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An architect, a planner, an activist and a theoretician — Padma Vibhushan Charles Correa is globally renowned for his work in urban issue and low cost housing. His works in India shows a careful development, understanding and adaptation of modernism to a non-western culture. All his works from the planning of metro cities to the carefully detailed memorial to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad have placed special emphasis on prevailing resources, energy and climate as major determinants in the ordering of space.

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Karan Grover is an internationally acclaimed Indian architect who in 2004, became the first architect in the world to win the USGBC “Platinum” Award for the greenest building on earth. Today he is working towards the need for practicing “Green Architecture” inspiring students and fellow architects to build “Beyond Platinum” and set cutting edge benchmarks in the architectural fraternity.

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Bharath Ramamrutham is internationally recognised as one of the foremost photographers in India of the built, human and natural environment. He is also the founder and CEO of Graf Creative – a multidisciplinary design and design and publishing house based in Chennai. Graf Creative offers a host of communications solutions, including below-the-line advertising and promotional material in print, film and digital media.

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Rahul Deshpande is the Principal Architect of Rahul Despande & Associates. He graduated from G.I.T, in Civil Engineering with a distinction and second rank. He completed his post graduation, securing a Masters degree in Design and Structures from USA. During his tenure as a student in the United States, he was awarded a research fellowship by the US Federal Highway Administration to work on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sponsored project.

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Sandeep Khosla is the Principal Architect and founder of Khosla Associates, a leading Architecture and Interior Design firm in Bangalore, India. Sandeep studied architecture at Pratt Institute, New York. He then returned to India and worked as an associate with architect Charles Correa in Mumbai before establishing Khosla Associates in Bangalore in 1995.

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KS MONEY started KSM Consultants Pvt Ltd in 1990 with many years of design and detailing experience behind him. After starting his career working on hotels and industrial projects, his approach to design has been precise, function based with a keen sense of detailing. His designs have a strong logic supported by his vast experience and immense practical knowledge. As a designer, he is never afraid to experiment with different materials and innovative construction detailing. His keen interest in art and classical music strongly influence his work.

SRIRAM GANAPATHI, Associate Director - KSM Consultants Private Limited, Chennai
An Associate Director with the practice of KSM Consultants Private Limited and an integral part of it for 18 years now, Sriram is an alumnus of the Department of Architecture, University of Roorkee where he won the Thomason Gold meda

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Shimul has a Masters in Urban Planning from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor along with a Govt. Diploma in Architecture from Academy of Architecture, Mumbai, India. As an architectural trainee when she was a student of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1986-1987), she has worked with the Energy Cost Avoidance project. As an Architectural Assistant, Shimul worked for RED Architects at California, USA where she participated in the design and construction documents for a Train station and a Type 5 construction school building (8/1988 – 7/ 1989). She founded and is the Principal Architect of ‘SJK Architects’ since 1990.

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Since its inception LIVE is committed to a culture of debate, innovation and the rigorous exploration of space. It celebrates ‘inquiry’ through research and design that is essential to both pedagogy and the practice of architecture and urbanism. Founder director Nuru has a Master’s in Architecture and Urbanism, London, United Kingdom from the Architectural Association, AADRL, and has previously worked with the renowned practice of Zaha Hadid Architects, London, UK. Nuru’s academic achievements include a scholarship from the Mc.Gill University, Montreal, Canada in 1995, the AKF,and International Scholarship Programme from AA, London, UK and a Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in his B.ARCH from KRVIA, Mumbai.

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Amit Krishn Gulati studied industrial design at the prestigious National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and is the founding director of Incubis, one of India’s leading multi-disciplinary architecture and design firms with a diverse mix of Fortune 500 multinationals, small and medium enterprises as well as start-ups as clients. Incubis has offices at New Delhi and Bangalore and employs over 50 professionals in Design, Engineering and Architecture. Some of the internationally well-known groups Incubis has worked with, include, Unilever, GE, Honda, Bridgestone Tyres,

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Headed by Ambrish Arora, Sidhartha Talwar, Ankur Choksi and Arun Kullu, the 20-member design team at Lotus hails from diverse disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Exhibition Deign, Furniture design, & Graphic Design. In the 7 years since inception it has come to specialise in creating Boutique experiences in the domain of Interior design & Architecture with an accent on Retail & Hospitality. Committed to producing a result that derives itself from the context of the Project, the team prides itself in the fact that it has no signature style.

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