Dipti Bhaindarkar graduated from Academy of Architecture, Mumbai in 2012. She has been awarded various scholarships and awards for academic excellence and commitment. She stood first throughout all five years of Architecture and topped University of Mumbai in third and fourth year of Architecture. Dipti was awarded the Chaubal Award for emerging talent, Late Hemchandra Dhuru award, The professor Jehangir C. Shroff scholarship and the Shankerrao Parelkar Commemoration Prize for overall performance by University of Mumbai. Her work was awarded and displayed by Indian Institute of Architects, Kalyan Centre for Architectural Design Excellence.
Dipti worked for a brief period with Design Cell at Academy of Architecture, Mumbai. After gaining initial training from M/s. Sandeep Shikre and Associates (SSA), she continued as an assistant architect at SSA. She pursued her Masters Degree in Urban Design from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies, Mumbai, India in 2014. She stood first in all four semesters of the Masters program. Her Master’s Semester II Housing Studio project based in Shimla was awarded honorable mention at 12th International Student Design Competition, 2014 at International Conference of Humane Habitat 2014 for sustainable housing. Her Master’s thesis, 'Citiness – An Approach to Reinforce the Development Guidelines based on Place Based Characteristics and Everyday Urbanism of the City’ was shortlisted amongst the top 5 towards the National Awards for Excellence in post graduate thesis in Architecture organized by NIASA (National Institute for Advanced Studies in Architecture). She is a qualified Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional. She has a keen interest in technological, urban and environmental studies. Apart from teaching, she has a keen interest in academic administration. She is currently developing her art practice in miniatures: Miniatures as worlds - as methods.
Important Works:
Technology as Experience - A Chapter in First Questions published by School of Environment and Architecture 2020.
Plac ‘ing’ Space - A Journal Article in Indian Institute of Architecture, NATCON 2015.
