Ar. Neelkanth Chhaya, Ahmedabad

Neelkanth H. Chhaya is the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at CEPT University Ahmedabad. He has been a practicing architect and academic since 1977.He has done institutional, residential, industrial, and recreational projects in Ahmedabad and elsewhere. His practice has emphasized the adaptation of built form to physical and social contexts, especially landform and landscapes. He is also deeply interested in the cultural factors that affect architecture, especially in societies of rapid change. His projects have won major national awards, and he has also won several architectural competitions. In recent years, he has been involved in participatory rehabilitation housing projects as well as mass housing projects in Urban areas. An interest in traditional and artisanal knowledge in the area of built environment is currently being pursued. He has taught at the University of Nairobi, at the Institute of Environmental Design, Vallabh Vidyanagar, and at CEPT University, Ahmedabad.