Quality Improvement Programme for Teachers of Architecture
Sponsored by the AICTE, conducted by the School of
Architecture & Planning, Anna University, Chennai; May 1996
Professor (Full Time)
Sir JJ College of Architecture
(University of Mumbai),
Joined 23.9.2003 - 13.7.2005 | 14.07.2005 - 31.01.2024 (Retired)
Approved PhD Guide
Approved M Arch Research Guide
Subjects Taught at M Arch Level
Architectural Theories, Research Methodology
Subjects Taught at B Arch Level
FIFTH YEAR: Design Dissertation (Research Guide), Working Drawings, Architectural Design, Architectural Theory
ELECTIVES: Semiotics, Semantics of Objects, Creative Writing, Film Appreciation, Architectural Journalism
FOURTH YEAR: Architectural Design, Acoustics
THIRD YEAR: Architectural Design, Architectural Theory
SECOND YEAR: Architectural Design, Architectural Theory, History of Western Architecture, Humanities
FIRST YEAR: Universal Principles of Design, Humanities
Principal
Pillais College of Architecture
Mahatma Education Society’s Pillais College of Architecture, (University of Mumbai) 15.1.1999 to 1.7.2003
ASSOCIATE Professor/ Reader
Pillais College of Architecture
Mahatma Education Society’s, Pillais College of Architecture, (University of Mumbai) 1.8.1997 to 22.9.2003
ASSISTANT pROFESSOR/ Lecturer
Pillais College of Architecture
Founding Faculty since 15.8.1992 at Mahatma Education Society’s Pillais College of Architecture, (University of Mumbai)
Subjects Taught
FIFTH YEAR: Design Dissertation (Research Guide), Architectural Theory
ELECTIVES: Semantics of Objects, Urban Design
FOURTH YEAR: Architectural Design, Humanities, Building Technology, Working Drawings
THIRD YEAR: Architectural Design, Humanities & Culture, History of Western Architecture, Acoustics
SECOND YEAR: Architectural Design, History of Western Architecture, Humanities & Culture, Architectural Theory
FIRST YEAR: Basic Design, Architectural Design
Visiting Faculty
Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Architecture, Navi Mumbai
(University of Mumbai), 1996-2000
THIRD YEAR: Humanities, Acoustics
SECOND YEAR: Climatology
Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Architecture
(University of Pune) 1991 to 1992
THIRD YEAR: Architectural Design
FIRST YEAR: Architectural Design, Basic Design, History of Architecture & Human Settlements
Sir JJ College of Architecture
(University of Mumbai) 1988 to 1991
FIRST YEAR: Architectural Design, Basic Design, Graphics, Building Construction & Materials
Member
- Academic Council, University of Mumbai, 2015-2017, 2019-2023
- Ad hoc Board of Studies in Architecture, University of Mumbai, 2015-2017, 2019-2023
- Ad hoc Board of Studies in Architecture, University of Mumbai, 2004- 2007, 2011-2014, 2015-2017, 2019-2023
- Convenor/ Expert Committee, for Inspecting Colleges of Architecture for Council of Architecture COA, since 2002
- Local Inquiry Committee, for Inspecting Colleges of Architecture for the University of Mumbai, since 2005
- Expert Committee for Inspecting Colleges of Architecture in Mumbai, for the Directorate of Technical Education, since 2008
- Expert Committee for Inspecting Technical Institutions in Maharashtra, for All India Council for Technical Education, 2010
- Convener, Committee for Selection of Faculty in Colleges of Architecture, University of Mumbai, since 2014
- Subject Expert, Committee for Selection of Faculty in Colleges of Architecture, Maharashtra Public Service Commission, June 2016
- Subject Expert, Committee for Selection of Faculty in Goa College of Architecture, Goa Public Service Commission, May 2024
- Committee for restructuring the M Arch Syllabus & Exam Pattern, for the Board of Studies in Architecture, University of Mumbai, 2006-07, 2011-2014
- Committee for restructuring the B Arch (revised) Syllabus, Board of Studies in Architecture, University of Mumbai, 2006-07, 2011-2014
- Subcommittee for restructuring of the B. Arch. Syllabi for Design Dissertation, Architectural Design, History of Architecture and Humanities, University of Mumbai, 1998-1999
- Selection (interview) Panel for admissions to the M. Arch. Course, Sir JJ College of Architecture, University of Mumbai, since 2003
- Jury Member, University Exams, Bachelor of Architecture, University of Mumbai, since 2000
Chairperson
- Ad hoc Board of Studies in Architecture, University of Mumbai, 2015-2017, 2019-2023
Paper Setter/ Examiner/ Moderator
- Professional Practice, Final Year, History of Architecture, Third Year, Semester VI, University Exams, Bachelor of Architecture, University of Mumbai, since 1996
- Aptitude Test in Architecture, All India Engineering Entrance Examinations AIEEE, for the CBSE, 2004, 2005
- Coordinator, Central Assessment Program CAP, University Exams, Bachelor of Architecture, University of Mumbai, 2004
- Resource Person, Post Graduate Diploma in Indian Aesthetics, Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, 2000- 2007
Co-Convener/Resource Person/ Module Coordinator
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Capacity Development Program on Built Heritage Studies and Conservation; A Diploma jointly instituted by Sir JJ College of Architecture, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya & The MMR-Heritage Conservation Society, since 2012
The Many Architectures of Mumbai
Course Offered (Online 6 days)
Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Mumbai Research Centre, 19th -24th October 2020
Urbs Prima on the Indian Ocean: Bombay's Architecture in the 1930s and 1940s
Plenary Speaker at
The International Workshop ‘Bombay and Indian Ocean Urbanisms’
Organized by The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Centre for the Study of Social Difference and Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University US, 26 June 2020, online
Pedagogical Practices at the Bombay School of Art: (1893-1941)
National Seminar: ‘Design, Culture and History: The Idea of Objects in Modern and Contemporary India’
Organized by The K R Cama Oriental Institute, Bombay, Saturday, 5th January 2019
The Unstill Life of the Documentary Drawing: Imagining the Future of Indian Architecture at the Bombay School of Art
National Conference: ‘Inhabitations: Contemporary Practices of Space/ Annotations to the ‘When is Space?’ Exhibition’
Organized by the Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 23rd January 2018
(with Smita Dalvi) Sacred Places in the Towns of the Konkan: A Study in Decosmopolitanization
International Academy Colloquium “The Politics of Urban Religious Architecture”
ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; Amsterdam, 22-24 October 2014
Aging Cities: the Problem of Urban Fabric
National Workshop on ‘The Future of Cities’
Organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), IIT-Roorkee and IIT-Bombay, New Delhi, July 2013
7 Points for a New Koliwada
Urban Typhoon International Workshop (with Smita Dalvi, Team Leaders)
Dharavi Koliwada, March 2008
Shaping Critical Attitudes in Research Methods for Design
Research Seminar, Industrial Design Center, IIT- Bombay
IIT- Bombay; Golden Jubilee Celebrations, November 2008
Looking for Affirmative Architecture in a Disenchanted Age
Symposium: “The New Dynamism of the Material and the Spiritual”
Sri Aurobindo World Centre for Human Unity, Auroville, February 2008
Envisioning the New Mughals, and the Persistence of Tradition: Indo-Islamic Architecture in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
International Conference on Islamic Arts & Architecture
Jamia Millia Islamia, N. Delhi, December 2007
Weapons of Choice: Critical Thinking in the Design Classroom
National Seminar: “Development of Innovative Strategies in Higher Academics” Disha
St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, February 2006
Architecture in India: the last 200 Years
Undergraduate students of Union College USA, & National College
December 2007, 2006, 2005
Critical Thinking in the Design Classroom
‘Research in Architecture’, a short-term Quality Improvement for Teachers of Architecture
By the Council of Architecture & NIASA Pune, June 2006
The Audible & the Visible: Sound, Acoustics, Architecture
‘AAHAT- Exploration of Sound in Communication’, a short-term Quality Improvement Programme Sponsored by the AICTE
Conducted by Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, July 2005
(with Smita Dalvi) Non-Monumental Religious Architecture of the Konkan: An Unselfconscious Tradition of Cosmopolitan Self-Similarity
International Conference: ‘Cultural and Religious Mosaic of South and Southeast Asia: Conflict and Consensus through the Ages’
Conference organized by IAHR under UNESCO, New Delhi, January 2005
Engaging the Colonial City: Bombay's Architecture of Living Memory
International Seminar: ‘Conservation of Colonial Cities’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art NGMA,
Organized by Max Muller Bhavan Mumbai, UDRI, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and the Consulate General of the Netherlands, February 2003
Pre & Postcolonial architecture of 20th Century India
Post Graduate Diploma in Indian Aesthetics, Department of Philosophy
At the University of Mumbai, March 2000
Themes in British Architecture in Colonial India (1798-1931)
“Study- India Programme” for The University System of Georgia, US, & the Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board
Jai-Hind College Mumbai, May 2001
19th century Architecture in India: the many permutations of the Revivals: the mesmerizing fantasy of “Indo-Saracenic” hybridization”
Post Graduate Diploma Class in Indian Aesthetics, Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai
March 2001-2008; Jnanapravaha, Mumbai
20th century Architecture in India: Modernist Interventions, Patronage as Hallmark of Authority
Post Graduate Diploma Class in Indian Aesthetics
Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, March 2001-2008; Jnanapravaha, Mumbai
Bombay's Domestic Architecture in the 30s and 40s: A Study in Assertion
Seminar: ‘Mumbai’s Domestic Architectural Heritage’
Organised by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Greater Mumbai Chapter, September 1999
Theoretical Concepts in Educational Evaluation/ Evaluation in the Design Studio
“Architectural Design Theory and Studio”: a Short-Term Quality Improvement Programme for Teachers of Architecture
By the AICTE and COA, QIP Cell, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, Chennai, July 1999
Fantasy Architecture
Public Lecture at the India Art Architecture & Design Biennale 2023
Presented on at the Red Fort, New Delhi, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India,13th December 2023
Art Deco Architecture in Bombay: Not Just Bombay
Public Lecture Online
Organized by The Museum Society of Mumbai, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya & The Cambridge Society, Bombay; Tuesday, 7th December 2021
Habitation, Hygiene and Home Rule: Art Deco Architecture in Bombay
Public Lecture Online at the Art Deco Weekend, 2021
Organized by the Miami Design Preservation League, Saturday, January 16 2021
The Architecture of Cosmopolitanism: Reshaping Bombay’s Public Realm in the 1930s and 1940s
The 21st Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture
Organized by The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Presented at the Darbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, 27th February 2019.
Mid-century Compulsions: visions and cautions about housing in the emerging Nation State
Public Lecture during the exhibition ‘State of Housing: Aspirations, Imaginaries and Realities in India’
Organized by Urban Design Research Institute and Architecture Foundation, Presented at Gallery MMB Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai, 9th March 2018
Fixing the Unbroken: The punctuated chaos of aging cities
Public Lecture in the ‘Cities in History’ series, Organized by The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Presented at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi, 20th November 2015