practice

Designer / June 2023—Present
Independent Practice / San Francisco / Hyderabad, India

Urban Designer / January 2021—June 2023
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill / San Francisco

Urban Designer / September 2020—January 2021
Studio Enée / Boston

Architect / 2015—17
Sangath — Vastu Shilpa Consultants / Ahmedabad, India

Architectural Trainee / 2014—15
Samar Ramachandra Associates / Hyderabad, India

teaching

Lecturer / University of California Berkeley / August 2024—Present
ENVDES 202 Advanced Urban Design Studio / Master of Urban Design

Lecture+Workshop / University of California Berkeley / Summer 2023
ENVDES 201 Fundamentals of Urban Design / Master of Urban Design

Studio Critic / University of California Berkeley / 2022—2024
ED252 Thesis Research and Preparation / Master of Urban Design

Teaching Assistant / Harvard University Graduate School of Design / Spring 2019
For the course Urban Grids: Open form for City Design-2, taught by Professor Joan Busquets and Professor Dingliang Yang

education

Master of Architecture in Urban Design / 2020
Harvard University Graduate School of Design / Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Architecture / 2015
Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fine Arts University / Hyderabad, India

awards

Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative Research Grant / 2022
GSD Advanced Research Grant / 2020
Penny White Project Fund / 2020
Paul M. Heffernan International Travel Award / 2019
Merit Scholarship / 2018

publications

Author / City of Memories: Mapping and Reconstructing Hyderabad’s Water Network
Published at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Presented at World Water Day, hosted by Convergence for Sustainability, March 2023
Displayed at the Penny White Project Fund Exhibition, Harvard University, April 2023

Co-Author / Senseable City Guide to Curitiba
Published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning
Produced by Senseable City Lab

Key Contributor / Designing Streets for Kids
Published by Island Press
Authored by National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

research

GDCI Global Fellow / Summer 2019
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) / New York
With Global Designing Cities Initiative for the publication Streets for Kids

Research Assistant / Spring & Summer 2020
Harvard University Graduate School of Design / Cambridge, MA
With Professor Joan Busquets and Dingliang Yang for the publication Urbanistic Impacts of World Expos

Research Assistant / Summer 2020
Harvard University Graduate School of Design / Cambridge, MA
With Professor Sai Balakrishnan and Professor Arindam Dutta for the publication Who Governs India’s Urbanization

Research Associate / 2017—18
Hyderabad Urban Lab Foundation / Hyderabad, India
For TURN (Tacit Urban Research Network)

licensure

Licensed architect with Council of Architecture, India.

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Editor / UD:ID / 2018-2020
UD:ID is a student-run publication at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. It gives students and practitioners a platform for open conversations about the practice of Urban Design.
In Conversation Series with Iwan Baan / Rajeev Kathpalia / Michelle Wilkinson

Co-Chair / South Asia GSD / 2019-2020
South Asia GSD is a student organization at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Its focus is advancing the understanding of critical issues in the region through lectures, workshops and publications. It is part of a consortium of South Asian groups across the university and the Lakshmi Mittal Institute.

Leadership Team / Massachusetts Institute of Technology India Initiative / 2019-2020
The MIT India Initiative Leadership Team consisted of graduate students from MIT and Harvard. This team organized the India Initiative’s first Design, Technology and Social Innovation Workshop in January 2020.

Member / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Equity Action Committee / 2022-2023
EAC is a small group across SOM’s global offices that volunteer to work on shaping the firm’s Diversity, Equity + Inclusion action plan.

Member / San Francisco Unified School District Career Technical Education Advisory Board / 2021-2022
The CTE program provides career guidance for high school students with a focus on cultivating critical thinking, technical literacy and public speaking. Members mentor students in small groups and organize shadowships.