Visiting Professor / Critic : Undergraduate (First professional degree) Programs in Architecture Visiting Professor
(January 1984 to March 1998) at Institute of Environmental Design (Vallabh Vidhyanagar) and from October 1991 to
March 1992 and October 1996 to March 1997) at the Department of Architecture, M S University of Baroda
Urban Design, Housing & Settlements Design Research / Design Studio Projects
(select list; completed under supervision and guidance of Rajagopalan Palamadai )
01
Residential Localities : An investigation in to activity pattern, Baroda, India (undergraduate research thesis)
02
Informal Sector Housing : Case of Vishakapatnam Steel Plant Construction Labour (undergraduate
research thesis)
03
Study of Traditional Settlements : Case of Kutch, Gujarat (undergraduate research thesis)
04
Critical Urban Reconstruction of Sursagar (Heritage) Zone, Baroda (Urban Design (UD) studio)
05
Planning for the Future : National Highway passing through Baroda (UD studio)
06
Marginal Slum Upgradation (Housing Design Studio)
Other assignments include lectures at College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley; School of
Architecture and Planning, MIT; School of Planning, Ahmedabad, India etc
Academics
Rural Housing, Gujarat Rural Housing Board (1984 - 85)
UrbanHousing, Gujarat Housing Board (1985 - 86)
Advisory
Exhibition / Catalog of Projects by Hassan Fathy, Architect for Aga Khan Program at Harvard University / MIT, USA
Documentation of Islamic Architecture at Ahmedabad, India for Aga Khan Program at Harvard University / MIT, USA
Shelter and Cities : Building Tomorrow’s Third World : XVI UIA World Congress, Brighton, UK
Shelter for the Homeless : The Times of India (Ahmedabad)
Housing for the Urban Poor : International Urban Planning and Housing Convention, Singapore
Why sites and services are not popular ? : The Times of India
Publications
Sites and Services Project at La Paz, Bolivia for World Bank aided proposal at Urban Settlements Design Program,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1981)
Housing for Change, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Master of Science in Architectural Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA (1981)
Evaluating Alternatives for Housing India’s Urban Poor : Design Studies, Model and Application for Ahmedabad, India :
Graduate Thesis : Master of Science in Architectural Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1982)
Research