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Principal
Ar. Prof. Parshan Singh Sindhu
B.Arch, M.Des.(Product Design)

Ar. Prof. Parshan Singh Sindhu, graduated in Architecture(B.Arch) from Visvesvaraya National Institute Of Technology, VNIT, Nagpur in the year 1988. Also, a postgraduate in Master of Design from PIADS, Nagpur. Very well equipped with strong industry experience of 35 years and amalgamated architectural education for more than 11 years. Therefore, has an intended vision for the holistic practical development of the students, budding architects at The Oxford School of Architecture, TOSA.

Also a recipient of Vijaya Ratna Award 1997 & Rashtriya Nirman Ratan Award 2000 for outstanding contributions in the field of Architecture.

During the span of 35 years, has contributed as an architect by designing many notable projects which include Schools, Residential buildings, Religious, Commercial buildings along with Interiors. Also worked as Consultant Architect for MNCs like SEMAC, Rendering Designs for ITC at Haridwar, NESTLE, GODREJ, ICHER Motors and Bio Veda Pharmaceuticals Uttarakhand. As an architectural consultant, has designed Green houses for Hungary based company, ”ORGANICA ECO TECHNOLOGIES” for American Architect and Entrepreneur Atila Bodnar for their projects at Germany, Medina and France . Prepared Redevelopment Plan in Project Affected Person (PAP) Scheme at Chinchbhuwan for Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC), Nagpur. Senior Architect at Mantri Realty a Bombay based company and had added value to the field of Green Building Architecture with his expertise in Green building concepts, throughout the practice.

Involved in Architectural education at various ranks for notable institutions as Professor, Principal, Director, and Dean. With the diverse in depth knowledge and thereby acquired skills, presently contributing as a Principal at The Oxford School of Architecture,TOSA.

Design Chair

Ar. V. Vishwanath, Co- Founder & Principal Architect - Vishwannath Associates

Ar. V. Vishwanath :
Principal Architect of Vishwannath Associates, Vishwanath formed his own practice in 1998, with over 23 years of diverse national and international experience, is strongly supported at office by his wife Vidya Vishwanath a painter / artist and an Architect by passion & his son Yashas a passionate Artist / painter graduated in Architecture and joined VA.

Passion for service being his motto :

Was instrumental in design and construction of a Senior Citizens’ Home under the Rotary Banner and is serving as Executive Trustee of the same.
Design and construction of a Government School in his office neighbourhood as a CSR initiative from his firm.

Participation and Delegation :

Member of “Board of Studies in Architecture” for VTU from 2013 - 2016.
Task Force Sub Committee Member of Quality Assurance in Public Constructions for GoK
MC Member of Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID), Bangalore
Asst. Governor Rotary International Dist 3190 for 2018 - 19
President - 2012 - 13 of Rotary Bangalore Orchards.
Executive Trustee of ‘Rotary Orchards Chaitanya Senior Citizens’ Home Trust’
He has been featured in leading Architectural magazines of India and newspapers.
Board of Governors of BMS College of Architecture, Basavangudi & BMS School of Architecture, Yelahanka.

The awards received at Regional, National & International level for IIM-B Library Designs is as follows:

Zonal Award - IIID Design Excellence Awards 2019

Category - Institutional & Public Spaces / Zone 1 for ‘IIMB - LIBRARY” Redefined

IIID Design Excellence National Award Winner 2019

Category - Institutional & Public Spaces for ‘IIMB - LIBRARY” Redefined

‘World Architecture Community Award’ for our design at “IIMB - Library” Redefined.
VA Awarded at 10th Annual Construction Week India Awards 2020 “Architectural Design of the Year”

(Commercial) for ‘Vaishno Devi Metro Station at Nagpur’.

