Faculty Profile

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B.Arch., M. Arch. (Architectural conservation), PhD

Alumna of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and Lunds University, Sweden with over 18 years of Professional experience and 9 years of teaching experience and has been instrumental in establishing and heading the architectural institute in Pune for over 4 years. 

She being a Conservation Architect has worked on various restoration and conservation projects including Nomination dossiers for World Heritage Sites in India for UNESCO and at Senior Management positions at multinationals. 

She has worked extensively on Temple architecture of India and Cambodia. She presented and published various research papers and has won the awards for the “Best Research papers” at national and international conferences across various countries. She has been part of committees with COA , AICTE, ICOMOS and INTACH.   

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Girish Doshi is an architect based in Pune. After graduating from BKPS School of Architecture, Pune University in 1980, he joined studio ‘Sangath’ in Ahmedabad. After seven years of apprenticeship with Master Architect Balkrishna Doshi, he started his own studio ‘Navkar’, Pune in 1987 and has been practicing architecture since the last 36 years. He also follows his passion for teaching. He taught at Bharti Vidyapeeth, PVP Coa, and Designed Brick School of Architecture where he taught for five years.

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B.Arch., M.Arch. Urban Design

Graduate from VNIT Nagpur in 1988 and Masters in Urban Design from SPA New Delhi in 1991. Set up consultancy firm Habitat Ekistics in 1999, after tutelary experience as a senior associate at I. Chaney and Associates from 1991 to 1999. The consultancy has undertaken varied projects ranging from residential bungalow to community dwellings; from resorts to hotels; from industrial units to commercial chain stores; from interiors to urban design schemes. Enriched with the professional experience, he ventured into academia and developed subject expertise in Architectural Design, Applied Research in Design, Settlement study. Developed pedagogical systems in Design Methodology, Criteria based Assessments and Evaluation in Design and Settlement study structure, which have been successfully implemented for last 7 - 9 years. Pedagogy Of Architectural Design Studio is his forte.

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B.Arch., M.E (Civil) (T& CP), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Architecture

Alumna of MMCA, Senior faculty member with 18 years of teaching experience in the same institute and 26 years of professional practice, having specialisation in Sustainable Architecture and Planning.
Author of several award winning research papers.
Recipient of many awards for architectural and landscape projects.
Submitted Doctoral thesis in July 2017
Held the charge of Principal MMCA - Jun 2015 to Aug 2017
Guided more than fifty students for final year B.Arch Architectural Project

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B.Arch., M.E (Civil) (T& CP)

Is an Associate Professor, an alumnus of MMCOA. She is been associated with MMCOA for more than 20 yrs. Teaching experience as core faculty for 18yrs and as visiting faculty for 3yrs. She completed her B.Arch from MMCOA in the year 1994 and masters in M.E. Town & Country plng from COEP in the year 2004. She has presented research papers at National and International level conferences. In addition to Academics she is a practicing Architect and handles various residential and interior projects under the name of Radius Design Solutions.

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B.Arch., M.Arch. In Envr. Arch.

Prof. Overall teaching experience of 9 yrs.
B.Arch.from MVP College of Architecture, Nasik.
M.Arch.(Environmental Architecture) from BNCA, Pune.
SPPU Approved Assistant Professor
Research papers published in National and International journals.
Attended various National and State level conferences.
Appointed as an External and Internal examiner for SPPU exams.

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B. Arch, M. Arch (Environmental architecture)

Graduate from BKPS College of Architecture,1990 and Masters in Environmental Architecture from BNCA, Pune 2019.

Merit rank holder throughout her education, she has professional experience of 30 years. She has worked with a leading Architectural firm in Pune for 25 years and designed various residential, commercial and institutional projects.

She is involved in teaching from last five years . She is teaching passionately with thorough professional experience and also consulting for various interior and architectural projects at present.

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Ar. Aniruddha Jogalekar completed his B. Arch. From Shivaji University, Kolhapur in 1994 and M. Arch. (Computer applications) from University of Pune in 2010. He has more than 25 years of professional and around 10 years of teaching experience. He has worked on various Architectural projects ranging from Housing, Hospitality, Health care, Commercial, Industrial, Public-semipublic and Institutional etc handling  all the stages of the project life cycle. In academics his core competency and experience is in the subjects of Architectural Design, Advanced building technology and services, Building services, Use of Digital tools in Architecture.

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B. Arch, M.Arch

Architect since year 2000, nineteen years of combined  experience in field as well as academics. Have Architectural consultancy since year 2001. Started teaching as a visiting lecturer since 2008. Computer applications in Architecture is a stream of interest, have done M'Arch in computer applications in 2013. Keen on contributing in the Architecture as much as possible...in practice as well as teaching.    

