Kiran Keswani

Kiran Keswani is Co-founder, Everyday City Lab. She is an architect and urban designer based in Bangalore. She has completed her PhD in Urban Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She has had an architectural & urban design practice for more than 20 years. She has taught courses at CEPT University in Ahmedabad and the Azim Premji University in Bangalore.

Parul Kumtha

Parul Kumtha is an architect, trustee of NAGAR and founder of Nature Nurture Architects and Planners. A graduate of Sir J.J. College of Architecture (1988), she has also studied Biodiversity Conservation and Built Heritage Conservation, and is trained in Mental Health and Narrative Practices. Her work focuses on resolving the often-conflicting relationships between architecture, heritage, and the environment. Her firm is empanelled as an Access Auditor under the Government of India’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan. She has previously served as visiting faculty at Sir J.J. College of Architecture, guiding dissertations and teaching courses on Urban Studies, Natural Heritage Conservation, and Universal Design. With NAGAR, she has worked extensively on public open spaces and accessibility issues in Mumbai.

Ashwini Deshpande

Ashwini Deshpande is an architect and urban researcher specialising in Architectural History and Theory from CEPT University. Her work bridges contemporary urban issues with historical inquiry, focusing on how planning, policy, and heritage intersect in shaping cities. She has previously worked as a Junior Archivist and teaching associate at CEPT University.

As Associate Director at NAGAR in Mumbai, Ashwini addresses civic issues related to public open spaces, heritage, slum rehabilitation, street vending, and land reclamation. She is also part of the Preserving Legacies cohort, a global initiative led by the National Geographic Society, ICOMOS, and the Climate Heritage Network, where she is representing Mumbai’s World Heritage Site of urban ensembles in efforts toward climate resilience and heritage preservation on behalf of NAGAR. Her research aims to critically examine how fragmented regulatory systems in cities across India produce environmental injustices and deepen social inequalities.

Avijit Mukul Kishore

Avijit Mukul Kishore is a filmmaker and cinematographer, working in documentary and interdisciplinary moving image practices. He’s involved in cinema pedagogy as a lecturer and curates film programmes for prominent national cultural institutions.