LIST OF FACULTIES –CORE

FACULTY NAME	Details - Profile
Ar. RUPA SWAMY	Ar. Rupa Swamy , Architect Habitat designer has completed Bachelors in Architecture from BIT Bangalore in 2003 and Masters in Architecture (Habitat Design ) from BMSSA.She has worked in renowned office like GNA as Associate Architect . She has joined TOSA as visiting professor in 2016 and promoted to Associate professor
Ar. SMITA RAJGIRI	Studied Architecture at PDACE, Gulbarga (2002-2007) VTUniversity. Interned from GNA -Gayathri and Namith Atchitects and then worked at various firms in Hyderabad and Pune. Post her M.Arch. in Environmental Architecture from Dr. BNCA - Pune. She joined The Oxford School of Architecture - Bangalore in the year 2014 and is working as an Associate professor here.
Ar. MADHURIMA BAKSI	Madhurima, studied Architecture at PMCA, Cuttack (2002-2007) Biju Pattanaik University. After graduation she joined Ambuja Realty Develpoment and worked in several hospitality project with various renowned architects. After working for some years in Dubai, she joined The Oxford School of Architecture in 2018.
Ar. JHARNA DONGRE	She has completed her Undergraduate studies in Architecture at Kavikulguru Institute of Technology,Ramtek(Nagpur) (2003-2008). She has a MS Arch Degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA) in Sustainable Architecture in 2011. She is Associated with The Oxford School of Architecture from July 2018 till this date.
Ar. RIA MIRIAM JOHN	Ria Miriam John is an Architect and Urban Planner, with a Bachelors degree in Architecture from College of Architecture, Trivandrum and a Masters degree in Town Planning (Specialisation in Housing) from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. She has been practicing in her own firm, Design Build since August 2017 till date. After Masters, she has been working as an Assistant Professor in DC School of Architecture and Design, Vagamon for 2 years and currently she is working in The Oxford School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor.
Ar. LAVANYA B	Ms. Lavanya B holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from UVCE, Bengaluru (2017) and a Master’s degree in Urban Design from RVCA, Bengaluru (2019). Her master’s thesis was presented at various platforms like ISOLA Thesis-Open Day V 4.0 (2019) - Bengaluru Chapter at BMSCA Campus, Bengaluru, Institute of Urban Designers (IUDI) – Karnataka Chapter and National Awards for Excellence in Architectural Thesis 2019 – 2020 conducted by COA. She has built her professional career as a practicing Architect for 1.5 years and has exposure to residential, commercial, landscape, and interior projects. She has also handled freelance projects since 2019 where she has worked on various interior projects, and renovations.
Ar. KRITTIKA MOHAN	Krittika Mohan is an Architect with a specialization in Architectural Conservation. She has completed her B.Arch from Gauhati University and M.Arch from School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi in 2019. Post her masters, she has worked in the field of Heritage Conservation with INTACH AH Division and Aishwarya Tipnis Architects, New Delhi. She is a EPWG North East Zone representative of International Council of Monuments and Sites, ICOMOS India. She joined The Oxford school of Architecture in 2021.
Ar. Aswathi A	She is an Architect graduated in 2017 from IES College of Architecture Thrissur, Kerala. After her Graduation, she had worked with INTACH for Architectural Documentation. She was working with GN Heritage Matters , Koramangala Bangalore as an Architect .She has worked on various Heritage projects under Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore and Kerala Circle. She joined Oxford school of Architecture as Asst.Professor in May ,2022
Ar Monisha Dharwal	Monisha graduated from the Acharya's NRV School of Architecture in the year 2014, under the Visvesvaraya Technological University. She comes with an experience in projects spanning residential, educational, commercial and corporate fit-outs and has been associated with design firms in Bangalore namely, DSP design associates, Education Design International, Katerra Design and Total Environment Building Systems. She has joined The Oxford School of Architecture in 2022 as an Assistant Professor.
Er. VIDYASHREE B H	Vidyashree BH is a Structural Engineer, Graduated in Civil Engineering under VTU in 2017 and Post Graduated in Computer Aided Design of Structures From SDMCET , Dharwad in 2019. She worked in the Estate department of Indian Institute of Management Banglore (IIMB) for one year. From December 2020 she is working for TOSA as an Assistant Professor.

Core Faculty Publications, FDPs, and workshops organized

VISITING FACULTY

FACULTY NAME	Details - Profile
RIJOE GEORGE	Rijoe George Completed his Diploma in Computer Studies (1995 at Cambridge University, Local Examination Syndicate) and a B.Sc Visual Communication (2000 at Bharathiar University) . He specialized in 3d Visualisation and Rendering with more than 20 years of experience. He began his association with architecture when he started working in SNCS Architecture from 2003 to 2011 as a 3D Visualizer. He has done many 3D Renderings and Architectural Walkthroughs for many projects in Bangalore and abroad. Currently he runs his own company 3DSolutions which specialises in 3D Visualization for Architecture, Interior Design, Product Design and Mechanical Engineering Design. He is an expert in software like Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3D Max, Chaos Vray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Twin Motion. He started his contributions towards teaching from the year 2011. He is also associated with institutions like Gopalan School of Architecture and Symbiosis School of Media & Communication.
Ar. VEENA NAIDU	B.Tech (Civil), MTP (SAP, Chennai) PGDCM(Delhi), LLB (KSLU, Hubli, Karnataka) She has started her career with Design of Structures in Hyderabad and Chennai, went on to monitoring and planning of ITDC Hotels and Sterling Holiday resorts. Was a full time professor in DSCE for 7 yrs. In 2005 started her own firm with project management consultancy services. Had spearheaded execution of high-rise buildings, software parks, 5 star and 4 star hotels,etc., covering projects in Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Last 5 yrs have taken up responsibility as a visiting faculty in a few colleges including TOSA, Bangalore.
Mr. MAHESH K S	Mahesh K S, completed GD Art (5 years diploma in Drawing and Painting) at Kalamandir School of Art (Bangalore) in 2002 and MFA in painting at Sri Allamaprabhu Lalithakala Academy (Mysore). Worked in DSATM (Department of Architecture) from 2012 to 2015 as Art Teacher and Assistant Professor. Present working in The Oxford School of Architecture since 2018 and have been associated with different builders, engineers and architects as freelance artist from 18 years.
Ar. PRAVEEEN N
Ar. UMMAL FAHMIDHA.S	Ar.Ummal Fahmidha.S is a Gold Medalist from The School of Architecture and Planning (SAP),Anna University in the year 2003. Strong Education Professional with a Master of Technology M.Tech degree focused in Building Technology and Construction Management (BTCM) from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras( IIT Madras) in 2005. She has extensively traveled and has her own firm Fahmidha Architects doing Residential Interior projects. She is skilled in Lean Construction , Construction Project Management and Interior Design.She has worked in Infosys and in Services Industry. She is Associated with The Oxford College of Architecture from May 2021.
Ar. PRAKASH SELVARAJ	Prakash Selvaraj is an Architect having 18 years of experience in handling architecture, interiors and landscape projects across South India. He has completed 320+ projects. He 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON HANDLING ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS AND LANDSCAPE PROJECTS ACROSS SOUTH INDA TO COMPLETE 320+ PROJECTS. HAVE ENJOYED TEACHING AND ASSOCIATED WITH FEW INSTITUTIONS EARLIER ON ACADEMICS. SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESPONSIVE DESIGN INTERESTS ME.
Ar. NAGARAJA G P	Finished B. Arch from Bangalore Institute of Technology in 2004, Started the firm Aadyam Design Studio in 2007. Worked on various projects, few of them were published in leading magazines. Completed M.Arch in Digital Design from VTU in 2021.