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B.Arch, MUDP (Urban Development Planning), MA (Geography), PhD Scholar

Jyoti Jain Tholiyahas over 15 years of professional and teaching experienceworking  in USA and Indiain the field of Geographical Information Science, Urban Planning, and Architecture. Earned Master's degree in Geography (2007) from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, B.Arch (2002) and MUDP (2004) from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, MP, India.

Her research interest includes Geospatial modeling, Urban water sustainability, and Urban resilience. Published and presented research papers in various National and International Journals and conferences. She has also been active in providing consultancy services to prepare GIS based maps for village and slum communities.

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B.Arch.,  M. Arch. (Comp.Appl.)

Ar.Anita Kavathekar has completed her B.Arch. in 1999 from Shivaji University, M. Arch. (Comp.Appl.) in 2010 from Pune University. She is also enrolled for PhD in Visvesvararaya Technical University in 2019. She has worked on architectural and interior project consist of office and residential interiors with reputed firms from Pune. She is in to teaching profession since 2006. Architectural Design-3, Working Drawing, and Research in Architecture are her forte. She has published two international papers and six papers in national conference proceedings.

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B.Arch , Masters in Landscape Architecture

Ar.Trishna Mahadkar completed her B.Arch. in 2006 from Sinhgad college of Architecture and Masters in Landscape Architecture in 2008 from Dr. B.N. College of Architecture. She has a total of 14 yrs of Teaching and Professional experience in Architectural & landscape projects.

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B. Arch, Masters in Construction Management

Graduated from VNIT, Nagpur in 1998 and Masters in Construction Management from SPPU, Pune in 2015. She has profession experience of 15yrs after and teaching experience of 7yrs., which include teaching at PG level also.

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B. Arch. , M. Arch (UD), MDip (CPM)

He is MMCA alumni with graduation in 2001 followed by first master's degree in Urban Design from SPA, New Delhi and second master’s degree in Construction Project Management from Heriot Watt University (Dubai Campus). He is having 20 years experience of working on many Architectural, Urban Design, Interiors and Management projects, spanning entire project building cycle, right from project inception till handover and even post handover. During professional career, he has worked in countries like United Arab Emirates and India, mainly in cities like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Delhi, Pune, Goa, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Tirupati etc. He was part of design and execution of many high rise residential, large scale commercial, institutional, infrastructure, boutique retail outlets, F&B outlets etc. projects with number of organisations. He has also been associated as visiting faculty and external jury member in many colleges across Pune and Hyderabad.

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B.Arch., M.Arch. Construction Mngt

1995- Completed B.Arch in First class from Sir J.J.College of Archiitecture, Mumbai.
2010 - Completed M.Arch in First Class Construction Management from BNCA,Pune.
Experience for more than 23 years in field of Architecture, Landscape and Interior Projects. She worked as In- house Architect for 2 years with Unilever Ltd, Mumbai.
Awardee of Johnson & Johnson Ltd, Mulund for quality and timely completion of project.She completed various projects with SAS ltd, PFIZER ltd, Smith and Nephew ltd HSBC bank. Along with academics till date independently practicing residential Architecture, Interiors-Corporate, Software offices Landscape project of Bungalows, residential schemes, resorts and as well as corporate offices commercial complexes.

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G.D.Art, Diploma In Marketing Management

Education: G.D. Art (Applied Art) 1988
DMM 1989 Distinction (First in the order of Merit)
Professional Experience: Pre- Qualification 03 years. Post Qualification 30 years.
Swarnakala Advertising 1985 Junior Artist
Market Missionaries 1988 Senior Artist
Acclaim Advertising 1992 Senior Artist
Flash Advertising Pvt. Ltd. 1994 Art Director
Kalyani Sharp India Limited 1997 Graphic Designer R&D Dept. MMCOA since 2004 Asst. Professor
Personal Strengths: Visualization, Designing, Confident, Sincerity, Punctuality, Discipline, Dedication towards work, Reliable, Positive attitude, workaholic, Time Management.

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B.Arch., M.Arch. Industrial Design

I am an Architect and an Industrial designer, having done my B.Arch from UPTU (Gold medalist), Lucknow and M. Arch. from SPA, Delhi(2007-09) in Industrial Design. After spending around two years in field, my quest towards academics and pedagogy techniques brought me into teaching. Staying and working in Lucknow, New Delhi, Noida and Pune, has further exposed me in this field. I just wish that this quest never ends.

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M Arch – Construction Management (PUNE UNIVERSITY 2015)
B Arch – Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni. (PUNE UNIVERSITY 2011)

Professional experience of 7 years and teaching experience of 3.5 years, he has worked with a leading Architectural firm in Pune and has designed various residential, commercial and institutional projects in and around Pune.

