Languages

English

Hindi

Marathi

Bengali

Russian 

Work experience

Visiting Faculty, Institute of Design Environment and Architecture

India, 2016

Courses taught :History of Design, Builtform and Culture, Product Styling, New Materials. 

'Home away from Home' and 'Objects of Attachment'

Netherlands, 2015

Photo-documentation and Exhibition on Expat homes and stories about objects of attachments.

Committee member of The Rotterdam Council for Arts and Culture

Netherlands, 2015

Committee members create a work plan for cultural activities for the city of Rotterdam for the period of 2017-2020. 50 specialists from various disciplines of art and culture work together to create an interdisciplinary Culture Plan. 

Visiting Faculty, Institute of Design Environment and Architecture

India, 2014

Visiting Faculty for Final year dissertation B.Arch. Dissertation mentor and co-ordinator. Lectures conducted on, technical writing for architecture and design dissertation.

Visiting Faculty, Institute of Design Environment and Architecture

India, 2013

Visiting Faculty for Final year dissertation B.Arch. Dissertation mentor and co-ordinator.  Lectures conducted on, Lighting for architecture, research writing and technical writing for architecture and design dissertation.

Project Proposal in partnership with Design Museum London

UK, 2011-2012

• Design Museum, preparing condition reports and de-rigging for exhibitions 2012. 

• Curatingfashion@wordpress.com is an on-line journal; it was created as part of a project to support Christian Louboutin Retrospective Exhibition at the Design Museum, London.

• Curatorial proposal for an international touring exhibition for The British Council, London.

• Curatorial proposal for an Architectural Photography exhibition for Elias Redstone.

• Curatorial proposal for Bauhaus Visitor centre: Bauhaus, Dessau. 

Assistant Professor, Interior Design Department, Manipal University

Dubai, 2005-2011

• Taught MA and BA programme in interior design. Developed and wrote the curriculum for courses for both the programmes.

• Coordinator for the MA Interior design programme.

• Conducting the following courses for Interior Design MA: Advanced materials and processes in interior design and Design research methodologies.

• Coordinated orientation and counselling day for incoming students.

• Organised and conducted workshops on lighting with ERCO and IGuzzini for Students.

• Networking and Public relations activities to enrich guest lectures list for the department.  

• Coordinated exhibition ‘INDEX’ showcasing student work, and student competitions.

• Conducted workshops for 3 consecutive years on ceramics for students in design education.

Deputy Manager Product Design, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. 

India, 2003- 2005

Designing furniture for domestic use, for bedrooms and dining areas. Developed a good understanding of the Indian consumer and their ‘home’. 

Manager Product Design, WIPRO Lighting

India, 2000- 2002

Designed Pearl Range and Glory range, domestic lighting fixtures, conducted extensive user surveys and market surveys to design this product. It is a success story and continues to be a part of the standard product range.

Architecture Intern, Jaisim Fountainhead

India, 1997

Exhibitions

Curator, Dr. Robin Banerjee Museum 

India, 2013

Curatorial proposal for Dr. Robin Banerjee's Museum, Golaghat, Assam, India. 

Dr. Robin Banerjee was a noted wildlife expert, environmentalist, painter, photographer and documentary film-maker. He made 32 documentaries in his career as a film-maker mainly on wildlife.   He was the recipient of 14 international awards and the Padmashree from the Indian government. This museum showcases his life and his wildlife photography.

Curator and Coordinator, Mena Lab1, Tasmena,

Dubai, 2011

Curated series of walk through Satwa, Dubai. Site explorations and persistence of memory in architecture. These were mapped though photographs, materials collected, stories found and personal experiences of the participants. Findings were exhibited at Jam Jar, Dubai.

Curator and Coordinator, Al Walk Exhibition, Manipal University,

Dubai, 2010

Curatorial concept and workshop conducted. ‘Al Walk’, is a series of curated walks through Bastakiya, Dubai and on site explorations. The findings were installed together as an exhibition of photographs, site mapping through various senses and sculpture responding to the site.

Installation Artist and Curator Mena Lab6, Tasmena,

Dubai, 2010

Participant of lab6; designed and executed an installation on documentation and site explorations of Al Khor, Dubai. The installation was part of a cultural exhibition at Bastakiya, Dubai. Recreated the installation, curated content for the Bastakiya Art Festival. 

Skills

MSWord

PowerPoint

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education

MA Curating Contemporary Design, Design Museum London and Kingston University  

2011- 2012 

Awarded Distinction 

Dissertation project: ‘Benchmark’ An exhibition on design and the city; creating design dialogues with the public

Research/ Essay

• Graphic Design Museum Breda: Review of Display methods.

• Postmodern studio ceramic and development of narratives in ceramics.

• Presenting Architecture: Interpretive methods used in Architectural Exhibitions.

• Interpretation methods used in exhibiting of Design Processes in Exhibitions. 

Short Course: Presenting Historic Places, University of Oxford with English Heritage, Oxford, UK                          

Feb 2011

Master of Design in Industrial Design, IDC, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.                                  

Jul 1998- Aug 2000

Bachelor of Architecture, Pune University, India                                                     

Jun 1992- Jul 1998