May 2025 – Present · 11 mos

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Jan 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Leading conceptualization, set up, and launch of Academic Council along with Cindrebay School of Design management; co-setting key academic agendas, goals, vision, and mission; monthly review of Council recommendations and guiding in converting them into action plans; creating the map for curriculum enhancement and transformation for academic excellence; guiding for consolidating academic culture across its 15 centres; and engagement of international faculty in its international programmes and campuses

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 · 6 mos

Apr 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Australia

• Leading, completing, and publishing research project on Integrated Living; prepared the Research in Practice roadmap and research outputs; advising on and content development for CPDs and media; drafting tender submissions for Conservation Management Plan and other heritage works tenders from Government Departments and Local Councils
• Key Projects include:
• Research Project on Integrated Communities and Health titled Finding Iris (led by Diane Jones)
• King Street Courts, Sydney, NSW (Conservation Management Plan Update)
• Hosptial Road Court House, Sydney, NSW (Conservation Management Plan, new)
• Darlinghurst Courts, Sydney, NSW (Conservation Management Plan Update)

Apr 2021 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Member, Academic Council at Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies

May 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs · Jaipur, Rajasthan

• Was approached by the Talent Search Committee at Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) and the Manipal Global Education Services to accept the role of Dean, Faculty of Design, to lead two schools – School of Planning and Design (Departments of Interior Design, Fashion Design and Fine Arts) and School of Architecture and Design (Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture), with a total of 840 students and 40 academic staff under my indirect purview, and 2 Directors and 4 Heads of Department under my direct purview.
• Key accountabilities included enhancement of branding and brand visibility; enrichment of teaching and research quality and peer esteem in academia and industry; increase in student enrolment numbers, student success, and high satisfaction rates; high quality academic staff recruitment and retention; building a high-performance culture, and annual improvement across the key performance indicators of admissions, academics, evaluation, research visibility, industry connect, internationalization, faculty engagement, student engagement, and marketing and branding to enhance national rankings and accreditation scores.

Oct 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

Nov 2018 – Mar 2024 · 5 yrs 4 mos · United Kingdom

• As a Regional Editor (Asia Pacific), I am involved in commissioning, reviewing, editing scholarly articles on textile culture and traditions from the Asia Pacific. One of the most significant outputs of this role has been the Special Issue Life, after Life: Textile Crafts in India and Communities of Practice now available online and ahead of print here https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rftx20/20/3

Nov 2018 – May 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Calicut Area, India

• Was approached by Talent Search Committee to take on the role as first Dean Academics at Avani Institute of Design which was established in 2015, to lead and manage all academic affairs for a student cohort of 240 students, 15 academic staff (permanent), 6 academic staff (casual) and 6 professional staff.
• Key accountabilities included strategic institution building and establishment of processes and academic culture to make the Institute a thought leader and engaged in feminist, critical, and experimental architectural pedagogy; lead the enhancement of academic discourse and practice; curate key events, symposia and conferences for interdisciplinary and inter-institutional exchange; sustain student enrolment; lead accreditation activities; staff workload allocation and monitoring; identification and delivery of appropriate professional development programmes; and act as advisor to Governing Council on matters of budget, staff recruitment, and performance management.
• Key projects and achievements included Gender and Academic Leadership in Architecture in India symposium (2020); Beyond the Given - Inter-Institutional Conference (2019); Avani Learning and Teaching Colloquium (2018-2020).

Aug 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · United Kingdom

• The Area Editor takes overall responsibility for their section, including the following tasks: 1. Selection of subjects/topics/biographies 2. Producing a draft ‘content list’ for their part of the Work, for approval of the Editors-in-Chief 3. In consultation with the Editors-in-Chief, assigning to each entry a word length and image requirement and any further briefing as required, to determine the overall structure of their section. 4. Identifying and recruiting potential contributors for each entry, gaining in-principle agreement from each contributor, and providing their details (name, mailing address, email address, entry name, and word and image allocations) in the format specified by the Publishers so that the Publishers can issue contracts to these contributors. 5. Answering appropriate queries from contributors who are in the process of writing their entries. 6. Reviewing the draft entries to ensure they conform to the brief given to the contributors, are of sufficient quality, are appropriate, readable and of the correct length, consistently formatted, and that ancillary matter (such as bibliographic references) is in place. 7. Working with contributors to revise entries as necessary; and re-commissioning any that may be of insufficient scholarly quality or delayed beyond the schedule. 8. Delivering the entries they have approved to the Publishers for final review by the Editors-in- Chief. 9. Responding/revising as appropriate, subsequent to Editors-in-Chief review. 10. Working to the agreed schedule for the Work. 11. Keeping the Publishers informed of progress with the Work. 12. Writing an Introduction to the Section of approximately 5,000 words.

