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Ramprasad Akkisetti | |
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| Born | 16 August 1971 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Art Curation, Architecture, Design |
| Notable work | Mahindra United World College Suzlon One Earth India House Supreme Court of Bhutan Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad |
| Website | ccba.in |
Ramprasad Akkisetti (born 16 August 1971) is an Indian designer and art curator. He heads CCBA Designs Private Limited, an architecture and planning firm that he founded with Christopher Benninger. He is the founder and curator of India House Art Gallery, an art gallery and performance space in Pune.
He is also the president of Rudrakshya Foundation, a not-for-profit organization promoting Orissi, a form of Indian classical dance..[1]
Early Life & Education
[edit]Ramprasad was born in Andhra Pradesh and later relocated to Pune. He was enrolled as an MBBS student in the Armed Forces Medical College. He student recieved a bachelor's in psychology from Fergusson College and a master's degree in anthropology from Pune University. He taught phsycology at Fergusson College before starting CCBA Designs with Christopher Benninger.
Career
[edit]Art Curation
[edit]Ramprasad is the founder and curator of India House Art Gallery located in Balewadi, Pune. [2]He has hosted exhibitions of various artists including MF Hussain[3], Gautam Bhatia, and Jeroen van Westen[4]. He is the organizer of 'Earth Matters' children's art competition[5] and NFAI's annual film festival on architecture[6][7]. As the president of Rudrakshya Foundation, he has also held performances of Odissi[8] and Bharatnatyam[9]
Architecture
[edit]Designs done by his firm include the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, the Mahindra United World College of India, the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, the YMCA International Camp in Nilshi, India, the Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, and Azim Premji University, in Bengaluru.[10] Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis have noted their work as one of the first instances of critical regionalism in India.[11]
Mahindra United World College of India won the Designer of the Year Award[12] in 1999. It also was the recipient of the Business Week Architectural Record Award for Excellence in 2000. Business Week called the Mahindra United World College of India one of the ten super structures of the world in 2000.[13] In 2001, his team was appointed to prepare the structure plan for Thimphu.[14][15] In 2004, the Government of Bhutan along with the Government of India appointed them again to prepare plans for three towns along their shared border.[16][17][18] In 2012, he designed the new town of Denchi in East Bhutan. Benninger's work in urban design, city management, and town planning resulted in his principles of intelligent urbanism.[19]
Publications
[edit]- Benninger, C. & Akkisetti, R. (Ed.) (2011). Letters to a Young Architect. India House Art Gallery. ISBN 9788192156804
- Falvo, R. M., & Akkisetti, R. (Eds.). (2015). Christopher Benninger: Architecture for Modern India. Skira editore SpA. ISBN 9788857226873
- Akkisetti R. (2014). India House. India House Art Gallery. ISBN 9788857226873
- Akkisetti R. (1997). Psychology for Beginners. Millennium Press.
References
[edit]- ^ "TEAM". Rudrakshya Foundation. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "'Maitri', an art show, aims to strengthen India-China ties". The Indian Express. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Mallya, Vinutha (10 Nov 2017). "India House Art Gallery closes exhibition of MF Husain's serigraphs early due to threats". Pune Mirror.
- ^ "'Maitri', an art show, aims to strengthen India-China ties". The Indian Express. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "Earth Matters Art Competition 2020". allevents.in. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Bari, Prachi (Jul 28, 2019). "New themes key in luring audiences to film festivals". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "National Film Archive of India". nfai.nfdcindia.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "The Master's Steps". The Indian Express. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "With Bharatnatyam, the cosmos & climate change, Sarabhai's grandson presents a new story". The Indian Express. 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ G-therapy.org Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tzonis, Alexander; Lefaivre, Liane (2003). Critical regionalism: architecture and identity in a globalised world. Architecture in focus. Munich New York: Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-2972-7.
- ^ "Christopher Benninger". New Jersey Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Businessweek.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ Benninger, Christopher Charles (2002). "Principles of intelligent urbanism: The case of the new Capital Plan for Bhutan". Ekistics and the New Habitat. 69 (412/413/414): 60–80. doi:10.53910/26531313-E200269412-414386. ISSN 0013-2942. JSTOR 43619538.
- ^ SONAM, DHENDUP; SHERAB, JATSHO; SONAM, TSHERING (2021). "Exploring Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Development: A Research Study Undertaken in Thimphu District Schools". I-manager's Journal on Educational Psychology. 14 (3): 29. doi:10.26634/jpsy.14.3.17523. ISSN 0973-8827. S2CID 236726094.
- ^ "Government of Bhutan invited Benninger, says PRO". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Benninger Architectonics USA Inc. (2004) Gelephu Structure Plan, Bhutan
- ^ Benninger Architectonics USA Inc. (2004) Samtse Structure Plan, Bhutan
- ^ Dudh.gov.bt Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine