Dr. Shubhada Kamalapurkar

Designation: Professor

Qualification: Ph.D | M.Arch | B.Arch

Experience: 26+ Years

About

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INSTITUTIONAL ROLES –  

Dr Shubhada Kamalapurkar is Professor and Member of Board of Studies , Architecture, of Pune University( SPPU). She is into Academics for past 26+ Years ; Founder Member of Dr B N College of Architecture and Founder and Former Head of Department of Landscape Architecture. She has completed B.Arch from SPPU (1992) , Masters in Architecture (Architectural Conservation) in 1994 from SPA, Delhi and Ph.D (2017) from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Formerly known as Pune University.  

Her Doctoral work dealt with Community Engagement, Tourism, Sustainable development and Management in context of Cultural Heritage. She has successfully collaborated with International Universities of MIT,USA, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC) , USA and Curtin University (under AUS-aid), Australia for Joint Research, Design Studios and workshops. 

She has been awarded ‘MASA – Best Teachers Award for the subject of ‘Landscape Design’ , in 2013 by Maharashtra Association of Schools of Architecture and CNN – IBN ‘LOKMAT SAKHI GAURAV PURASKAR’ in 2011, Category – ‘Education’ – Awarded for her contribution in the field of Education.  

She is Life Member of Indian Institute of Architects(IIA), Executive Committee Member of Pune Chapter of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage(INTACH), Scientific Committee Member of Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Tourism for ICOMOS- INDIA and Contributing Member of International Scientific Committee of Cultural Landscapes – International Federation of Landscape Architecture ( ISCCL-IFLA). 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE-  
Cultural Landscapes , Tourism & Stakeholder engagement, Architectural and Landscape Conservation, Participatory Approaches , Perception Based studies , Research and Research Based projects , Environmental Design

MKSSS’s Dr B N College of Architecture, Pune

Ph.D : Architecture

2017

School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

M.Arch : Architectural Conservation

1994

B K P S College of Architecture, Pune University, Pune

B.Arch

1992

Research & Publications

Research Grants

Urban Menus

Research Project International Grant with Ar. Laura Spinadel, Vienna, 2022

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Sacred Groves / Devrai in & around Pune

BCUD Research Grant 2012-14 (Co-Author)

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Tracing the Sacred Landscapes of Trimbakeshwar, Nasik through ancient religious scriptures

MASA Research Scholarship

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Concise guide to Trees of Pune Region

BCUD Research Grant, 2011-13

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Awards & Honors

MASA – Best Teachers Award

For the subject of ‘Landscape Design’ , in 2013 by Maharashtra Association of Schools of Architecture, Maharashtra

CNN – IBN ‘Lokmat Sakhi Gaurav Puraskar’

In 2011, Category – ‘Education’ - Awarded for her contribution in the field of Education.

State level Winner for AVISHAKAAR , 2014

University of Pune for the Research Project – ‘Eco-tourism at Ellora Region’, along with Prof Asmita Divekar ,under the Teachers Category

AESA ( ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION) AWARD

‘Industry- Academia Engagement’ for the Industrial Landscape Project of Atlas Copco, Chakan, Pune in 2013

Third Prize for Research Paper at ACLA International Symposium‘Meanings and Aesthetics in Asian Cultural Landscape

Hosted by Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) and Urban Greening Institute, SNU,Seoul, Korea , October 2013

Award for Landscape Development Project of University of Pune Campus ( Rs 1,00,000)

By SPPU, 2007

Award for Project - Redevelopment of Laxmi road - Road Design Competition ( Rs 75000)

By MANASE 2006