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Navajyothi Mahenderkar Subhedar

Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO, IIT Roorkee, Garhwal University, SDPS WOMENS COLLEGE, IIT Kharagpur

ORCID iD 0000-0003-1169-3802
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About Me
I am an architect, urban designer, academician, and researcher based in Indore. I hold a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from CEPT University (2010) and a Bachelor of Architecture from JNTU, Hyderabad (2000). With nearly two decades of professional experience and over a decade in academia, I have worked across architectural practice, urban design, consultancy, and teaching. I am currently an Associate Professor at Shri Vaishnav Institute of Architecture, SVVV, Indore, where I teach and coordinate architecture, urban design, and planning studios.
My interests lie at the intersection of architecture, urban design, nature, ecology, landscape, and human behaviour. I am particularly drawn to public spaces—parks, plazas, streets, neighbourhoods, waterfronts, and temporary spaces—where architecture and urban design can directly influence everyday life and contribute to the revitalisation of communities.
My research explores public space, urban ecology, landscape urbanism, urban regeneration, heritage, socio-spatial transformations, water and urbanism, informality, and the relationship between people and their built environment. I am especially interested in understanding the dynamics of Indian cities and how nature, culture, movement, memory, and everyday practices shape urban space.
As a teacher, I believe that good design begins with observation and understanding. I encourage students to look beyond form and understand the people, place, environment, and relationships that give meaning to a space. For me, urban design is about creating a dialogue between architecture, landscape, planning, ecology, and human life.
I aspire to continue bridging teaching, research, and practice, and to contribute to creating urban environments that are more sensitive to nature, responsive to people, and meaningful to everyday life. I believe that even a small intervention can make a difference when it is rooted in a genuine understanding of its context.

Employment

  • Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    2016 - Present
  • ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO FREELANCER AND ASSOCIATE
    2012 - Present
  • SDPS WOMENS COLLEGE VISITING
    2012 - 2016
  • arti plan Senior Architect, Urban Designer
    2010 - 2012
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University VISITING
    2010 - 2011
  • CSIIT,COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE VISITING
    2010 - 2011
  • THE DESIGN CONCERN JUNIOR ARCHITECT
    2005 - 2008
  • NAVKAR ARCHITECTS TRAINEE
    2005 - 2005

Education

  • IIT Roorkee Role of Craft and Technology in Interior - Architecture
    2026 - 2026
  • IIT Roorkee International Studies in Vernacular Architecture
    2026 - 2026
  • Garhwal University Academic Writing
    2026 - 2026
  • IIT Roorkee Augmenting Design Thinking with Human-Computer Interaction
    2026 - 2026
  • IIT Roorkee Research Methodology for Planning and Architectural Studies
    2026 - 2026
  • IIT Roorkee Urban Ecosystem
    2026 - 2026
  • IIT Kharagpur An Introduction to Urban Ecological Heritage: Theories and Applications
    2026 - 2026
  • IIT Bombay Understanding Ethnography
    2026 - 2026
  • University of Toronto The City and You: Find Your Best Place
    2018 - 2018
  • University of Pennsylvania Designing Cities
    2017 - 2017
  • University of Amsterdam Classical Sociological Theory
    ? - 2025
  • IIT Roorkee CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE BUILT ENVIORNMENT
    ? - 2018

Projects & Funding

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