for SSPAD's B.Des through SEED
Dr.Nandini Kulkarni

Dr. Nandini Kulkarni

Professor and officiating Director
Ph D, M. Tech., B. Arch., B. Tech.

Email: deputydirector@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Rural Fringe Area

Specific areas:

  • Inner City Development
  • Architectural Conservation
  • Urban Renewal & Regeneration
  • Urban & Rural Housing
  • Waste Management
  • Interior space Design
  • Peri Urban Areas

Dr. Purva Mange

Dr. Purva Mange

Associate Professor & Head of Design
Ph.D., M.Des., B.Arch.

Email: purva.mange@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture
  • Product design
  • Education

Specific areas:

  • Creativity in Architecture and Design education
  • Teaching learning Process
  • Design thinking and User studies
  • Interior, Exhibition and Retail design
  • Waste management for good soil
  • Working with artisans
  • Product design - artifacts, lighting design and innovative ideas

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Mr. Akshay Revekar

Assistant Professor
M. Plan., B. Arch.

Email: akshay.revekar@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning

Specific areas:

  • Inner City Development
  • Architectural Conservation
  • Urban Renewal & Regeneration
  • Urban & Rural Housing
  • Waste Management

Mr. Pritam M. Paraye

Mr. Pritam M. Paraye

Assistant Professor-SSPAD
BFA, M.Des, MPD(Master in Product Design)

Email: pritam.paraye@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Smart & Sustainable Design
  • Universal design

Specific areas:

  • Industrial Design
  • Product Design
  • Furniture Design
  • Lighting Design
  • Bamboo Craft

Research Profiles:


Ar. Rohini Sawant

Ar. Rohini Sawant

Assistant Professor-SSPAD
B.Arch, M.Des

Email: rohini.sawant@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Navigation and signage
    systems in Spaces.
  • Local Material Innovation
  • Rural construction Techniques
  • Sustainable Design
  • Art and Craft of India
  • Behavioral Pattern of
    street hawkers of India.

Specific areas:

  • Architecture
  • Interior Architecture
  • Retail Design
  • Exhibition Design
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Life style product Design
  • Space Graphics
  • Rural Design

Research Profiles:


Aditi Lule

Aditi Lule

Assistant Professor, SSPAD
MFA, BFA, BA (Sanskrit)

Email: aditi.lule@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Visual Art
  • Graphic Design
  • Art and Craft

Specific areas:

  • Educational Illustration
  • Calligraphic Design
  • Typography
  • Wayfinding Design
  • Environmental Graphic Design
  • Publication Design
  • Visualization of Narrative Structure

Research Profiles:


Mrs. Kriti Kusum

Mrs. Kriti Kusum

Assistant Professor
M.Sc. , B. Des

Email: kriti.kusum@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Fashion Design
  • Graphic Design
  • UI/UX Design

Specific areas:

  • Fashion design and Communication
  • Sustainable Fashion
  • Indian art and Culture
  • World Art and Costumes
  • Garment Manufacturing and Merchandising
  • Visual Design
  • User Experience Design
  • Sustainable Graphic Design

Research Profiles:


Mr. Vaibhav V. Sakharkar

Mr. Vaibhav V. Sakharkar

Assistant Professor
B. Design.

Email: vaibhav.sakharkar@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Design
  • Fine Arts

Specific areas:

  • Design
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Print
  • Motion Graphics

Mr. Chetan T Bokde

Mr. Chetan T Bokde

Assistant Professor
M. Des., B. Arch (ID).

Email: chetan.bokde@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Industrial Design

Specific areas:

  • Automobile Design
  • Transportation Design
  • Product Design
  • Ergonomics

Research Profiles:

Ar. Rizwana Raza

Ar. Rizwana Raza

Visiting Faculty
Education- B.Arch., DBM.

Email: rizwanaraza34@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:


Broad areas:

  • Interior Design
  • Architecture & Design

Specific areas:

  • Architectural Renovation
  • Residential interiors
  • Furniture Design

Brief Profile

Ar. Rizwana Raza is an Expertise in the field of Architecture and Interior Design as a freelancer prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

Her Experience in developing and managing several interior and architectural projects is of more than 20 years.

Ar. Rizwana Raza has been working on variety of projects like renovation projects, residential and commercial interiors, multiplex and theatre design, Hotel design consultancy, Hospital design etc.


Mrs. Shivani Sharma Chindhe

Mrs. _Shivani Sharma Chindhe

Visiting Faculty
Education- _B.Arch, M. Arch (Architectural Conservation)

Email: ar.shivanissharma@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design

Specific areas:

  • Architectural Conservation
  • Documentation and research
  • Interior design, Landscape design

Brief Profile

Mrs. Shivani Sharma Chindhe has an Expertise in the Area of Architectural Design and Architectural Conservation

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

Her Experience as Project Architect with Archaeological Survey of India for restoration of MArkanda temple at Gadchiroli for 2 years.

