Archita was a very active Student Ambassador from the 2025-26 cohort. She began by responding to the C20 Initiative by sharing images from a college visit to the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), designed by Charles Correa in Pune in 1992 and a beautiful example of modern heritage.
She then carried out a Nagari film screening, tailoring the curation to different academic levels. The first year students responded enthusiastically to Iss Shehar Mai Chalte Hue, and discussed the importance of pathways and their experiences from their cities. The second-year students had recently visited Chandigarh for their study tour, and she screened Through The Dappled Light for them. They talked about how the city they saw and the city shown in the movie were the same, but seeing different perspectives of it. They even discussed how easy it may look to draw and draft pipelines, but the reality is not after watching Pipe Dream.
Her batch watched A Work in Progress and discussed how sustainable and safe it could be for reusing discarded building materials, and Sundari, as they questioned whether new infrastructure should be achieved at the expense of ecological heritage and the social fabric of the original inhabitants.
Further, as a part of the ‘Heritage Yatra 2026’ — a 4-day event hosted at her college in collaboration with the PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) — she was able to screen the Nagari films again for over 250 people and school children from around Pune, which was very well received. Pakdam Pakdai and Chains and Wheels stood out as audience favourites. She also organised small activities for the school students to engage them with these films.
All photos in this carousel are clicked by Archita.
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