Jury Profile
Bobby Desai
Bobby Desai is an architect with over 25 years of international design experience. He has taught at various institutes including the Master’s program at the Royal College of Art in London, the A.A., the Bartlett and University of Westminster in London, RMIT in Australia and JJ School of Art, KRVI, and CEPT in India. He has been nominated for both Bronze and Silver Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Medals for excellence in design. He holds a B.A. Honors in Architecture from Kingston University and a postgraduate Diploma with Honors from the Architectural Association (A.A.) in London.
Archana Shah is the founder of clothing company “BANDHEJ”, a label influenced by the traditional textiles and craft skills. She has designed costumes for theatre and a few feature films. She has designed the architectural textile installations at Festival of India inaugurations at Paris, Moscow, Leningrad and Tashkent. Recently she has also published a book—SHIFTING SANDS, Kutch: A Land in Transition. She is a graduate from the National Institute of Design (NID).
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