Meet the iGen 2023 jury!

Indrajit Kembhavi

Hailing from a legacy design firm set up in the ’70s in Hubli, a small thriving town in Karnataka, Indrajit Kembhavi’s move to Bengaluru with Nita Kembhavi was both strategic and purposeful. The practice was growing, with clients not just from South India but all over the country and the opportunities were buzzing. Even today, as their clients range from airports to hospitality to real estate and individual homes, their core strength still remains a personal involvement with the owners and a commitment towards making projects that swell with economic as well functional sense, that too with a creative streak. Be it the futuristic Kochi airport terminal immersed in tradition, or the swanky building in Chennai, the duo have always been ahead of their times.

Read the cover story on Indrajit Kembhavi in the February 2023 e-Magazine here!

Abha Narain Lambah

Abha Narain Lambah has a Masters degree in architectural conservation from the School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi with over two decades of experience in the field. She has been awarded the Sanskriti Award, Eisenhower Fellowship, the Attingham Trust Fellowship and Charles Wallace Fellowship and has been nominated by Arc Vision as among the Top 20 Women Architects Globally in 2016. She has been a consultant to ICCROM, UNITAR, World Monuments Fund, Global Heritage Fund, Archaeological Survey of India and has served on the heritage committees of both Delhi and Mumbai.

Learn more on Abha Narain Lambah’s journey in the ‘Women Empowering Women’ conversation here!

Qutub Mandviwala

MQA has thrived under the able and passionate leadership of Ar. Qutub Mandviwala. Since the beginning he has been conscious of how human behavior and interactions are shaped by Space Design. Qutub completed his architecture studies from the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai. He began his journey in 1984 under the guidance of Ar. Hafeez Contractor. In 1992 Qutub started an independent practice from a garage at Mahim. Today the practice has moved to the sprawling Turf Estate, Worli. Qutub works with his Associates to conceptualize and direct the design of each project. At a time when Signature Styling and traditional architecture dominated Indian Design, Qutub challenged the norms. His greatest contribution has been the de- homogenization of Architecture in Mumbai. He believes a repetitive signature style only limits creativity and is continuously pushing the boundaries of space imagining. Qutub’s designs are a creative extension of himself. Clarity of thought, simplified forms, minimalism and functionality make his designs timeless.