Abha Narain Lambah

Abha Narain Lambah has been the recipient of the Charles Wallace Fellowship, the Sanskriti Award, Eisenhower Fellowship and eight UNESCO Awards for Conservation, among others. Her work covers conservation projects ranging from ancient Buddhist sites of Bodh Gaya and Ajanta to medieval monuments in Ladakh, Punjab, Orissa and Hampi and colonial buildings in Mumbai, Kolkata, […]

Ahsan Ansari

Ahsan Ansari set up his independent practice 17 years ago and his array of work ranges from urban residences, weekend retreats to retail spaces and offices. The essence of his work is based on a set of intangibles: intuition, emotion, shared memories and experience.

Amit Syngle

As Asian Paints’ Chief Operating Officer, Amit Syngle is the man behind India’s only research based colour trend prediction system. Amit has been responsible for propelling the brand into a league of its own and has heralded several business initiatives over the last decade. In a first for the brand, Nilaya by Asian Paints collaborated […]

Alberto Alessi

Born in Arona (Novara) in 1946, Alberto Alessi is President of Alessi Spa and head of Marketing Strategy, Communication and Design Management. The eldest son of Carlo Alessi, he belongs to the third generation of the Alessi family, and officially joined the eponymous family business in 1970, the day after he graduated in Law. He […]

Alain Passard

Alain Passard began his culinary journey at Le Lion d’Or in Liffré from 1971 to 1975 under the Michelin-starred Chef Michel Kéréver. From then, the French Chef went on to work for acclaimed restaurants and collected Michelin stars wherever he went. He is now the owner of the three Michelin starred restaurant, L’Arpège in Paris, named in tribute […]

Alejandro Aravena

2016 Prtizker Prize Winner and 2018 RIBA Charles Jencks Award laureate, Alejandro Aravena is a Chilean architect known for his socially conscious projects that attempt to bridge the economic divide in urban areas. He is known for building “incremental housing” – affordable housing in economically vibrant urban locations, partly backed by government subsidies. Aravena earned a […]

Abhay Mangaldas

Founder and Director of The House of MG, an Urban Heritage Hotel in Ahmedabad, Mangaldas is also the Convener, Ahmedabad Chapter—Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage—INTACH besides being the Managing Trustee of Shreyas Foundation, an educational institution for children. Over the last 20 years, he has refurbished and transformed his ancestral house into […]

Akanksha Deo Sharma

Listed as Forbes 30 under 30 (2020), Akanksha Deo Sharma is an industrial designer, textile innovator and a visual artist. She is the only Indian designer working with IKEA, a Swedish International Group and is known to combine new-age artistic design thinking with age-old artisan manufacturing techniques to make her distinct version of democratic design. […]

Aamir Sharma

Partner and co-founder of Aamir and Hameeda Interior Designers (AANDH), Aamir Sharma is an award-winning interior designer from Hyderabad. He graduated from Module Design Institute and later started his own practice alongside his wife Hameeda in the year 2000. Having completed and delivered over 240 projects, Aamir’s working style is unconventional, eclectic and experimental. Apart […]