She is also associated with The Achintya Studio based in Nagpur as Principal architect of the firm specializing in architectural design and heritage consultancy

She has a full time teaching experience of 1 year and an experience as practicing architect of 6 years.


Ar. Prithvi Narang

Ar. Prithvi Narang

Visiting Faculty
Education- B.Arch (I.D ) - Bachelors of Architecture with Majors in Interior Designing

Email: narang.prithvi@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Interior Designing
  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning
  • Practical field work

Specific areas:

  • Interior Designing
  • Study of Interior Materials
  • Techniques of using different materials in Interiors.
  • Architectural Conservation
  • Architectural Design
  • Study of Site Execution and Practical field work.

Brief Profile

Ar. Prithvi Narang is an Expertise in the Residential & Commercial projects. Also into the detailing of Interiors.

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

His Experience in Designing Residential, Commercial, Recreational Projects. Has an expertise in Maruti & Morris Garage Car Showrooms. Also has an experience in Bank Projects

Ar. Prithvi Narang was associated with Smita & Habeeb Khan Architects in Nagpur for a tenure of 4 years, as a Senior Architect and a Project Manager.

He was also associated with Ar. Virendra Khare for a tenure of 1 year, as a Junior Architect.

Ar. Prithvi Narang has an experience of 7 years in this profession, currently he has his own practice since 2.5 years, located in Nagpur.


Ar. Prathamesh Sanjay Waliokar

Ar. Prathamesh Sanjay Waliokar

Visiting Faculty
Education- B.Arch, M.Tech (Urban Planning)

Email: prathameshwaliokar@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning

Specific areas:

  • Urban resilience
  • Urban Resource Management
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • Alternative construction techniques
  • Housing

Brief Profile

EDUCATION

M.Tech (Urban planning).: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Thesis: Integrated strategies for conservation of Food, Energy and Water (FEW) sector, case of Nagpur metropolitan area.

B.Arch.: Institute of Design Education and Architectural Studies, Nagpur

Dissertation/ Thesis: Centre for Well- Being (Objective to study sustainable building materials and alternative building techniques)

Extra-Curricular Activities Kathak, Drama, clay modelling, Origami and paper sculpture.

Mr. Prathamesh is an Expertise in the architectural design Area

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

His /HER Experience in developing and managing mega- industrial projects

Mr. Prathamesh was associated with industry SKA Consortium, Nagpur as designer.

He was also associated with Institute of Design Education and Architecture Studies, Nagpur as Assistant Professor

He is also heading a design firm working on residential project along with them park development and urban Beautification projects.


Mr. Puraskar Ramesh Dhote

Mr. Puraskar Ramesh Dhote

Visiting Faculty
Education- Masters of Fine Arts

Email: puraskard@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Fine Arts
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital Art
  • Motion Graphics & Compositing

Specific areas:

  • CorelDraw
  • Adobe Photo shop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premier Pro

Brief Profile

Mr. Puraskar Dhote is an Expertise in the Graphic Design Area

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

His Experience in Graphic Design & Digital Art Faculty in ICAT Design & Media College, Hyderabad, Telangana

Mr. Puraskar Dhote was associated with industry Tata Elxsi Ltd. In VCL Department (Worked for Byju’s Project), Bangalore, Karnataka


Mr. Shantanu Mahesh Agrawal

Mr. Shantanu Mahesh Agrawal

Visiting Faculty
Education- M.Tech Structural Engineering (VNIT Nagpur), Bachelor of Civil Engineering (SRCOEM Nagpur), Diploma in Civil Engineering (Govt. Polytechnic Nagpur)

Email: shantanuagrawal01@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Fine Arts
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital Art
  • Motion Graphics & Compositing

Specific areas:

  • CorelDraw
  • Adobe Photo shop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premier Pro

STAAD PRO, SAP2000

Brief Profile

Structural analysis & designing is my hobby & expertise.
Teaching the same is my passion.
I am having the experience for the same for past 3-4 years.


Mr. Aman Shrivastava

Mr. Aman Shrivastava

Visiting Faculty
Education- Masters in Industrial Product Design

Email: Aman_sks91@yahoo.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Industrial Design
  • Product Design
  • UX Design
  • Exhibition & Space Design

Specific areas:

  • Sketchup
  • Vray
  • Lumion
  • AI & PS
  • Figma & XD

Brief Profile

“Good design is simple, evocative, and brings order in an otherwise chaotic environment.
As a Professional dreamer, I strive to achieve this simplicity in everything I create while also doing my best to give form to the many dreams, mine and those of others.”


