Jagan Shah

Mr. Shah is the Dean of the Sushant School of Architecture, Gurgaon, and Chief Executive of Urban Space Consultants, New Delhi, a multi-disciplinary city planning and architecture practice. He received his professional training from the School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi and thereafter trained as a historian and critic at the University of Cincinnati and Columbia University. From 1998 till 2009, he has been part of the visiting faculty at the SPA, New Delhi. He is the South-Asia Coordinator of the Modern Asian Architecture Network, an International NPO at the University of Tokyo and has steered their conferences in different Asian countries. He is a prolific writer and his first book Contemporary Indian Architecture, was published by Roli Books in 2008.