5,TulsiAnandApt, B- wing, 2nd Floor, Jai Bhawani Road, Gulmohar Colony, Nashik Road.
Nashik- 422101
+91 9923355142
Samanata Kumar
Interior Designer |Architectural Journalist | Research and Documentation
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I am eager to explore the different aspects of my career As a young professional entering this world I am hoping to find my place as I take up new challenges everyday. I personally enjoy working on projects that are related to vernacular architecture and design or restoration though my focus is on documenting cities and places. Here are a few of my strengths.
● Enthusiastic about learning
● Excellent at writing
● Owns a memory machine that captures moments.
● Crafty and nifty with time management
Experience:
1. Ar. Nikhil Dhadiwal andAssociates, Nashik Interior Designer Intern
August 2018- November 2018
- Worked on 5 interior projects and developed initial concept ideas and optional furniture layout plans.
- Worked on 4 projects that involved developingAutoCAD drawings and Google SketchUp models.
- Handled 4 entire projects and communicated directly with clients and vendors under senior designer’s supervision.
All these 13 projects involved working on 2D Autocad drawings- furniture layout, ceiling plans, electrical drawings, detailed drawings of furniture, toilet details, etc. and rendered 3D models.
2. Violaceous Labs (OPC) Pvt. Ltd, Karnataka-Architectural Research
January 2019-August 2019
- Work from home- Documented places, traveling options, budgeting for school/college students. The aim of the research was to encourage schools and colleges to introduce trips that are educational and interactive.
- Visited Hampi for the documentation process which was done through photographing and writing about the places. Later, all the information and images were composed into a magazine for the firm.
3. Rethinking the Future, Work from Home- Editorial Intern
October 2019- January 2019
- Wrote 15 articles on different topics related to architecture and design.
4. Ar. Nikhil Dhadiwal andAssociates, Nashik —Junior Interior Designer
November 2019- February 2020
- Designed interior projects and come up with more design options for 3 projects
- Conceptualized design with the help of AutoCAD and Google SketchUp for 3 projects
- Handled 3 projects and communicated directly with clients and vendors related to projects.
- Helped the firm through the publishing process of their 5 projects in magazines and websites.
- Learned to work on 3 architectural projects under supervision of the senior architects.
All these 9 projects involved working on 2DAutocad drawings and rendered 3D models.
5. Rethinking the Future, Delhi Editor and Content Curator
March 2020- Present
● Edited more than 350 articles for publication within a span of 5 months. (12 articles each working day).
● Handling, communicating and managing more than 100 work-from-home editorial writers that were hired every 2 weeks through RTF Architectural Writing Training Programme on the basis of their writing samples that were
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submitted This task includes hiring new writers, assisting them with guidelines, assigning topics, answering queries and giving feedback.
● Heading and coordinating with a team of 5 juniors.
● Scheduled more than 10,000 articles in a span of over 30 months. (still continuing as of Jan 2023)
● Creating certificates in photoshop for the writers after they complete 15 week/15 articles.
● Wrote 36 Top architects or interior designer series articles for in-house publication, each article reached a viewership of more than 200 readers
● Hired +1000 WFH interns for the RTF Architectural Writing Training Programme & +15 teammates for different positions at RTF
● Created more than 500 cover art for the scheduled articles till date.
● Created 12 storyboards and storyboard scripts for the Eduwik courses that RTF offers.
● Wrote 14 articles under my name, Samanata Kumar, each with a viewership of +100.
● Worked on ten podcast scripts.
As an editor in the firm, I have introduced more than 15 new article series that both the writer and readers have appreciated as they are based on different timelines, personalities, structures, etc.
6. India Lost and Found, Work from Home — Researcher
October 2020- December 2020 (program discontinued from the firm's side)
Research about 2 sites which are losing their importance in the Indian context
● India Government Mint, Kolkata
● Dastur Khan’s Mosque,Astodia, Khamasa
7. Interior Exterior Group Magazine- Editor and Content Strategist
February 2021- December 2022.
● Collaborated with more than +100Architects, Designers andAdvertorials for submission of their firm’s projects.
● Making decisions with the team, whether the projects can be published or not in the upcoming issue.
● Finalized 5 themes for the magazine till date- Transparency, Patterns and forms, Going local, Exposure and Glam.
● Social media manager for 3 accounts- Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Have published +60 posts.
● Working as a publisher for the magazine’s new website.
● Worked on 6 editorials for different personalities like architects, designers, manufacturers, etc.
