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Dr. Nandini Kulkarni

Professor and officiating Director
Ph D, M. Tech., B. Arch., B. Tech.

Email: deputydirector@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Rural Fringe Area

Specific areas:

  • Inner City Development
  • Architectural Conservation
  • Urban Renewal & Regeneration
  • Urban & Rural Housing
  • Waste Management
  • Interior space Design
  • Peri Urban Areas

Dr. Purva Mange

Dr. Purva Mange

Associate Professor & Head of Design
Ph.D., M.Des., B.Arch.

Email: purva.mange@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture
  • Product design
  • Education

Specific areas:

  • Creativity in Architecture and Design education
  • Teaching learning Process
  • Design thinking and User studies
  • Interior, Exhibition and Retail design
  • Waste management for good soil
  • Working with artisans
  • Product design - artifacts, lighting design and innovative ideas

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Mr. Akshay Revekar

Assistant Professor
M. Plan., B. Arch.

Email: akshay.revekar@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning

Specific areas:

  • Inner City Development
  • Architectural Conservation
  • Urban Renewal & Regeneration
  • Urban & Rural Housing
  • Waste Management

Mr. Pritam M. Paraye

Mr. Pritam M. Paraye

Assistant Professor-SSPAD
BFA, M.Des, MPD(Master in Product Design)

Email: pritam.paraye@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Smart & Sustainable Design
  • Universal design

Specific areas:

  • Industrial Design
  • Product Design
  • Furniture Design
  • Lighting Design
  • Bamboo Craft

Research Profiles:


Ar. Rohini Sawant

Ar. Rohini Sawant

Assistant Professor-SSPAD
B.Arch, M.Des

Email: rohini.sawant@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Navigation and signage
    systems in Spaces.
  • Local Material Innovation
  • Rural construction Techniques
  • Sustainable Design
  • Art and Craft of India
  • Behavioral Pattern of
    street hawkers of India.

Specific areas:

  • Architecture
  • Interior Architecture
  • Retail Design
  • Exhibition Design
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Life style product Design
  • Space Graphics
  • Rural Design

Research Profiles:


Aditi Lule

Aditi Lule

Assistant Professor, SSPAD
MFA, BFA, BA (Sanskrit)

Email: aditi.lule@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Visual Art
  • Graphic Design
  • Art and Craft

Specific areas:

  • Educational Illustration
  • Calligraphic Design
  • Typography
  • Wayfinding Design
  • Environmental Graphic Design
  • Publication Design
  • Visualization of Narrative Structure

Research Profiles:

Mrs. Kriti Kusum

Mrs. Kriti Kusum

Assistant Professor
M.Sc. , B. Des

Email: kriti.kusum@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Fashion Design
  • Graphic Design
  • UI/UX Design

Specific areas:

  • Fashion design and Communication
  • Sustainable Fashion
  • Indian art and Culture
  • World Art and Costumes
  • Garment Manufacturing and Merchandising
  • Visual Design
  • User Experience Design
  • Sustainable Graphic Design

Research Profiles:

Mr. Vaibhav V. Sakharkar

Mr. Vaibhav V. Sakharkar

Assistant Professor
B. Design.

Email: vaibhav.sakharkar@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Design
  • Fine Arts

Specific areas:

  • Design
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Print
  • Motion Graphics
Mr. Chetan T Bokde

Mr. Chetan T Bokde

Assistant Professor
M. Des., B. Arch (ID).

Email: chetan.bokde@sspad.edu.in

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Industrial Design

Specific areas:

  • Automobile Design
  • Transportation Design
  • Product Design
  • Ergonomics

Research Profiles:

Ar. Rizwana Raza

Ar. Rizwana Raza

Visiting Faculty
Education- B.Arch., DBM.

Email: rizwanaraza34@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Interior Design
  • Architecture & Design

Specific areas:

  • Architectural Renovation
  • Residential interiors
  • Furniture Design

Brief Profile

Ar. Rizwana Raza is an Expertise in the field of Architecture and Interior Design as a freelancer prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

Her Experience in developing and managing several interior and architectural projects is of more than 20 years.

Ar. Rizwana Raza has been working on variety of projects like renovation projects, residential and commercial interiors, multiplex and theatre design, Hotel design consultancy, Hospital design etc.

Mrs. Shivani Sharma Chindhe

Mrs. _Shivani Sharma Chindhe

Visiting Faculty
Education- _B.Arch, M. Arch (Architectural Conservation)

Email: ar.shivanissharma@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design

Specific areas:

  • Architectural Conservation
  • Documentation and research
  • Interior design, Landscape design

Brief Profile

Mrs. Shivani Sharma Chindhe has an Expertise in the Area of Architectural Design and Architectural Conservation

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

Her Experience as Project Architect with Archaeological Survey of India for restoration of MArkanda temple at Gadchiroli for 2 years.

She is also associated with The Achintya Studio based in Nagpur as Principal architect of the firm specializing in architectural design and heritage consultancy

She has a full time teaching experience of 1 year and an experience as practicing architect of 6 years.

Ar. Prithvi Narang

Ar. Prithvi Narang

Visiting Faculty
Education- B.Arch (I.D ) - Bachelors of Architecture with Majors in Interior Designing

Email: narang.prithvi@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Interior Designing
  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning
  • Practical field work

Specific areas:

  • Interior Designing
  • Study of Interior Materials
  • Techniques of using different materials in Interiors.
  • Architectural Conservation
  • Architectural Design
  • Study of Site Execution and Practical field work.