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B. Arch, M.Arch

He has completed his B.Arch. (2011) and M.Arch.in Urban Design (KRVIA - 2014) from Mumbai University. As a professional he has worked on various projects like Pune as a smart city as well as Residential Redevelopment, Master Planning, etc. Having an inclination towards documenting the undocumented heritage structures and settlements and he has led a team towards winning a national award for documentation. During masters he was part of a studio under Ar. Charles Correa which has developed an approach towards sensitive space design. He has a teaching experience (Assistant Professor) of more than 3.5 years and professional experience of 6 years. His research interest includes traditional typology study, settlement study, architectural design explorations, Urban Design and people behaviour in a designed space.

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B.Arch., M.Arch. Architectural Conservation

M Arch – Architectural Conservation (SPPU 2014)
B Arch – VIT’s PVPCOA, PUNE UNIVERSITY (2011)
Conservation Architect with professional experience of 7 years and teaching experience of 4 years, working with reputed Architectural firm ENVIRONS on Conservation Projects

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B.Arch.,M.Arch. [Advanced Design]

A 2012 B. Arch graduate with a Masters degree from Manipal University in 2014. Initially worked 3 years in Paranjape Schemes (Construction) Ltd, Pune on various large Township projects and commerical projects. A state and Distric player for Roller sketting, Roller hockey and Batminton player. Working with MMCOA from 2017. Having professional experience of 03 years and Teaching experience of 01 years.

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B.Arch, M. Arch Environment

Assistant Professor, Alumina of MMCOA graduated in 2015. Have completed Masters in Environmental Architecture in 2019 from D.Y.Patil Lohegaon, Pune.  Have full time teaching experience of 3 years. Founder Director at INGreen Environmental Services, Pune with Professional experience of Providing services pertaining to micro and macro level constructions and development projects, Green building services including building certifications, energy Efficiency & Simulations, Environmental Impact Assessments & other Environmental compliances. Have got an opportunity to work with Green Building Council of India, Delhi for LEED India.

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B. Arch, M. Arch.

Graduate from ABCA, Sangli in the year 2017 and Masters in Architecture form BNCA, Pune 2019. Worked on projects related to Redevelopment, Interior Design, GRIHA Self Evaluation, Quotations for Solar water heating and Solar PV systems. TRG member (Technical Resource Guide) for Solar Decathlon India 2020 and 2021.

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B.Arch , M.Arch (Construction Management)

I have teaching experience of 3 years and professional experience of 1 year. Completed my B. Arch from Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Architecture, Akurdi in 2016 and M.Arch in Construction Management in 2019. Worked as a visiting faculty for subject TOS (Theory of Structures) in S. B .Patil College of Architecture and Symbiosis Skills and Open University , worked as an Assistant Professor in Dr.DY. Patil College of Architecture, Akurdi. I have always been passionate about teaching and mainly focused on making students understand complex concepts in a much simpler manner through interactive teaching methods

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B. Arch, Masters in Environmental Architecture

Graduate from SPPU, Pune in 2016 and Masters in Environmental Architecture and Planning from SPPU, Pune in 2019. She is the recipient of National Award such as the ‘National awards for Excellence in Post Graduate Thesis in 2019. She has Participated and presented the research paper in 7 th Annual Sustainable Development Conference, Thailand 2019. She was Nominated for Young Talented Architecture Award Asia_2019, Organized by Fundacio Mies Van De Rohe, Barcelona.She is a practicing architect with an experience of 5 years, has handled various projects related to Urban Design, Residential and Interior Design, Green Building Certifications under the name Studio7.Inc. She is an Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional.

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B.Arch , M.Arch (Landscape Architecture)

Vaidehi Sadwilkar is an architect and landscape architect; she graduated from VIT’s PVP College of architecture in 2014 and pursued her Masters in Landacpe architecture from BNCA Pune in 2016. Before joining MMCOA, she has had academic experience of 3 years during which she was assistant professor in PVPCoA Pune; also had professional experience of 2 years during which she worked with Ar Kiran Kalamdani (Conservation, PMC Heritage Cell Projects) and Sparc Design (Architecture and Interiors) in Pune. Had an opportunity to conduct a cultural landscape studio as visiting faculty for M.Arch (LA) based on research conducted during her own masters on “Traditional landscape management systems of Konkan region : Asud Baug, Dapoli.”

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B. Arch , M. Arch

Ar. Sailee Awade completed her B. Arch. in 2015 from Academy Of Architecture, Mumbai, and Masters in Landscape Architecture in 2018 from School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal. She has 2 years of Teaching experience and 3 years of professional experience with varied scales of landscape projects. She is a Kathak Visharad and aspires to accomplish Masters in classical dance. Her interests extend in writing scripts, poems and finding peculiarities between various forms of Art.

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B.Sc., B.Lib., M.A., M.Lib.Sc., SET,  Ph.D    

Overall 17 years experience in library field.
B.Sc. in Physics from Bombay University.
M.Lib.Sc. from IGNOU.
PhD awarded by Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
Research papers published in National and International Journals.
Attended various National and State level conferences/ seminars and workshops.