Mona Doctor-Pingel
Principal Architect

©Catherine Karnow

©Ibn Talib
Madhivanan Gnanavel
Junior Architect & Landscape Designer


©Ibn Talib
Ralph Sequeira
Junior Architect
Ridho Cairns
Junior Architect
Madhivanan is born in Auroville and joined Studio Naqshbandi in August 2018. He earned his degree at McGan'S Ooty School of Architecture, 2018.
Ralph joined Studio Naqshbandi in March 2019. He earned his degree at MIET, Gondia, 2015.
Ridho joined Studio Naqshbandi in September 2019. From Australia, he earned his masters degree at University of Melbourne, 2019.

Almitra Roosevelt
Intern

Shambhavi

©Ridho Cairns
Mocca
Intern
Almitra joined in December 2020. She is studying her Bachelors of Architecture at CEPT University.
Shambhavi joined in December 2020. She is studying her Bachelors of Interior Design at SID, CEPT University.
Mocca was born in Auroville, is self-taught, cookie lover.
COLLABORATORS

©Ibn Talib
Tushita Gandhi
Interior Designer
Tushita assists in the interior designing and execution of several projects of the Studio. She earned her degree at APIED, Vallabh Vidya Nagar in 2000.

©Ibn Talib
Mohan
Contractor
Self taught from Alankuppam Village, constructed projects including Cottage Showroom, Fish House, Studio Naqshbandi and Temple Tree Retreat.

