Mahesh Bangad

Designation: Associate Professor

Qualification: M. Arch | B.Arch

Experience: 15 Years

mahesh.bangad@bnca.ac.in

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With an Industry experience of 16 Years and a Professional career of over 14 Years, Prof. Mahesh Rameshwar Bangad is an Associate Professor and the former Head of Department for B. Arch at BNCA Pune. He is enrolled as a Research Scholar at SPPU, has a master’s in environmental architecture from SPPU, Pune & a Post Graduation in Project Management from Manchester, UK.

He is the current Chairman of the Architects Engineers & Surveyors Association (AESA), Executive Committee Member of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Pune Centre. Mahesh is also an Executive Committee Member of INTACH, Pune and has represented Maharashtra at the UNESCO-INTACH World Heritage Forum for Youth in Delhi in 2016. He is an Associate Life Member of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Associate Life Member of the Indian Institute of Interior Designers (IIID), Associate Member of the ICOMOS, India, an Affiliate Member of ISHRAE and an Associate Member of IGBC.

Mahesh conducts workshops and delivers talks on Project Management in Building Construction, Risk Management, Vernacular Architecture and Thinking Design for colleges across India on various forums including the Annual and Zonal NASA Conventions. He has been invited by institutes as a motivational speaker and for conducting elective subjects of Design thinking, Risk and Project Management etc. He has served as a Jury Member and curator for many National and International Design and allied competitions and has been invited for Architectural Design Juries (B. Arch and M. Arch) at several Universities in India. He has been a mentor for International design Workshops, a Panelist on various platforms on topics of Environment, Sustainability, Project Management, and Heritage and has also served as a Panel Moderator for several forums including those of IA&B’s 361 Degree Design Conferences in Mumbai, For ACETECH, on various Talk shows of IIID, Panel Discussions at NASA India, Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA), Design Perspective, iDAC, UNAI Programs, Designworx Asia etc.

Mahesh was appointed on the organizing Team of the Student Biennale “Samunnati” hosted at Delhi in December 2023, which was jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture & the Council of Architecture. He is also empaneled with the Council of Architecture as an Inspector for College Inspections and as a NATA Exam observer.

Ar. Mahesh Bangad runs a collaborative Studio from Pune by the name of Studio7.Inc & is a Senior associate with Akshata Design Studio. The practice undertakes design consultancy & conducts Architectural & Study Tours, organizes workshops, and collaborates for various architectural events & competitions. Their recent project, Dantale House was awarded at the Ace Reflect Pune Event in May 2024.

Mahesh is the recipient of the ‘Best Maheshwari Professional (Pune District) Award 2012’, the ‘A3F Young Achiever Award’ 2016 for Architecture and has also won the ‘A3F Best Teacher Award’ in 2017 at the National level. He was awarded the “Leader of BNCA” Award in 2019, for his contribution for various college activities. He has won the “Leadership Icon Award 2021” under the ‘Most Promising Professor of Architecture and Design’ category and has won an Award for “Outstanding contribution in Educational domain” in ‘Architecture and Design Category’ for the year 2021, at the National Architecture and Interior Design Excellence Awards 2021. He is also awarded the “India Prime Quality Education Award 2021” by Fox Clues, Daily Hunt and the Chronicle Journal, in July 2021. Mahesh was awarded the Young Achiever Award by AceTech in May 2023 & received the Society Interiors & Design Honours 2024 for his “Outstanding Contribution to Academia & Professional Practice”.