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= RACHNA KHARE =

''Dr. Rachna Khare is full Professor at School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal and Head Department of Design. She served the institute in several administrative positions like Dean and Head of the Departments (Architecture, Conservation and Landscape). Prior to this she was a Senior Research Fellow with Jamshedji Tata Universal Design Research Chair at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and taught at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. Starting her career in the early nineties as an Exhibition Officer cum Designer in Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, she practiced for eight years in the field and then joined academia. She is a dedicated teacher and keen researcher for last twenty years. She was recognized as ‘Inspired Teacher’ by Hon’ble President of India and stayed Scholar-in-Residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2016. Rachna won prestigious Fulbright scholarship twice with her second Fulbright-Nehru selection in 2020 as education administrator. She will avail this fellowship in 2022 with select cohort in the USA.''

''In her first Fulbright Fellowship (2007 onwards), Rachna was affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA during her PhD. Her research interests in the field of ‘Universal Design’ and ‘Designing for Special Needs’ have earned her grants and awards nationally and internationally. Apart from the Fulbright award, she is recipient of IMFAR-2009, Professionals from Developing Country Award, Chicago; Friends of Fulbright India Grant-2008, Lewisburg; Universal Design Award for Working professional-2011 by NEPEDP-MPhasiS, India and R&D projects from All India Council of Technical Education and University Grants Commission in India. She works closely with the United Nations and consults internationally on disability issues and public access.''

''She has lectured extensively on Inclusive Design all over the world and has many papers in various National and International journals and conferences to her credit. Her papers appeared in the publications like Taylor and Francis, Sage, HFES, EDRA, RESNA and Archnet MIT. Her book ‘Designing Inclusive Educational Spaces for Autism’ published by the Institute of Human Centered Design, Boston, USA was released in 2010 at ‘Build Boston’, the book received ‘Certificate of Merit’ in ArchiDesign Award-2010. She has also edited special issues of internationally refereed journals called ‘SPANDREL’ on ‘Social sustenance’ in 2012 and ‘ABACUS’ on ‘Architecture for All’ in 2007. Some major events organized by her are ‘Universal Design Workshop(2011,2012,2014,2017,2019)’ and National Student Design Competition on ‘Universal Design/Design for All, with the National Institute of Orthopedically Handicapped, Kolkata, Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and UNESCO. She is one of the authors of Universal Design India Principles developed at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 2011. She serves as reviewer in many publications like EDRA, HFES, The Design Journal, and was also a jury member of Berkeley Prize Essay Competition-2013, endorsed by UC Berkeley, USA.''

''Rachna is well known as an activist and is a founder member of three NGOs called ‘Movement for Intervention, Training and Rehabilitation of Children with Autism’ (MITRA), Center for Assistive Built Environment (CABE) and Arunoday. She also stayed convener of Kislaya Vidya Mandir for several years, a school for underprivileged children supported by ‘Asha’ Stanford. She currently member secretary of DRONAH Foundation, Development and Research Organization for Nature Arts and Heritage in India. She is also a board member at Arunima; A project for Adults with Autism.''

Other than her regular teaching and research at School of Planning and Architecture, Rachna founded and heading a Centre for Human Centric Research (CHCR) that aims to build a body of knowledge that responds to the design needs of diverse human population otherwise marginalized in the past design practices.

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS Received:

 * Awarded Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship sponsored by Department of State, USA, for International Education Administrators Seminar 2019-20, to be availed in October 2022.
 * NARI SHAKTI Award for professional achievements by Brij Bhoomi Foundation on September 12, 2019.
 * Recognized as ‘Inspired Teacher’ by Hon’ble President of India, and was Scholar-in-Residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan from 23rd April to 29th April 2016.
 * Honorable minister MSJE nomination, to represent India at United Nations-Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, South-South Cooperation Programme on Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, 10-19 December 2014, at Guangzhou, Macao and Hong Kong, China.
 * Jury, Berkeley Prize on Inclusive Design, endorsed by UC Berkeley, USA in 2013.
 * ‘Universal design Award for Working professional-2012’ by NEPEDP-MPhasiS, India.
 * ‘Certificate of Merit’ in ArchiDesign Award-2010, for best book written in Architecture.
 * IMFAR-Professionals from Developing Country Award, by International Society of Autism Research, Chicago, USA, 2009.
 * Fulbright Fellowship sponsored by Department of State, USA, for Professional and Doctoral Research 2007- 08 availed at Industrial Design Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
 * FFI (Friends of Fulbright India, Lewisburg, PA) Travel Grant Recipients from USA, 2007-08.
 * Won Architectural Competition held for Police Housing, Jaipur, October 1998.
 * Won Architectural Competition held for renovation of Rajasthali complex, Jaipur, November 1997.
 * Won an Urban Conservation Competition held for Re-vitalisation of Ghat Ki Guni Complex, Jaipur, 1995.
 * Merit scholarship of technical Education Board during B.Arch.

COURSES DEVELOPED :

 * Complete revision of B.Arch. syllabus based on International Practice of Outcome Based Education (As HoD) at SPA-Bhopal
 * Board of studies member of B.Arch. syllabus revision at SPA-Delhi
 * Board of studies member of M.Arch. (Urban Design, Conservation and Lansdcape) Programme at SPA-Bhopal
 * “Research Methods” course for Doctoral Programme at SPA-Bhopal
 * “Enabling Environments” PG level Course at SPA-Bhopal
 * “Post Graduate Programme in Universal Design” at National Institute of Design, together with University of Applied Sciences Hannover and Berlin, Germany
 * M.Tech., Environmental Science and Engineering, BIT, MESRA
 * “Barrier free Environment” for “Edusat” at BIT, MESRA.
 * “Barrier free Environment” for “B.Arch” at BIT MESRA.

COURSES TAUGHT:
PhD (Research Methods), M.Arch., M.Tech. (Env. Science), B. Arch., B. Plan.

International

 * South Asian Vernacular Architecture Conference on the ‘Challenges to the continuity of vernacular architecture and strategies for its future’, in collaboration with IGRMS and ITRHD, Bhopal, from 10th-13th December, 2015
 * ‘Buddha Hoga Tera Baap’-Design for Elderly, ‘International Open Elective’, organized at National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad, from 21st January-1st February, 2013.
 * Coordinator of the ‘International Conference on Art and Architecture of Eastern India and Bangladesh’ organized as the ‘Sixth International Congress on Bengal Art’ in collaboration with International Center for Studies of Bengal Arts at Dhaka and Jharkhand State Government, held at BIT Mesra, Ranchi from 8th –11th February, 2005.

