Daily Archives: 16 Feb 2023

Dissertation Colloquium: Snehal Nagarsheth

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Snehal Nagarsheth

Snehal Nagarsheth, Associate Professor with CEPT University, is an urban designer, architect, and interior designer now actively associated with research activities and the academia. She did her undergraduate studies in Architecture and post-graduate studies in Urban Design from CEPT University. She has around twenty-five years of experience in practicing architecture and interior design. During her career, she has engaged in a collaborative practice and has been associated with projects that have dealt with the finite acts of making objects on the one hand and capturing the spirit of the revolution in a memorial place on the other. The thread in her work seems to seek for the value of the seemingly ordinary and allow for the every day to find room in the gestures of design.

Dissertation Colloquium: Srinivas Murthy

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Srinivas Murthy

Srinivas Murthy G. is the founder and principal architect of his studio practice named SMG Design Inc. Popularly known as SMG, he is a founding member of the World Association of Architectural Organisations (AAO), Chicago, a network of like-minded design organisations dedicated to enhancing public dialogue about architecture and design.
He is Founding President of Architecture and Design Foundation (India) – an organisation dedicated to spreading awareness about values of good design and architecture in India.
He was awarded the “Award for Excellence 2017” by the Government of Telengana, for a year-long programme of “Architecture for Social Equity – heritage walks for school children”.
He was conferred the “Fellow of IGBC” award by IGBC in 2019.

Dissertation Colloquium: Walter D’Souza

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Walter D'Souza

Walter D’Souza studied painting and printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University (1983). Walter is also a teacher. He has taught the Basic Design program at the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (1987-2006), Drawing and Sketching at National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar (1998-2001) and Drawing at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (1998). He has also conducted several printmaking and drawing workshops at institutions across the country. His works, especially prints, have been a part of numerous shows nationally and internationally, including at the International Print Triennale in Finland (1993).

Walter D’Souza describes prints as his “take-off point from them I move on” He first became attracted to the medium on viewing metal engravings based on Durer’s, “These were strong images for me,” he remarks. When he embarked on an art career, he explored all forms: sculpture, painting, drawing, etc. He gained exposure to print-making through his brother, an avid pop art fan who would bring home posters, books, and album covers. Seeing Warhol’s soup cans and Monroes, D’Souza became interested in the possibilities of print-making, an interest that his brother encouraged. In fact, screen printing was quite popular during the 1960s and 70s. Beyond these early exposures to art, D’Souza is hesitant to name artistic influences, preferring to name his debt to his environs.