Amandine Roggeman
Amandine Roggeman is the Cultural Attaché at the French Embassy in India. Since her arrival in 2022, she has made crafts a key focus of cultural cooperation between India and France, both through artist and designer residencies in collaboration with local artisans—Villa Swagatam—and through events promoting key players in design, lifestyle, and architecture, which contribute […]
Ananya Singhal
Architect Ananya Singhal met Studio SAAR co-founder Jonny Buckland in 2003 while studying architecture at the University of Bath, England. Almost two decades later, the duo established Studio SAAR, where Singhal is the managing partner. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, he has worked on various projects in the United Kingdom and […]
Nandan Ghiya
Nandan Ghiya is the creative director of the Public Arts Trust of India (PATI), a practising artist and design academic based in Jaipur. Ghiya’s art practice incorporates vintage photographs and wooden frames to reflect shifts in image, identity, and space in the 21st-century environment with digital elements as the leitmotif. Having showcased at The Sculpture […]
Amrita Guha
Amrita Guha is a founding partner at Untitled Design, a multidisciplinary design practice established two decades ago. The firm collaborates with artisans to revive and reinterpret indigenous and dying craft forms, embedding cultural elements into every design. In 2022, Guha and Joya Nandurdikar launched Furgonomics, a product design brand combining global techniques with local materials, […]
Aparna Kaushik
A leading architect and interior designer in luxury Indian home design, Aparna Kaushik integrates art, architecture, the allure of modernity, and period drama into her creations. Her versatile portfolio features luxury lifestyle spaces, from expansive to intimate designs, crafted with innovative processes and meticulous detail. Renowned for balancing aspirational design and precision, Kaushik shapes bespoke […]
Miguel Leiro
Miguel Leiro is a Madrid-based designer, curator, and educator committed to expanding the cultural value of design. After earning a bachelor’s in industrial design from Pratt Institute in New York, he established a practice in Madrid that specialises in products, interiors, branding, and creative direction, often integrating curatorial work. In 2020, Leiro founded MAYRIT, a […]
Monika Choudhary
Monika Choudhary, Habitat’s Chief Development Officer and co-founder drives the firm’s strategic growth trajectory and is pivotal in steering the company towards innovative and environmentally conscious design solutions. Choudhary brings a multifaceted design approach to Habitat Architects, drawing from her background in sociology, fashion, and interior design and her expertise in textiles, colour psychology, and […]
Peter D’Ascoli
New York-based designer Peter D’Ascoli has spent over four decades travelling the world researching decorative arts. Having studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, his formal training in textile design laid the foundation for a lifelong love of craft, leading to his interest in Indian artisanship. In 2006, D’Ascoli relocated to Delhi to […]
Monisha Ahmed
Monisha Ahmed is the founder and executive director of Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation in Leh. She is also an independent researcher, writer, and curator who focuses on art practices and material culture in Ladakh. She attained a doctoral degree in Social Anthropology from Oxford University, where she studied the textiles of the nomadic pastoralists […]
Prateek Sadhu
Prateek Sadhu, one of India’s leading culinary innovators, consistently challenges gastronomical conventions and boundaries with his imaginative creations. Sadhu grew up immersed in a rich culinary heritage from an early age, viewing food as a means of expression and a channel for cultural connection. His innate curiosity about the culinary arts led him to pursue […]
Priya Paul
Priya Paul, chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels, has played a significant role in hospitality, philanthropy, and women’s empowerment. She has overseen the growth of luxury boutique hotels, such as the Park Hotels and Zone by The Park and has expanded to over thirty-three hotels under different brands. Paul is on the Board of Apeejay […]
Adam Hudec
Adam Hudec is an interdisciplinary designer and co-founder of Dusts Institute, a design research platform based in Vienna, Austria. Operating at the intersection of architecture, science, and activism, he addresses environmental and public health challenges through innovative design interventions. Educated at The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, The University of Hong Kong and The […]