Education:
Centre for Heritage Management
Ahmedabad University
N D M VPSamaj's College of Architecture and Centre for Design
IELTS- British Council (Validity 2020-2022)
Pursuing Master in Heritage Management
B Des (Interior Design)
IELTSAcademic Exam
1st Semester- CGPA- 3 6
First class with Distinction
Listening- 8 5, Reading- 6 0, Writing- 6 5, Speaking- 6 5- Overall score- 7 0
IELTS- British Council (Validity 2022-2024)
IELTSAcademic Exam
Listening- 8 0, Reading- 7 0, Writing- 7 0, Speaking- 7 0- Overall score- 7 5 Barnes School and Junior College 12TH
Thesis Topic in Undergraduate degree:
Cultural Centre forArts, Crafts andArtisans in the state of Maharashtra
The thesis topic focused on reusing an old wada located in the heart of Old Nashik- Panchavati. The topic not only focused on the interior designing and redesigning the spaces within the walls but also focused on the restoration of the wada as it is a very old building. The cultural centre is divided into spaces from craft product exhibitions alongside spaces where the craftsmen demonstrate the art of making these crafts. Apart from the exhibition, there are also spaces for performances and workshops.
Master in Heritage Management- 1st Semester: Term Paper for Heritage Discourses & FrameworksConsideration and Conservation of Cultural Landscape in India
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed twenty-one cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. As defined by the World Heritage Committee, a cultural landscape is a "combined work of nature and man" and is considered to be of Outstanding Universal Value. The Committee has acknowledged that many cultural landscapes are of Outstanding Universal Value but have not been inscribed on the World Heritage List. This is due to the fact that cultural landscapes are often complex and dynamic and can be difficult to identify and assess.
The selection Committee has also acknowledged in the past that natural landscapes are often not adequately represented when cultural landscapes are being nominated for World Heritage status. This is due to the fact that the Committee often relies on expert reports when assessing nominations, and these reports often do not adequately reflect the cultural landscape. In addition, the Committee has acknowledged that there are often missed opportunities during the nomination process and that dossiers submitted during the nomination process often do not adequately reflect the cultural landscape. This paper will argue that the World Heritage Committee should give more consideration to natural landscapes when assessing nominations for World Heritage status. The paper will first discuss the missed opportunities and the dossiers submitted during the nomination process. Secondly, the paper will argue that natural landscape was not measured when the sites were being nominated as cultural landscapes. Finally, the paper will conclude by arguing that the World Heritage Committee should give more consideration to natural landscapes when assessing nominations for World Heritage status.
Term Paper for Environmental and Resource Economics
Leather Industry- Tanning process and its impact on the Environment
Leather Industry- Tanning process and its impact on the Environment Every day, millions of people consume an incredible amount of leather and leather goods produced in the market.
The most polluting part of the leather production process is the tanning stage, where chromium salts are used to remove hair and other tissues from hides and to preserve the leather The Indian leather industry is primarily export-oriented and is expected to generate revenue of INR 987.6 billion by 2025, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.9% during the forecast period. This paper will trace a few relevant issues of environmental standards imposed on the leather industry and their impact on the Indian Leather Industry's export prospects, focusing on different polluting stages of the industry and examining whether the impact of compliance measures on exports has demonstrated 'Porter's Hypothesis', 'Pollution Haven Hypothesis,' or none of these in the Indian Leather Industry Furthermore, the environmental regulations imposed on the tanning industry are all domestic, resulting in 16 weak governance and surveillance. Producing a pollutant-free commodity is one challenge, but the Indian Leather Sector faced a more significant challenge in producing through a pollution-free process.
Extracurricular activities:
- Attended more than 30 workshops, out of which 14 were certificate workshops conducted by ACEDGE during the lockdown period.
- Participated in 6 competitions held worldwide.
- Traveled to North-east India (Assam-Nagaland-Shillong), Kolkata-Darjeeling, Kolhapur, IIRD- Aurangabad, Tamil Nadu, Kanyakumari, Ravanasumaran, Rameshwaram, North India- Himachal Pradesh, Chamba, Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab district, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bhutan.
- Managing student council as the Vice President - successfully handled college exhibitions and workshops with the help of other members of the council.
- + 23 SketchUp models for different architects and designers.
- Created invites for family and friends- paid.
- District-level Air rifle shooter- still continue to practice as a hobby.
- Would prefer roller skating to work over bikes or cars.
- Explored many cultural and architectural places in and around Nashik.
- An occasional helper at Sharan animal shelter