Mrudul Pathak Kundu
Mrudul Pathak Kundu is the editor of ELLE Decor India. A Fine Arts graduate from MS University, Vadodara, she has been an integral part of shaping the magazine for the last 20 years. Her Major in Applied Arts has given her a lifelong love for graphic compositions and solid colours. Interacting with the design community […]
Amit Syngle
Amit Syngle, the MD and CEO of the $4 billion Asian Paints group started his journey with the company 33 years ago. Asian Paints is now the second most valued company in coatings in the world, with a market cap of $40 billion. Over the years he has seen Asian Paints lead the paints and […]
Paola Navone
Paola Navone is a much celebrated and renowned Italian architect, and founder of OTTO, a Milan-based design studio. Navone is also an interior designer, product designer and art director. Her approach is direct, visionary and eclectic with a passion for the flavours and colours of the much-loved and much-travelled southern hemisphere, alongside tastes and styles […]
Sunil Sethi
Sunil Sethi is the Founder & MD of Sunil Sethi Design Alliance and Alliance Merchandising Company, and has represented the best lifestyle stores of the world for their buying out of India, for over 30 years. He is the Chairman of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). In this role since 2008, he has […]
Shimul Javeri Kadri
Shimul Javeri Kadri is the founder of SJK Architects, a Mumbai-based, multi-disciplinary design firm renowned for its energy-conscious approach. Under Kadri’s direction, the 32-year-old firm has received several notable honours, including the most recent Prix Versailles Award, IIA Awards, WADE ASIA NATIONAL AWARDS and has also been shortlisted for INDE Awards (2022). Outside of SJK […]
Riyaz Tayyibji
Riyaz Tayyibji is the founder and principal architect of Anthill Design, an Ahmedabad-based architecture and design practice. Under his direction, the firm has curated global exhibitions on Ahmedabad’s architecture and urbanity. “The Stepwells of Ahmedabad: A Conversation Between Water and Heritage,” which debuted in 2016 at the Kanoria Centre for Arts and the Sabarmati Ashram […]
Veeram Shah
Veeram Shah is the chief architect and founder of the multidisciplinary Ahmedabad firm Design ni Dukaan, which specialises in furniture, products, interior design, and architecture. He is also the co-founder and head of the organisations P.O.D. and Dotto-Objects of Curiosity. P.O.D., an acronym for Pieces of Desire, are both design studios focusing on product design. […]
Mallika Sarabhai
Dr. Mallika Sarabhai is an activist and a celebrated Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer, performer, and choreographer. Dr Sarabhai, a Padma Bhushan recipient, is also the co-director of Ahmedabad’s Darpana Academy of Performing Arts.In addition to her Ph.D. in organisational behaviour, she holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. Dr. Sarabhai has […]
Nida Mahmood
Nida Mahmood is a fashion designer, and founder of her Delhi-based eponymous label. Mahmood is renowned for her quirky, eclectic style – under her leadership her label continues to follow her design philosophy “art translated” in more ways than one, drawing influences from Indian culture. Indian Kitsch being her muse and forte, her collections showcased […]
Sanchit Arora
Sanchit Arora is the principal architect of the Delhi-based design firm Renesa Architects. His practice is focused on creating designs that are not only visually striking but also environmentally and socially responsible. Arora acquired his bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Sushant School of Art & Architecture, Gurgaon, India with scholarship programmes from some of the […]
Satyajeet Patwardhan
Satyajeet Patwardhan is the co-founder of amoeba design, which is based in Pune, Maharashtra. After completing his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Nasik, Patwardhan went on to obtain his M.Arch. in Sustainable Design from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He worked with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in New York before moving back […]
Biju Kuriakose
Biju Kuriakose co-founded architectureRED, a Chennai-based architecture firm, along with Kishore Panikkar. Ranging from residential to commercial projects, their projects also include developing master plans for townships in Tamil Nadu, a mixed-use master plan for Salalah in Oman, affordable housing development projects, and multiple institutional buildings within Chennai. architectureRED has won numerous national as well […]