Mr. Akash Jagtap

Mr. Akash Jagtap

Visiting Faculty
Education- Bachelors in design From MIT institute of Design

Email: 31akash.jagtap@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Product Design
  • Branding
  • User experience Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Immersive Art

Specific areas:

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Premier Pro
  • Figma
  • Touch Designer
  • Blender
  • Cinema 4D
  • Keyshot
  • Stable Diffusion

Brief Profile

Mr. Akash Jagtap an Expertise in the Product Design and UIUX Design area Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.
Growill Foundation
Project management and development
Growill is a Non-Profit section 8 company that works on sustainable development goals, (SDG 4) Quality Education and (SDG 15)Life on Land. My responsibilities include managing projects, Talk show hosting, Building and refining project architecture, and developing the SOP of the organization.
YoungSpace,science education blog
Co- Admin & content deisgner
Young space was an Educational blog about Astronomy and space Education with followers approx of 130 k.My Role was to research scientific topics and convert the complexity into a simple infographic format, which can easy to comprehend by the audience

MOTORODI
UI UX DESIGN

Motorodi provides a two-wheeler repairing service at the doorstep.My role was to work on the User Interface & User experience of the application and Website. The second task included Upgradation of the Brand Identity design of the company.

LIFEFORMS , Pune
PRODUCT DESIGN

Life for is a leading furniture design studio in Pune. It's a Product and service based company, They are expertise in modular kitchen design and office furniture domain.My role was to do research and development in the office furniture design sector, Design modern office furniture,build CAD models and Renders.


Ar. PRASANNA NANOTE

Ar. PRASANNA NANOTE

Visiting Faculty
Education-

  • M.des(product design)- Priyadarshani Institute of Design Studies, Nagpur
  • B.Arch -Ideas, Nagpur
  • Email: 31akash.jagtap@gmail.com

    Area Interests & Expertise: Gardening, Singing,Photography,teaching…

    Broad areas:

    • User Centric Design
    • User Research
    • Rapid Prototyping
    • Visual Design
    • Rapid Sketching
    • Material Handling

    Specific areas:

    • Archi CAD
    • Autocad
    • Sketchup
    • Adobe Photoshop

    Brief Profile

    I am an highly accomplished professional with a strong background in architecture and design, holding a B.Arch degree and an M.Des. As the Director of an Archdes design studio, I have successfully led numerous architectural projects, delivering exceptional results. Additionally, I contribute to the field through teaching design entrance exams and engaging in extensive freelance work. With a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, I thrive in diverse design environments, continuously pushing the boundaries of creativity.


    Mr. Rishikesh Dixit

    Mr. Rishikesh Dixit

    Visiting Faculty
    Education- M.plan: IIT, Roorkee, 2017-2019
    B.Arch: V.N.I.T. Nagpur, 2011-2016

    Email: rishikesh.dixit3493@gmail.com

    Mobile: 9970616160

    Area Interests & Expertise:

    Architect and Interior Designer

    Urban Planner

    Primary Member of IOV Registered Valuers Foundation (Land and Building)

    IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) accredited Professional

    Broad areas:

    • Interior design
    • GIS analysis
    • Urban Planning
    • Liasioning

    Specific areas:

    • Qgis/ArcGis
    • Autocad
    • Sketchup
    • Revit
    • Vray

    Brief Profile

    Professional experience:

    Devise and Render Associates, Nagpur, Partner (2022-present)

    Creative Circle, Nagpur, Urban Planner (2019-2022)

    V.K. Associates, Nagpur, Architect (2016 -2017)


    Educational experience :

    Teaching Assistantship, IIT Roorkee, (2017-2019)

    Visiting Faculty, SSPAD, Nagpur (2022)


    Achievements:

    Gate 2017 All India Rank – 17

    Wall Street Event Winner, AXIS-2012, Nagpur

    Student Mentor: Student Mentor Programme 2014-2015, VNIT Nagpur.

    Organizer: International GIAN Course for Risk Communication for Disaster resilient cities, 2019, IIT Roorkee

    Coordinator: L.I.K Trophy, NASA-2014

    Participant: ISRO’s space technology workshop on Bhuvan and GIS, IIT Roorkee, 2018


    Ms. Tanuka Ranade

    Ms. Tanuka Ranade

    Visiting Faculty
    Education- B.Des Visual Communication & strategic Branding
    from Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore

    Email: r.tanuka99@gmail.com

    Area Interests & Expertise:

    Broad areas:

    • Fine Arts
    • Graphic Design
    • Digital Art

    Specific areas:

    • CorelDraw
    • Creative education & children’s book illustrations
    • Publication design & Illustration
    • Branding & brand image design
    • Packaging design
    • Visual story telling

    Brief Profile

    I am a freelance visual artist alongside working as a visiting faculty for SSPAD.

    My prior project experiences include art & design creation & management for National cancer Institute Nagpur, ‘Pantaloons’ Aditya Birla, Arunya foundation- Bangalore and various other independent projects. In the last 5 years of working experience, my prominent strength has been with creative education ideas, visual storytelling and core branding collaterals for corporate, NGOs and small independent Organizations.