National

 * Three days National Level Workshop on ‘GIS and Universal Accessibility’, organized at SPA Bhopal, funded by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment January 2019.
 * Four days National Level Workshop on ‘Accessibility’, organized at SPA Bhopal, funded by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment under Accessible India Campaign, from 9th to 12th December 2016.
 * ‘Ankeshan’, an interdisciplinary student competition at SPA Bhopal organized under DIC project of MHRD in October-December 2016
 * Three workshops on Universal Design at Heritage Sites at City Palace Jaipur and Udaipur in March 2016.
 * ‘Social Equity through Universal Design’ Two days hands-on Workshop on Universal Design at IIT, Kharagpur in October 2015.
 * ‘Learning by Making’, an experiential Integral Studio with ‘collaborative learning’ and ‘interdisciplinary association’ organized at SPA Bhopal from 14th to 18th May 2015.
 * Three days National Universal Design Workshop ‘Inclusive Design for Cultural Interface for Pilgrimage Sites’ organized by SPA-Bhopal in collaboration with Berkeley Prize, UNESCO and DRONAH, in March 2014.
 * National Student Design Competition ‘Inclusive Design for Cultural Interface for Pilgrimage Sites’ for Students in which about two hundred colleges all over the country registered at first stage organized by SPA-Bhopal in collaboration with Berkeley Prize, UNESCO and DRONAH, in Oct- March 2014.
 * Three days National Universal Design Workshop ‘Universal Design for Exploring World Heritage Sites in India’ organized for Architecture Students organized by SPA-Bhopal in collaboration with ASI, UNESCO and DRONAH, in October 2012.
 * National Student Design Competition for Students in which about one hundred and seventy colleges all over the country registered at first stage organized by SPA-Bhopal in collaboration with ASI, UNESCO and DRONAH, in April-Oct 2012.
 * Three days National Universal Design Workshop organized for Architecture Students with participation of almost 100 students, organized by SPA-Bhopal in collaboration with National Institute of Orthopaedically Handicapped Kolkata, in March 2011
 * National Student Design Competition for Students in which about eighty colleges all over the country registered at first stage organized by SPA-Bhopal in collaboration with National Institute of Orthopaedically Handicapped Kolkata and National Architecture Students Association, in October 2010.
 * Convener of ‘Awareness Building Workshop for School Teachers Regarding Latest Issues of Concern’, 21st- 22nd September, 2007, Organized with Technical Education-Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP).
 * Coordinator of ‘Vocational Activities for the Disabled’,3rd October 2007, Organized in collaboration with MITRA and DICDMH, Ranchi
 * Coordinator of ‘National Workshop on Architecture for the Challenged: Approaching towards Normalization, Integration and Barrier-free Environment’, held at BIT MESRA on 22nd - 23rd September 2004, Organised in collaboration with NIOH, Kolkata.

Consultancy Projects

 * District Early Intervention Center at Bhopal for National Health Mission, Ministry of Health, India.
 * Accessibility Consultant for City Palace Complex, Udaipur, Rajasthan, for DRONAH New Delhi
 * Tatya Tope Inclusive Park, Kanpur Development Authority and Z-axis
 * Inclusive Toilets for Rajya Shikha Kendra, MP Govt.
 * 26th January Tableu-MSJE, GoI
 * Low-cost disabled friendly toilets in Anganwadi centers in association with Arushi and UNICEF
 * Kislaya Vidya Mandir” BIT, MESRA, Ranchi for BIT, MESRA.
 * ‘Man power cum Vocational training Center”, Namkum, Ranchi, for “DICDMH”.
 * “Interior Design of Airport”, Ranchi for Airport Authority of India.
 * Professional Experience of Eight Years: Projects handled and supervised as main architect include residences, offices, shopping complexes, schools, religious buildings as well as some conservation projects. Some of them are mentioned below:
 * Project Architect for the second stage of Ghat ki Guni Re-vitalization project for tourism development in Jaipur. The project of Rs. 20 crore had been approved by the Govt. of Rajasthan.
 * Project Architect for ISKCON (International Society for Krishna consciousness) temple complex in Jaipur called Prabhupada Dham. The temple complex worth Rs. 10 crore comprised of main temple, Ashram, Atithi griha, Gaushala, Prasadam hall, Satsang halls, library, etc.
 * Adaptive Re-use of a three hundred year old haveli called Chaumu Haveli, now categorized as Heritage Grand category Hotel. A very popular place had shot into fame after its portrayal into films and the project is published in Architecture + Design of Sep. 98 issue.
 * A Motel cum Restaurant called Chitvan, near Ajmer on NH- 8.
 * Architects and restoration consultants for heritage properties called Bijay Niwas Palace near Bijay Nagar in Ajmer and Kothi Sukh Dham in Kota.
 * Conservation and Development proposal for twelve popular temples of Rajasthan for Avas Vikas Sansthan. These temples managed by Devasthan Deptt. Raj. Govt., include Jagdish Temple Udaipur, Raj Ranchhodji Temple Jodhpur, Sri Ram Temple Jaipur and Raj Raten Bihari Temple Bikaner.
 * Consultant Architect for Royal family of Jaisalmer and taken up the jobs of a Heritage Hotel at Jaisalmer Fort, a small colony for 60 plots and interior works of remodeling their palace buildings.
 * Consultant Architect for Hotel Himmatgarh, Hotel Uma Resort, Heritage Inn, Jaisalmer for their remodeling and interiors.
 * Consultant Architect for distt. Sports Council for designing Distt. Sports complex at Jaisalmer approved by Union Govt. of India and Rajasthan Sports Council.

