We invite you to participate in this crowdsourced research initiative which aims to identify pastoral communities of Bengaluru, document their relationships with the city, trace their grazing routes, map their history, find their connections with other communities in farming and livestock breeding, and develop narratives about the evolving relationship between the land, animals, ...

The popular narrative of India’s twentieth century architectural history is largely articulated around the contributions of male architects and engineers. There is very little documentation and dissemination about the contributions made by first-generation women architects or other female practitioners of the country. Existing narratives about Indian architectural history are also influenced by geographical and sociopolitical boundaries. This project traces the journeys of women practitioners from twentieth century India and maps their architectural contributions as significant landmarks in the larger narrative of India’s architectural history.  

To preserve the endangered archive in possession of the Pattani family in Bhavnagar with historical collections and narratives from the late 19th to the late 20th century, spanning over 3 generations, and make them accessible for public engagement and academic discourse; Pattani Archives encourages a culture for archiving historical narratives in the region ...

Queer India Archives places histories of LGBTHQIA+ Indians within India’s history. We believe it is time to make ourselves visible and celebrate our Pride with family and friends across and that we need to change the current LGBGHQIA+ Indian narratives in the mainstream globally with, in our own words, our everyday lived experiences.

In collaboration with The Kishkinda Trust (TKT), we proposed to create a community-led archive in Hampi-Anegundi. The resource center would be a collection of studies and projects carried out in the region by TKT and other participating individuals and organisations. The intention was to create a space for participation and ownership of the local community members in preserving and promoting their local histories and cultural narratives.

Lighting talk titled and paper publication at the research symposium on Gender and Academic Leadership in Architecture in India, hosted by Avani Institute of Design, Calicut.

Paper presentation at the XVII International Forum on World Heritage and Legacy, Naples 

Presentation at the XIXTH International Oral History Conference, Bengaluru, convened by the Oral History Association (OHAI) of India. The proposed ideas emerged from the recording practices explored at CEPT Archives during the Oral History Project. In a span of almost three years, stories were collected from twenty different practitioners across the built environment agency in India. 

Assistant to Director of Collections for the summer exhibition and publication, at Royal Institute of British Architects (UK), this exercise dealth with research and writing texts for selected projects designed by the architect.