    Dr. Komal Thakur

    Dr. Komal Thakur

    Visiting Faculty
    Education- B. Arch, M.Arch, Ph.D.

    Email: komal1916@gmail.com

    Area Interests & Expertise:Energy conservation in buildings, Sustainability

    Broad areas:

    • Design
    • Architectural Design
    • Interior Design
    • Building Construction
    • Building Services

    Specific areas:

    • Green building rating
    • Climate responsive Architecture
    • AutoCAD
    • Energy simulation software

    Brief Profile

    Komal is founder of Ecotecture India, Architectural and Green building consultancy firm at Nagpur which deals with climate responsive architecture. She is IGBC AP (Indian Green Building Council Accredited professional)

    Komal has worked as Associate Professor at IDEAS, Nagpur for twelve years.

    She has done her graduation form VNIT in 2003, Post-graduation (M.Arch) with special emphasis on Daylight in office buildings in 2008. She has completed her PhD in the climate responsive building Design with title “Application of Energy conservation Building Codes in varied microclimate conditions of city residential areas.” Komal has been mentor for documentation of many villages from climatic aspect. Guided the students and edited the book “Tracing the Climate response- Rajasthan, Konkan and Central India”

    She has Conducted various workshops and teachers training programs on “Teaching Climate Responsive Design” Climate on platforms such as COA-TRC (Council of Architecture) and has been a speaker in National level AICTE faculty development program, ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers) and in various institutes.

    She has published papers in the same field in national and international journals and presented in international conference. Komal is recipient of MASA best teacher award in 2019 for related Design discipline (Environmental Design) for outstanding contribution to architectural Education. She guided a team in Solar Decathlon India competition which stood in five best Net zero Energy and water designs of educational building in 2020-21 at national level.


    Ms. Alessandra Ramos

    Ms.Alessandra Ramos

    Visiting Faculty
    Education- -Bachelor Degree in Photography-Centro Europeu-Curitiba Brazil
    Bachelor Degree in Literature -BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH
    LANGUAGE
    www.alessandraramos.in

    Email: alessandraramosstudio@gmail.com

    Area Interests & Expertise:Professional experience in Photography

    Broad areas:

    • Photography
    • Literature(Brazilian Portuguese & English

    Specific areas:

    • Model photo shoot
    • Maternity
    • Pre-wedding
    • Corporate
    • Fashion
    • Archectiture photography
    • Product photography
    • Documentary photography

    Brief Profile

    Highly creative fine art photographer with sixteen years of experience in

    photography. Living in India since eight years. Co-founder of Alessandra Ramos

    Studio & Academy of Photography in Nagpur and working as a photographer and mentor. Worked as a stage actress before starting as a photographer in Brazil,
    country of birth. Specialist in portraits, portfolios, corporate, model shoot,
    fashion, architecture and product photography. Has a degree in photography
    from a renowned institute named Centro Europeu in Curitiba, Brazil and degree in Literature (Brazilian Portuguese and English language).
    Also studied History of Arts. Documentary photography is also a constant activity specially after researching and studying about Indian renowned photographer Raghuveer Singh.
    Have participated in several photography contests and exhibitions. Also run a Youtube channel named Alessandra Nirwan


    Mr. Akshay Taiwade

    Mr. Akshay Taiwade

    Visiting Faculty
    Education- 1. Masters of Design (M. Des) Toy and Game Design, NID-Gandhinagar
    2. Bachelors of Planning (B. Plan), SPA-Bhopal

    Email: akshaytaiwade9@gmail.com

    Brief Profile

    Akshay Taiwade is an Entrepreneur cum Design Researcher working to develop an accessible design for all. Following his design practices toward exploring collaborations of special planning and industrial design to build engaging spaces and interactions.

    Area Interests & Expertise:

    Broad areas:

    • Industrial Design
    • Design Research
    • Accessible Design
    • Play and Interaction Design
    • Space and Landscape Planning

    Specific areas:

    • Product Design
    • Craft
    • Documentation
    • 2D and 3D Concept Generation
    • Sketching

    Professional Experience:


    1. Managing Director at Casting Vectors LLP,

    We develop and provide accessible educational services for people with special abilities.

    2. Design Consultancy (Oct 2019 to Nov 2022)

    Provided design services from ideation, and product design to production management to a few national and international design firms.

    3. Planning Experience (Nov 2014 to July 2017)

    Worked with Space and Planning firms and designed City Development Plan for cities from Central India and Master Plan for Gwalior City for the SADA region.

    Achievements:


    1. Media Award and Guest Award, Lexus Design Award India 2023

    2. Received Grants for Social Innovation Design from NDBI, and iCreate, Ahmedabad