Brief Profile

Ar. Prithvi Narang is an Expertise in the Residential & Commercial projects. Also into the detailing of Interiors.

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

His Experience in Designing Residential, Commercial, Recreational Projects. Has an expertise in Maruti & Morris Garage Car Showrooms. Also has an experience in Bank Projects

Ar. Prithvi Narang was associated with Smita & Habeeb Khan Architects in Nagpur for a tenure of 4 years, as a Senior Architect and a Project Manager.

He was also associated with Ar. Virendra Khare for a tenure of 1 year, as a Junior Architect.

Ar. Prithvi Narang has an experience of 7 years in this profession, currently he has his own practice since 2.5 years, located in Nagpur.

Ar. Prathamesh Sanjay Waliokar

Ar. Prathamesh Sanjay Waliokar

Visiting Faculty
Education- B.Arch, M.Tech (Urban Planning)

Email: prathameshwaliokar@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Architecture & Design
  • Urban Planning

Specific areas:

  • Urban resilience
  • Urban Resource Management
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • Alternative construction techniques
  • Housing

Brief Profile

EDUCATION

M.Tech (Urban planning).: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Thesis: Integrated strategies for conservation of Food, Energy and Water (FEW) sector, case of Nagpur metropolitan area.

B.Arch.: Institute of Design Education and Architectural Studies, Nagpur

Dissertation/ Thesis: Centre for Well- Being (Objective to study sustainable building materials and alternative building techniques)

Extra-Curricular Activities Kathak, Drama, clay modelling, Origami and paper sculpture.

Mr. Prathamesh is an Expertise in the architectural design Area

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

His /HER Experience in developing and managing mega- industrial projects

Mr. Prathamesh was associated with industry SKA Consortium, Nagpur as designer.

He was also associated with Institute of Design Education and Architecture Studies, Nagpur as Assistant Professor

He is also heading a design firm working on residential project along with them park development and urban Beautification projects.

Mr. Puraskar Ramesh Dhote

Mr. Puraskar Ramesh Dhote

Visiting Faculty
Education- Masters of Fine Arts

Email: puraskard@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Fine Arts
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital Art
  • Motion Graphics & Compositing

Specific areas:

  • CorelDraw
  • Adobe Photo shop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premier Pro

Brief Profile

Mr. Puraskar Dhote is an Expertise in the Graphic Design Area

Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.

His Experience in Graphic Design & Digital Art Faculty in ICAT Design & Media College, Hyderabad, Telangana

Mr. Puraskar Dhote was associated with industry Tata Elxsi Ltd. In VCL Department (Worked for Byju’s Project), Bangalore, Karnataka

Mr. Shantanu Mahesh Agrawal

Mr. Shantanu Mahesh Agrawal

Visiting Faculty
Education- M.Tech Structural Engineering (VNIT Nagpur), Bachelor of Civil Engineering (SRCOEM Nagpur), Diploma in Civil Engineering (Govt. Polytechnic Nagpur)

Email: shantanuagrawal01@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Fine Arts
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital Art
  • Motion Graphics & Compositing

Specific areas:

  • CorelDraw
  • Adobe Photo shop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premier Pro

STAAD PRO, SAP2000

Brief Profile

Structural analysis & designing is my hobby & expertise.
Teaching the same is my passion.
I am having the experience for the same for past 3-4 years.

Mr. Aman Shrivastava

Mr. Aman Shrivastava

Visiting Faculty
Education- Masters in Industrial Product Design

Email: Aman_sks91@yahoo.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Industrial Design
  • Product Design
  • UX Design
  • Exhibition & Space Design

Specific areas:

  • Sketchup
  • Vray
  • Lumion
  • AI & PS
  • Figma & XD

Brief Profile

“Good design is simple, evocative, and brings order in an otherwise chaotic environment.
As a Professional dreamer, I strive to achieve this simplicity in everything I create while also doing my best to give form to the many dreams, mine and those of others.”

Mr. Akash Jagtap

Mr. Akash Jagtap

Visiting Faculty
Education- Bachelors in design From MIT institute of Design

Email: 31akash.jagtap@gmail.com

Area Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Product Design
  • Branding
  • User experience Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Immersive Art

Specific areas:

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Premier Pro
  • Figma
  • Touch Designer
  • Blender
  • Cinema 4D
  • Keyshot
  • Stable Diffusion

Brief Profile

Mr. Akash Jagtap an Expertise in the Product Design and UIUX Design area Prior to joining Visiting faculty at SSPAD Nagpur.
Growill Foundation
Project management and development
Growill is a Non-Profit section 8 company that works on sustainable development goals, (SDG 4) Quality Education and (SDG 15)Life on Land. My responsibilities include managing projects, Talk show hosting, Building and refining project architecture, and developing the SOP of the organization.
YoungSpace,science education blog
Co- Admin & content deisgner
Young space was an Educational blog about Astronomy and space Education with followers approx of 130 k.My Role was to research scientific topics and convert the complexity into a simple infographic format, which can easy to comprehend by the audience

MOTORODI
UI UX DESIGN

Motorodi provides a two-wheeler repairing service at the doorstep.My role was to work on the User Interface & User experience of the application and Website. The second task included Upgradation of the Brand Identity design of the company.

LIFEFORMS , Pune
PRODUCT DESIGN

Life for is a leading furniture design studio in Pune. It's a Product and service based company, They are expertise in modular kitchen design and office furniture domain.My role was to do research and development in the office furniture design sector, Design modern office furniture,build CAD models and Renders.