BORN : 13TH SEPTEMBER 1979, NASIK, MAHARASHTRA

QUALIFICATION : ARCHITECT - SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE , CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND TECHNOLOGY (CEPT) , AHMEDABAD

EXCHANGE PROGRAMME: ATTENDED A SEMSTER IN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, VIENNA, IN 2001 SUMMER SEMESTER,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : WORKED WITH SHASHEESH PRASAD ARCHITECTS, (PLANNERS ALLIANCE FOR HIMALAYAN AND ALLIED REGIONS), DARJEELING AS A PART OF OFFICE TRAINING FOR A DURATION OF 22 WEEKS.

WORKED WITH AHMEDABAD HERITAGE CENTRE ( A COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN THE EMBASSY OF FRANCE IN INDIA AND THE AHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE WALLED CITY OF AHMEDABAD ), DURATION -APRIL 2005 TO MAY 2006 (14 MONTHS).

PERSONAL LIKINGS : SWIMMING, CYCLING, HORSE RIDING, INSTALLATION ART AND WRITTING

SERIOUS INTERESTS : EXPLORATION OF SPACE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEATRE

PURSUITS : BECOMING AN URBAN DESIGNER WITH THE AIM OF UNDERSTANDING THE CITY IN INDIAN CONTEXT, AND PRACTICING IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT