ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | CEPT UNIVERSITY
Catherine Outram Desai is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at CEPT University. Her research interests include 20th century Indian architecture and urban ecology. She has co-authored The Architecture of Hasmukh C. Patel and is completing a reading guide to twentieth century Indian buildings. She is a founding member of Ahmedabad Commons, an initiative which opens buildings for public visits and debates issues of conservation and access to the city. She is currently documenting Koteshwar Wilderness, a biodiverse and socially complex landscape in a rapidly developing context. The project uses detailed ecological data to reflect on contemporary urbanisation processes.