Jun 2018 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos · Brisbane, Australia

• Senior Research Fellow (Honorary) and Affiliate at Architecture Theory Criticism History Research Centre, School of Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Jan 2018 – Aug 2025 · 7 yrs 7 mos · United Kingdom

Aug 2017 – Jul 2018 · 11 mos · Sydney, Australia

• In my role as Senior Architectural Researcher & Heritage Advisor at Cracknell & Lonergan Architects P/L where I was involved in writing 1) Statement of Heritage Impact; 2) Statements of Environmental Effects; 3) Responses to Statements of Facts and Contentions; 4) Conservation Management Plans, and other projects. I was also involved in 1) identifying and applying for publication grants; 2) drafting book proposals; 3) liaising with public institutions for partnerships and funding; 4) managing the publications process from commissioning content to layout.
• Key Projects include:
• 7-11 Mount Street, North Sydney (also known as the Mary Mackillop Place), NSW, Australia; Client: Sisters of Saint Joseph (Conservation Management Plan update)
• 45 Amy Street, Erskineville, NSW, Australia; 61-63 Ernest St, North Sydney, NSW, Australia; 113 Station Street, NSW, Australia (Statement of Environmental Effects and Heritage Impact)
• 1 Alfred Road, Forest Lodge, NSW, 26-28 Salisbury, Stanmore, NSW, 30 Salisbury, Stanmore (Flat Building), NSW, 249 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 97 St Georges Crescent, Drummoyne, NSW (Statement of Heritage Impact)

Jul 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr · 110028

• Was invited by the Academy’s management to establish and lead a new department with a small team of three members across four campuses (Delhi, Noida, Jaipur and Mumbai) to engage all Deans and campus Directors, and around 150 strong cohort of academic staff to set up research tracks, enable high level research activity, organise research training and events where possible, and develop and locate research collaborations and funding opportunities, with local and international academic and industry partners. Other key accountabilities included identifying continuing professional development in the areas of teaching, research, and/or pedagogic practice, to increase research and teaching excellence; promote research driven teaching; advise on and provide direction to the restructuring of curricula, where appropriate in the context of changing environments in the Higher Education Institutions globally.

Oct 2013 – Nov 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Curating, Installing, Publicity

Jul 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs

• In addition to leading parallel studio in Studio Small and Medium Scale Buildings – ARC305 [Architecture of Aqueous Terrains]; History of Western Architecture Module; and parallel studio for Final Year Project, I was also appointed as Examinations Officer to play a key role in Annual Programme Review, manage moderation by external peer reviewer and examiner of teaching outlines and assessments and ensuring incorporation of feedback; conduct data analysis for Exam Boards; develop departmental learning and teaching, and assessment strategy based on University learning and teaching strategy, as well as feedback from Exam Board and Moderation; establish and chair departmental academic progressions committee; Participated in the accreditation process for RIBA Part 1 (granted 2015). Additional roles included elected member of the University Academic Board; panel member of student recruitment interviews; panel member of academic staff recruitment process–ranking, shortlisting, and interviews; member of the Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee; co-director of Special Projects, Design Research Institute; member of Steering Committee for Design Research Institute; and chief curator, Shared Territories, Exhibition, Design Research Institute

Jul 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs

• The terms of this title confers certain privileges similar to those of the academic staff. The conditions were as per https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/commsec/ordinanceandregulations/Ordinances,1-36.pdf

Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 · 3 mos

• Curate and install the Exhibition
• Write the Curatorial Essay

Jul 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr

• o Developing Art/Architecture Research Elective course for BArch and MArch Graduating Years
• o Studio convenor and academic liaison for Designing Public Places Studio by Richard Johnson (JPW) and Matthew Pullinger (HASSELL)

Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 · 3 mos · Sydney

• o MArch Urban Research Studio for Super Sydney Event

May 2012 – Jan 2013 · 8 mos · Sydney, Australia

• Identify and report events, ideas, projects of interest in the architecture, design, and city making in Sydney

Jun 2011 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr · Launceston Area, Australia

• o Leading Core Course History and Theory in Deign Year 1 Sem 1 and 2
• o Leading Core Course History and Theory in Design Year 3
• o Leading Professional Project 1 MArch Final Year 2012

Jul 2009 – Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Sydney, Australia

• Curating the Sydney Architecture Festival at Customs House Sydney in 2012
• Art direction and exhibition management
• Writing the Curatorial Essay
• Promotion

Jan 2008 – Jan 2018 · 10 yrs

• Ruskin Studies Today, a new journal devoted to reporting as well as fostering critical Ruskin studies.
• Contribution
• Reporting, Publicity and Publishing emerging scholarship on Ruskin

Jan 2008 – Dec 2008 · 11 mos

• o Convening Year 3 Architecture and Modernity
• o Tutoring in Year 5 Architecture Design Studio 9 and 10
• o Tutoring in Year 1 Design Studio

Jul 2007 – Dec 2007 · 5 mos

• Australian Research Council Industry Linkage project 'The Architecture of Academic Research ', Primary investigators: Dr Sandra Kaji O’Grady and Martin Kornberger
• Duties: General Project Management, inclusive of facilitating site visits and interviews with stakeholders, draft interview questions, expand literature review.
• Contributions: Gained knowledge in a new field of design theory – organizational theory and work place design for creativity, collaboration, and innovation.

Jan 2005 – Dec 2007 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Tutoring in
• o Year 4 Theory, Analysis & Architecture
• o Year 1 Precedents and Precursors in Architectural History
• o Year 1 Themes in Architectural History
• o Year 5 Architectural Research

Jan 2003 – Jun 2013 · 10 yrs 5 mos

• Contributing to core areas of the Architecture Programme at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels, as studio leader, tutor, and co-convenor.
• o Leading Core Course Summer Studio, (Re)thinking and (Re)making the Threshold, MArch, Year 1, 2011 http://arch7111-7112-2011-unsw.blogspot.com
• o Co-Convening Graduation Studio, 2010
• http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/pgcoursework/MArch/_notes/2010_MArch_Graduand_Catalogue.pdf
• o Leading Independent Research Group (Made to Measure), Graduation Studio, with Ann Quinlan 2010
• o Academic Liaison for BArch Graduation Studio (Ed Lippman Studio, Glenn Murcutt Studio) 2009-2010 http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/undergrad/_notes/2010_BArch_Graduand_Catalogue.pdf
• o Coordinating and Convening Year 2 Architectural Design Studio 3 2009-2010
• o Tutoring in Year 1 Architectural Design Studio 1; Year 3 Architectural Design Studio 5; Year 2 Architectural History and Theory 3, 2011
• o Tutoring in Year 2 Architectural Design Studio 3; MArch elective History of Housing; Year 2 Architectural History and Theory 3 2009-2011

Jan 2003 – Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Tutoring in
• o Year 2 Research Practice
• o Year 2 Architectural History and Theory 3
• o General Education, The Art of Architecture
• o Year 1 Architectural Design Workshop 1
• o Year 2, Architectural Design Workshop 2

Jul 2001 – Dec 2001 · 5 mos

• Project: Retrofit project “New Music Cells,” Woodstock School, Mussourie, India
• Duties: project management and quality control

Feb 2001 – Feb 2003 · 2 yrs · Delhi, Delhi

Jul 2000 – Jul 2001 · 1 yr · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Project title: Conservation Management Plan for Mortuary Station, Sydney
• Duties: Documentation, writing the conservation management plan and suggestive schemes for adaptive reuse

Dec 1998 – May 1999 · 5 mos

• Duties: Design development and site supervision