Nitesh Dogne — Co-Founder
शायद मैं कह नहीं पाता हूं, अपनी बात को। यही कारण होगा कि मुझे तस्वीर, स्केच और चित्रण पसंद हैं. ये सब महज़ इस लिए है कि बिना कहे, सब कुछ कह सकता हूँ। Maybe I am not very good at saying what I feel. That might be why I like photographs, sketches, and drawings. through them, I can say everything without having to speak. Nitesh Dogne is a Commonwealth Split-site PhD Scholar 25' at the University of Bath, United Kingdom and a Doctoral Candidate at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His research investigates how Bhil communities manage natural resources such as water, energy, biomass, and waste through regenerative, circular, low-carbon, and ecologically embedded practices. While dominant development models often label these regions as ‘backward,’ their near-zero-carbon lifestyles, efficient use of natural resources, and deep ecological wisdom offer critical insights for achieving SDG 11 [Sustainable Cities and Communities], SDG 6 [clean water] and SDG 7 [clean energy], especially in the Global South. Raised in a small agricultural village in central India, his work is grounded in extensive field immersion. Over the past decade, he has travelled to more than 500 Indigenous villages across India, documenting settlement morphology, ecological practices, and vernacular building systems through participatory and visual research methods. He is the only Commonwealth scholar awardee from 57 countries in the architecture & planning discipline. also He is a DAAD Scholar (Germany, 2022) and was nominated for the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF, 2023). Has received the Best Student Award 2014 for the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, for innovation and research contributions. Document and design Traditional systems in regions, cities, and dwellings by implementing regenerative and circular design principles, co-designing with living systems. Footprint: Dwelling, Resilience, Traditional Knowledge System, Tribal Regions, Regenerative Design, Social Anthropology, Cultural Landscape, Tribal Circular Ecology. Beyond academia, he is a traveller and observer of landscapes, often documenting people, culture and rural regions using slow modes of travel—walking, cycling, buses, and bullock carts. He is also a lover of chai (tea), regional food, poetry, and debating.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a researcher and educator in sustainable architecture and urban planning.
Experience: 14 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Regenerative Design
- Urban Design
- Project Leadership
- Sustainable Design
- Spatial Analysis
- Transport Modelling
- Leadership
Career Highlights
- Commonwealth Scholar in Architecture and Planning
- Expert in Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Regenerative Design
- Award-winning researcher with extensive field experience
Work Experience
University of Bath
Visiting Research Scholar (3 mos)
RENEW Centre for Regenerative Design and Engineering for a Net Positive World
Member (3 mos)
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Commonwealth Scholar (3 mos)
Department of Planning, Jamia Millia Islamia
Guest Faculty [Urban & Regional Planning] (5 mos)
Jamia Millia Islamia
Doctoral Candidate [Architecture] (3 yrs 7 mos)
Assistant Professor [Architecture] (2 yrs 11 mos)
GD Goenka University
Member, Advisory Council (1 yr 1 mo)
Maheshwari & Associates
Associate Architect (1 yr 1 mo)
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme
Regional Planner (2 mos)
Anand College of Architecture, Agra (a unit of SHARDA Group of Institutions)
Assistant Professor (1 yr)
Indian Society for Technical Education,MITS
President (2 yrs)
Vice President (1 yr)
TURF (A non-Profitable Students’ Organization, MITS)
President (1 yr 2 mos)
Co-Founder (4 yrs 6 mos)
Education
Master of Planning at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) at Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD [Architecture] at Jamia Millia Islamia
Visiting Research Scholar at University of Bath
