Name: Shiv Marwaha
Profile/Designation: Principal Architect & Planner, Shiv Marwaha and Associates
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Email: justshiv@gmail.com
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiv-marwaha-b60a425/
Short Biography
An Architect and Planner from the prestigious School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi , Shiv Marwaha established a design studio, Shiv Marwaha and Associates (SMA) in January 2000 for excellence in design, planning and engineering after having worked closely as an associate architect on the IIT Guwahati Project and BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, handling housing and other buildings independently.
Over the last twenty three years, he has been working as a principal design consultant for various kinds of educational institutions ranging from private sector schools to rural schools and university campuses in India. Designing schools for CSR initiatives has been a hallmark in the professional journey. More than 150 educational projects have been completed for the under-privileged, weaker and rural population of India. These were highly challenging projects where the buildings needed to be student centric, functional and highly cost effective; yet inviting and engaging enough for students to keep coming back. In addition to educational architecture, he has been actively involved in the field of infrastructure planning, industrial parks, transport based design, feasibility studies, urban & town planning, and interior design.
As former consultant with WWF India as an Advisor - Landuse and Planning, he has been advising and dealing with issues related to urbanisation and landuse change, in and around the critical habitats and priority landscapes. He was also part of the group developing Rapid Infra Impact Assessment Model (RIIAM) that would help quickly assess the impact of proposed linear infra works in the landscapes. Currently consulting with WWF-India on the USAID funded ALIGN Project on Environmental safeguards in the infrastructure development sphere. The experience with the WWF-India has added another layer of conservation and sustainability to the practice.
He has been associated with academics as a visiting faculty at the Sushant School of Art and Architecture Gurgaon and GD Goenka School of architecture. Also been engaging with institutions like Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, O.P.Jindal Law School and IILM University as a guest speaker. To be able to give back to the system and mentor students to become sensitive and thorough professionals gives him immense satisfaction. This also aligns perfectly with the mentorship roles he plans to undertake.
On personal front, travelling, technology, automobiles and aviation are major avenues of expenditure.
