Authors Biography
Vipul Varshney
Vipul B. Varshney is a multi-talented architect, whose portfolio covers a wide range of projects in India as well as Mauritius. She has designed and executed some of Indias most renowned projectsfrom a township outside Mumbai for an urban diaspora to public buildings and hospitals. She is ConvenorINTACH, Lucknow chapter; Adviser, National Scientific committee ICOMOS, India; and an avid lover of the fine arts and Indias rich heritage. She is the author of two books LucknowA Treasure and Shaam-e-AwadhA Visual Journey, as well as 50 research papers and numerous articles for national dailies and international conferences. She had been a technical adviser of the Lucknow Mahotsava Committee to the Government of U.P. and also in the Heritage Regulation Drafting Committee for Lucknow Master Plan 2021. She has also been a visiting faculty at her alma mater and Professor-Design Chair at Integral University, Lucknow. She is the recipient of many awards including U.P. Ratan 2013, Ganj Carnival AwardShakti Samman 2015, Heritage Award 2016 from U.P. Government, Hindustan Times Women Achievers Award2013 nominee and A3 FoundationExcellence in Architectural Journalism 2016.