Other responsibilities held:

 * Chairman, ICC against sexual harassment of women at workplace, at SPA Bhopal
 * Member, ICC against sexual harassment of women at workplace, at IISER, Bhopal
 * Member, PA&MC, TIDE Program, SEED Division, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2016-2022).
 * Expert member, Curriculum Development and Teaching Scheme/Syllabus Revision, MNIT, Jaipur 4-5 Nov 2019.
 * Expert, National Consultative Brainstorming Workshops on Technology Interventions for Disabled and Elderly (TIDE) at India International Centre New Delhi, organized by HelpAge India, on 9th April 2019.
 * Member, Empowered Committee for evaluation of Draft Detailed Project Report for setting up of Centre for Disability Sports at Shillong, Meghalaya, NIMHR at Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India 2019-20.
 * Expert committee member, Union Public Service Commission, Govt. of India, 2019.
 * Committee member, National Institute of Inclusive and Universal Design, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI.
 * Member, Empowered Committee, Evaluation of Inception Reports and DPR on Center for Disability Sports from 3rd January, 2018.
 * Head, Department of Architecture at SPA Bhopal, July 2014-December 2016.
 * Founder and Coordinator, Center for Human Centric Research at SPAB, from 2010-2016.
 * Expert Member and Reviewer, Sponsored Research Projects for TIASN-SEED Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
 * Member Secretary, DRONAH (Development and Research Organization for Nature, Arts and Heritage) Foundation, Delhi.
 * Member, Board of Studies, SPA Delhi (from 2015 till date).
 * Member, Drafting Team of ‘Design Manifesto-for a Design Enabled Technical Education’ released on 13th January 2014 by Ministry of Human Resource Development
 * Member Academic Council, SPA Bhopal (Till date)
 * Member BoS (All UG and PG Programmes, SPA Bhopal
 * Managing Trustee, ‘Movement for Intervention, Training and Rehabilitation for Autistics’ (MITRA), a trust registered under Society Registration Act (till date).
 * Screening Committee of Jamsetji Tata Universal Design Research Chair, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
 * Convener, Working Committee, Kislaya Vidya mandir, A school for underprivileged and dispossessed children in BIT MESRA Campus, supported by ASHA from October 2001 to October 2009
 * PhD Evaluation at IIT Roorkee, VNIT Nagpur, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi, Nagpur University, SPA Vijaywada.
 * Associate Dean Doctoral Programme, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Associate Dean Faculty Development, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Professor In charge, SPA-Press, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Professor In charge, Library, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Professor In charge, Institute Website, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Professor In charge, Communication and Media Cell, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Professor In charge, Knowledge Exchange Series, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * In-charge Director (thrice) during the Director’s absence at School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal.
 * In-charge of the Department of Architecture during HOD’s absence at School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
 * Expert member in screening and faculty interviews at SPA-Bhopal
 * Editor, News Letter ‘Communiqué’ of Department of Architecture, BIT Mesra, from 2000-2007.

Other Relevant Information

 * Trained in ‘Human Research Curriculum’ as Social / Behavioral Research Investigator and Key Personnel (2007) by CITI- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, University of Miami, USA
 * Runs a blog for universal design, http://www.universaldesigninindia.blogspot.com
 * Past Fulbright Campus Representatives, BIT Mesra