| 1. |
Aranya Low-cost Housing project at Indore was exhibited at Barcelona during the UIA Conference held in June, 1996 |
| 2. |
Retrospective exhibition of Balkrishna Doshi’s works was held in Pune in August, 1996 as well as in Calcutta in September 1996. He gave public lectures at both the places on his interpretation of Indian architecture and its influence in the contemporary context. |
| 3. |
Balkrishna Doshi is invited to be a member of the steering committee for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. |
| 4. |
Balkrishna Doshi gave a key note address at T.V.B. School of Habitat Studies, New Delhi at the annual convocation, in December 1996. |
| 5. |
Balkrishna Doshi gave a lecture titled “Agony and Ecstasy” at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad on 9th October 1996. |
| 6. |
Balkrishna Doshi performed as the jury member for National Urban Planning and Design Competition for International Hotel Complex in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi organized by the Delhi Development Authority. |
| 7. |
Balkrishna Doshi gave a lecture on “New Challenges for Technical Professionals” at Kolhapur to the architectural students and professionals organized under R.S. Beri Amrit Mahotsav. |
| 8. |
Balkrishna Doshi, gave a lecture at Nashik to the architectural students and professionals organized by Architects and Engineers Association Nashik, on July 10, 1996. |
| 9. |
Balkrishna Doshi, Utpal Sharma and Rajeev Kathpalia attended a seminar titles the Idea of New Towns organized jointly by Urban Design Research Institute, Bombay and Mcmuller Bhavan, Bombay. |
| 10. |
Balkrishna Doshi and Utpal Sharma attended a three day workshop on Development of Gujarat at Gandhinagar, organized by the Government of Gujarat, as members of the expert committee on sustainable urban development in Gujarat. The workshop concluded with broad guidelines and recommendation on urban development to the discussed and adopted by the Government of Gujarat. |
| 11. |
Yatin Pandya went to Hungary for a month of May under the bilateral exchange arrangement between Budapest Technical University and Vastu-Shilpa Foundation. During his stay he studied the mass housing typologies and their transformation through different political phases in the history of Hingary. National Science academies of respective countries supported the travel and lodging. |
| 12. |
Yatin Pandya gave a lecture at Technical University, Budapest and in the Conference of Chief architects at Kaposvar, Hungary. His lectures were on “Tradition in New Indian Urban Design”. |
| 13. |
Yatin Pandya gave a lecture for the architect professionals at Rajkot on 1st February 1997 upon invitation from the Saurashtra Chapter of Indian Institute of Architects. |
| 14. |
Yatin Pandya gave a lecture on “Mass Housing : Issues and Approaches” to the regional convension of architecture students from Maharashtra, at Kolhapur on 7th November 1996. |
| 15. |
Yatin Pandya visited the School of Architecture, Technical University, Graz (Austria) and made an informal presentation to a group of students. |
| 16. |
Yatin Pandya attended the NASA 97 Convention of the architecture students at Delhi to judge the Louis Kahn Documentation Trophy competition. |
| 17. |
Yatin Pandya made slide presentations on Contemporary and Traditional European Architecture at Vastu-Shilpa Foundation respectively on 9th and 12th July 1996. |
| 18. |
Yatin Pandya participated in a jury for interschool designed competition at the annual festival of Institute of Environmental Design, Vallabh Vidyanagar. |
| 19. |
Yatin Pandya lectured to the group of Architects in Delhi on 27th February 1997. |
| 20. |
Yatin Pandya was invited to be on the selection panel for teaching staff for Interior Design by Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi. |
| 21. |
Mukirajsinhiji Chauhan served as an examiner for various research thesis at Institute of Environmental Design, Vallabh Vidyanagar. |
| 22. |
Utpal Sharma served as an examiner for various research thesis at Institute of Environmental Design, Vallabh Vidyanagar. |
| 23. |
Utpal Sharma gave a lecture on “Housing Design and Expansion of Cities in India” to the architectural students and professionals at Institute of Environment al Design, Vallabh Vidyanagar. |
| 24. |
Utpal Sharma gave a slide presentation on the award winning research Builtform and Development Control - A case study of Ahmedabad at Nehru Centre, Bombay during the annual meet of the Indian Institute of Architects. |
| 25. |
Utpal Sharma gave a lecture cum slide presentation of “builtform and Development Control” at Mill Owners Association, Ahmedabad to the students and professionals, organized by the Indian Institute of Architects, Ahmedabad. |
| 26. |
Utpal Sharma attended a workshop as a member of the expert committee on traffic planning and management for Ahmedabad city, organized by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. |
| 27. |
Shirley Balani and Sharmishta Sangawan attended a seminar on “Ahmedabad Green Partnership Programme : Urban Forestry Management” organized by the Centre for Environment Education and USAID. |
| 28. |
Sharmishta Sangawan, Sonali Sharma and Charangjit Singh attended a symposium on “The Research Vouchers Program : Retrospect and Prospects” organized by Centre for Environment Education and USAID. |
