Review Committee
Ar.Roopal Deshpande
Ar. Roopal Deshpande, architect-planner, doctorate and an academician for 19 years and currently Principal of Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture, Nagpur. She was the PhD department coordinator at SMMCA between 2017 to 2022. She did her Masters in Environmental Planning from SPA, New Delhi in 2003 and was awarded PhD from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur in 2017. The title of her Doctoral research is “Investigating Privacy in Traditional and Modern Houses through Spatial Analysis”. Along with B. Arch. she is faculty at M. Arch. (Architecture Education) and M. Arch. (Urban Design). She is Ad hoc-Chairman of Architecture Board of Studies (BoS) (Faculty of Science and Technology), RTMNU, Nagpur
Dr. Shilpa Sharma
Dr Shilpa Sharma holds a doctorate from RTM Nagpur University for her research on the ranga mandaps of Hindu temples of Karnataka She has also been the national winner of the prestigious IIA Awards for Excellence in Architecture in 2018 in the category for Research for her paper, Architectural Strategies used in Hindu Temples to Emphasize Sacredness
She is an Associate Professor, Mumbai University at the IES COA and heads the Humanities Dept and has been the Coordinator, M Arch in Constr Mgmt
She has been involved in teaching since she graduated with a First Class from the Academy of Architecture Along the way she took a sabbatical to pursue pottery in Delhi and was also involved with research for INTACH, Delhi This led to an interest in environmental behavior and eventually her doctoral studies
Dr. Priya Choudhary
Dr Priya Choudhary is an architect planner and is currently working as Professor and Head of the Urban Design Department at Smt Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture, Nagpur She accomplished Ph D from Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur under the guidance of Dr V S Adane in 2014 During doctoral research, she was awarded Fulbright Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellowship and had been to the University of California, Berkeley in 2011
She has been actively involved in conducting Teachers’ Training programs in collaboration with NIASA by the Council of Architecture, New Delhi in and outside India She is impaneled by the Council of Architecture for research assignments She has vast experience in the field and has worked on many architectural designs and planning of Institutional, residential, commercial projects in and around Nagpur in the last 20 years
Dr. Ujwala Shirish Chakradeo
Dr. Ujwala Shirish Chakradeo: Professor and Principal of Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture, Nagpur. Lecturer in Department of House & Interior Design of L. A. D. College for Women, Nagpur from Nov. 1985 to Dec. 1996 — 11 years. Associate Professor at Smt. Manoramabai Mundle Department of Architecture, . L. A. D. College for Women, Nagpur from 1997-2003. Approved Professor of RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur at Smt. Manoramabai Mundle Department of Architecture, L. A. D. College for Women, Nagpur from 2003.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Interior Design of Govt. and Private Sector Offices. Interior Design of Residences, Shops etc. Residential and Institutions buildings. Landscaping work of Japanese Garden through Design Cell of the College Design of School Building for Women|s Education Society through Design Cell of The College. Various Projects under Design Cell of the College. For RTM Nagpur University and Govt. Departments.
Dr. Roshni Udyavar Yehuda
Dr. Roshni Udyavar Yehuda is an Architect, Academician and Environment Consultant whose core competency lies in energy and environmental design of buildings — Building Energy Simulation; Green Building Certification; Building Physics and Solar Passive Architecture. She is Director, Roshni Udyavar and Associates; President, Institute of Environmental Architecture and Research (IEAR), Mumbai; served as Head — Operations, for the project on |Promoting Clean and Energy Efficient Cold-Chain in India| for MP Ensystems Advisory Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi and University of Birmingham, UK (March 2019), Vice President, Sustainability, ICMQ Certification India Pvt. Ltd. (till July2018). As a writer and a professional, she has numerous articles and writings to her credit in various journals and books. At the 34th international conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture — PLEA 2018, December 2018, Hong Kong, she received the |Best Paper Award| for the paper co-authored with Dr. Archana Bhatnagar entitled |Assessment of ThermODrain System on Thermal Comfort — study of a office building in Nashik, India|. She co-authored the book, |Survival at Stake: An Anthology of Essays by Rashmi Mayur| in 2012.
Dr. Vasudha Ashutosh Gokhale
Dr. Vasudha Ashutosh Gokhale: Professor, Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, Pune; Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. 2 0 0 2; M. Arch from University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India. 1991 First Class Hons; B.Arch from Maulana Azad College of Technology, University of Bhopal, India 1989 First Class Hons. She is awarded with University of Pune -Best Teacher Award for contribution in academics 2009-10; "Best Teacher Award for Excellent Contribution in Architectural Education 2008. by Maharashtrra Association of Schools of Architecture and Council of Architecture, India; Best Teacher Award for contribution in academics by Indian Institute of Architects, Pune Chapter 2009; Maharshi Karve Award for Excellence 2010.
She has conducted multiple workshops/lectures for the students of architecture with reference to "Earthquake Resistant Architecture" & "Architectural Research". She is active member of Society of Architectural Historians; Indian Institute of Architects; Council of Architecture, India. CA/93/16256; Indian Institute of Interior Designers. She has also written a book chapter "A tiny whole world: Sustainable Design Lessons from the Architecture of Under Privileged Class", Chapter 7, "Reading the Architecture of Under Privileged Class, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Burligton US, 2014.