©Ibn Talib
Baskar
Contractor
Self-taught, Aurovillian, constructed projects including Elizabeth House, currently constructing Utsav mixed-use development.
©Abishek P
Vinayagam
Contractor
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PAST COLLABORATORS
Arusha Shridhar Drouin
Architect
Arusha had worked on several of the studio's major projects from 2007-2012. She earned her degree at BNCA, Pune, 2001.
NAQSHBANDI FAMILY
Name | Role | School | Period of work at Studio Naqshbandi
Abishek Pucca | Architectural Intern | CEPT University, Ahmedabad | June – December 2020
Ibn Talib | Architect | John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto | July - September 2020
Geetika Tyagi | Architectural Intern | AIT School Of Architecture & Planning, Greater Noida | January - August 2020
Saloni Mahajan | Interior Design Intern | SID, CEPT, Ahmedabad | September - December 2019
Renuka Gupta | Architectural Intern | MBS School of Planning and Architecture | Delhi, ​August 2019 - April 2020
Shaan Lyngdoh Lakshmanan | Architectural Intern | Syracuse University, United States of America | July - August 2019
Henrik Dutz | Architect | TU Dresden, Germany | December - March 2019
Abhishek K. Ramesh | Architectural Intern | CMRU School Of Architecture, Bengaluru | July 2019 - January 2020
Anshul Rathore | Architectural Intern | IIT, Roorkee | February - July 2018
Aakansha Jain | Architectural Intern | Manipal University | April 2017 - May 2018
Vishnu Vardhan | Research Engineer | VIT Mechanical Engineering,Vellore | November 2017 - November 2018
Nancy Agarwal | Architect | RV College, Bengaluru | September 2017 - September 2019
Nitya Kalyanaraman | Architectural Intern | Sushant School of Art and Architecture | Gurugram, June 2017 - November 2017
Ines Dahl | Architectural Intern| ETSAM Madrid / CEPT, Ahmedabad | June - July 2017
Divij Bhardwaj Architect | MNIT, Jaipur | April - May 2017
Ipsita Mallick | Architectural Intern | Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, NMIMS, Mumbai | February - Sept 2017
Roshita Sudhir | Architect | NIT Trichy | December 2016 - June 2019
Sukirth Gowder | SAP, Anna University, Chennai | December 2016 - May 2017
Yann Robichon |ESIROI, Reunion Island | August - September 2016
Malvika Singh |​Interior Design Intern |SID, CEPT, Ahmedabad | June - December 2016
Nehaa Bhavaraju | Architect | NIT Trichy | February - December 2016
Chandana Reddy | SAP, Chennai | January - December 2016
Pratha Bhagat |Architectural Intern | Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies | Mumbai, November 2015 - April 2016
Akash Puthuparambil | Kerala | August 2015-March 2016
Anant Mairal | Architectural Intern |National Institute of Technology | Raipur, June 2015- April 2016
Tanushree Charan | SBST, CEPT, Ahmedabad | June - July 2015
Melina Wiedera |Interior Designer | HfT Stuttgart, Germany | June - July 2015
Hugo Lavocat | ESIROI, Reunion Island | May - August 2015
Eleanor Figueiredo | Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, United Kingdom | May - June 2015
Jagdish Patel | School of Architecture, Bharath University | August 2015 - August 2016
Suraj Dwivedi | Junior Architect | College of Architecture, SVIT, Vasad | December 2013 - May 2014
Ana Antunes | Porto School of Architecture, Portugal | August - September 2014 & February 2015
Aashna Agarwal | Architecture Intern | CEPT, Ahmedabad | June - December 2014
Pankti Mehta | Architecture Intern | Navrachana University, Vadodara | June - December 2014
Aanchal Subbaiah | Architecture Intern |RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru | March - May 2014
Darpan Arora | Architectural Intern | College of Architecture, SVIT, Vasad | February 2014 - January 2015
Anjali Ramachandran |School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Mysuru | November 2013 - May 2014
S. Kishore Rajaram | Architecture Intern | Architectural Intern | SAP Anna University, Chennai |Dec 2012 - May 2013
Anna Alma Bakhlina | Architect | Moscow Institute of Architecture MARKHI , Russia and KTH, Sweden |November 2012 - August 2014
Parth Pandya | Interior Design Intern | SID, CEPT, Ahmedabad |June - December 2012
Niharika Sanyal | Architecture Intern | SA, CEPT, Ahmedabad |May 2012 - Jan 2013
Rakesh Kumar | Manipal University | December 2011 - June 2012
Sachin Patil | Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai | June - December 2011
Kriti Gupta | Intern | SID, CEPT, Ahmedabad | May - Dec 2011
Tejal Bafna | Academy Of Architecture, Mumbai | March - May 2011
Ojas Vyas | IPSA, Rajkot | January 2011 - January 2012
Sonam P. Kesarkar | BNCA, Pune | January 2010 - January 2011
Sindhu Gopal | SRM University, Kattankulathur | July 2010 - January 2011
Shashank | NIT Trichy | June - December 2010
Annam Vaishnavi | CSI Institute of Technology, School Of Planning & Architecture, Secunderabad | June - December 2010
Sneha Bakshi | Academy Of Architecture, Mumbai | March - June 2010
Deepti Gangwal | SP, CEPT, Ahmedabad | May - June 2010
Kaushal Jajoo | SP, CEPT, Ahmedabad | May - June 2010
Swastika Mukherjee | Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur | January - June 2010
Prakash Raj | Self taught | October 2009 - January 2010; February 2016 - October 2017
Nidhi Dixit | University of Mumbai | December 2008 - March 2009
Joana Marques | Architect | Porto School of Architecture, Portugal | August - September 2009
Kanika Puri | SID, CEPT, Ahmedabad, | May - August 2009
Akshaya L.N. | Intern | TVB School of Habitat Studies, Delhi | July - December 2009
Marica Oliviera | Porto School of Architecture, Portugal | March - October 2009
Noble George | Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat | August - December 2008
Abhiruchi Anand | Intern | SID, CEPT, Ahmedabad | May - November 2008
Venu Sivan | College of Engineering Trivandrum | June 2007 - January 2008
Tushita Gandhi | APIED, Vallabh Vidyanagar | 2006 - 2009
Vishal Chudgar | APIED, Vallabh Vidyanagar | June - October 2007
Samir | Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology Surat | July - November 2002
Avani Parekh | APIED Vallabh Vidyanagar | ???
Pallavi Gopalkrishnan | B. M. S. College of Engineering |March - June 2003
Nithya E. J. | College of Engineering Trivandrum, | April - June 2007
Aamir | University of Lucknow | August - December 2004
Garima | University of Lucknow | August - December 2004
Deval Gandhi | School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad | June - December 2005
Amorette Pereira | BNCA, Pune | January - April 2000
Kanal Shah | MSU, Vadodara | June - December 1995
Batul Raaj | SA, CEPT, Ahmedabad | June - December 1995
Arusha Shridhar | BNCA, Pune | January - April 2000