{"id":10,"date":"2023-04-09T07:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/vnit\/physics\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:06:38","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Sameer M. Deshkar<\/a><\/h3>

HEAD & Associate Professor <\/b>
\nArchitectural Design, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning & Education, Disaster Management, Urban Biodiversity Conservation, Green Infrastructure Planning
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Dr. Vinayak S Adane<\/a><\/h3>

Professor <\/b>
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Dr. Rajashree S Kotharkar<\/a><\/h3>

Professor <\/b>
Climate Responsive Architecture, Green Buildings, Urban Sustainability, Urban Heat Island Study, Compact City Concept, Vernacular Architecture<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Vijay S Kapse<\/a><\/h3>

Professor <\/b>
\nConstruction Technology, Low Cost Housing, Architectural Graphics, Architectural Design, Urban Planning, Urban Poverty.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Akshay P Patil<\/a><\/h3>

Associate Professor<\/b>
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Dr. Sameer M. Deshkar<\/a><\/h3>

Associate Professor <\/b>
\nArchitectural Design, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning & Education, Disaster Management, Urban Biodiversity Conservation, Green Infrastructure Planning,\nEmail Id: smdeshkar@arc.vnit.ac.in\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Smita H. Khan<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor <\/b>
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Prof. Kishor N. Joglekar<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
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Dr. Vidya V. Ghuge<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
\nArchitectural Design, Urban Planning, Planning legislation, Remote sensing and geographic information systems , Urban microclimate Studies, Urban Landscape , Building materials.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Amit M. Deshmukh<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
\n Architectural Design, History & Theory of Architecture, Basic and Visual Arts, Interior & Space Design.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Sarika P Bahadure<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
\nConstruction, Design, Sustainable Development, Building Materials, Neighbourhood, Urban Green Spaces<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Pankaj N Bahadure<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
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Dr. Meenal M Surawar<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
\nTheory of Architecture, Architectural Design, Landscape Design, Housing, Urban Heat Island Studies, Urban and Community Planning, Geographic Information Systems & Remote sensing, Urban Sprawl, Research Methodology<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Prof. Rakesh Parmar<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
Architectural Tectonics, Landscape Design & Planning, Landscape Urbanism
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Dr. Pankaj <\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
Urban Planning, Rural Planning, Development Planning, Smart City Planning, Urban Dynamics, Rural Dynamics, Urban Complexity, Sustainable Architecture, Hill Architecture<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Prof. Uttkarsha P. Dhurve <\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor<\/b>
Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design, Energy saving Landscapes, Regional Ecology, Cultural landscapes, Architectural History<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Sujoy Biswas<\/h2>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
Ph.D (IIT Kharagpur);M.Plan (MANIT,Bhopal); B.Arch (NIT Calicut)
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Dr. Vaidehi Pathak <\/h2>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
Ph.D (VNIT Nagpur);
M.Arch(YCMOU Nashik);B.Arch(RTM University)
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Prof. Kasturi Mandal<\/h5>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
PhD ongoing (IIT Kharagpur); MPlan (SPA Bhopal); BArch (BPUT Rourkela)
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Dr. Tanisha Dutta <\/h5>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
Ph.D (VNIT, Nagpur)
MPlan (SPA New Delhi ); BArch (VNIT, Nagpur)
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Prof. Madhavi Karangale<\/h2>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
M.Arch (Construction Management,
DYPCOA, Pune)
B.Arch(SMMACOA, Nagpur)
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Prof. Vaidehi Ambatkar<\/h5>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
Master of landscape Architecture(BNCA Pune); BArch (RTM Nagpur University)
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Prof. Swati Sinha<\/h2>

Adhoc Assistant Professor<\/b>
Ph.D (ongoing,NICMAR University Pune)
P.G (NICMAR, Pune)
B.Arch(BIT Mesra)
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Dr. Komal Thakur<\/h5>

BArch (VNIT); PG (YCMOU Nashik);Ph.D (RTMNU Nagpur)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ar. Dhanashree Zadgaonkar<\/h5>

M.Arch (SPA Bhopal), B.Arch (IDEAS Nagpur);
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Ar. Udaydutta H Gajbhiye<\/h5>

Architect, Urban Planner, Interior designer
MArch (Landscape, SPA Delhi); BArch (VNIT)
\nEmail ID : uday.gajbhiye@rediffmail.com<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ar. Rishikesh Pardhy<\/h5>

Space Plan Architect,
Architect, Urban Designer, Interior designer
MDesign (SPA Delhi); BArch (VNIT)
\nEmail ID : spaceplan08@pardhyarchitect.com<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ar. Meera Misal<\/h5>

Head Coach at WECOACH Institute
Architect, Designer
MDes (Industrial Design, IIT Kanpur); BArch (VNIT)
\nEmail ID : meera.smisal@gmail.com<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ar. Sunny Gupta<\/h5>

Vastu Design Consultants, Godrej Interio Showroom
Architect, Planner
MTech(Urban Planning, VNIT); BArch (MBPCA)
\nEmail ID : ar.sunnygupta99@gmail.com<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ar. Sandeep Pathe<\/h5>

Studio Sakha
Conservation Architect, Planner
MArch(Conservation, SPA Bhopal); BArch (IDEAS)
\nEmail ID : sandeeppathe@gmail.com<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ar. Kiran Purohit<\/h5>

Architect, Planner
B.Arch, Architectural Graphics, Architectural Design,Working Drawing
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Ar. Medha n. Pophale<\/h5>

Architect,
M.Arch (By Research VNIT), B.Arch(VNIT)
Ph.D ongoing in RTMNU <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Faculties at Architecture And Planning Engineering Dr. Sameer M. Deshkar HEAD & Associate Professor Architectural Design, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning & Education, Disaster Management, Urban Biodiversity Conservation, Green Infrastructure Planning Email Id: smdeshkar@arc.vnit.ac.in PROFESSOR Dr. Vinayak S Adane Professor Building Services, Construction, Design, City Planning, Urban Infrastructure Planning. Dr. Rajashree S Kotharkar Professor Climate Responsive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":727,"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2736,"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/2736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}