“INTROSPECTIONS AND EXPRESSIONS”
A Fellowship sponsored and conducted by Ar. Shirish Beri for 10 graduating architecture students from India.
Everyone faces this dilemma of what to do immediately after graduation. The five hectic years of study do not give the necessary time to think and question one’s values and course of action in life.
In order to do so, we need time & silence for ourselves to unlearn the stereotyped, conformist social ways. This fellowship gives you this time and silence to pause, unwind and unlearn; to question your life & work values, establish your priorities in life and translate them into your work… into whatever you do
Thus, this fellowship was started in 2017 for one fresh graduate architect from CEPT (as Ar. Shirish Beri studied there) and two from Kolhapur colleges (as that is his home town). Each fellow was paid between Rs. 1 lakh and 1.4 lakhs in 3 instalments.
This money took care of their expenses for 6 to 8 months and gave them the time to introspect, read, write, sketch, travel and interact with Shirish Beri. They could do anything except architecture – no practice, job or teaching. They would need to submit some deliverable at the end of the fellowship.
Now, the nature of this fellowship has been modified as below..
Applications from aspiring candidates from any architecture college in India would be sought. 10 deserving students would be selected on the basis on their applications (merit, interests in life, S.O.P., income etc) and maybe interviews.
The fellowship period would be three and half months, during which the fellows cannot engage themselves in any kind of architectural practice, job or teaching.
1st session - 23rd to 29th November 2024
The fellowship would start with one 6 days’ residential workshop with Ar. Shirish Beri and other resource persons in the pristine environment of Andur lake 40 km from Kolhapur.
2 months break
This will be followed by a 2 months break, when the fellows will introspect on what they have assimilated in the 6 days workshop and submit their mid fellowship submission of their understanding online after 1 month. They can travel, read, write, talk to Ar. Beri, interact with different people, add on their own findings and understandings and present them before the group at the beginning of the 2nd session.
2nd session - 25th to 31st January 2025
The fellows would return for another 6 days’ residential workshop with Ar. Beri and others, this time in Kolhapur city.
Final summation - 1st week of March
The final month would be allotted after this 2nd workshop for the fellows to compile their tangible and intangible learnings in a specified guideline format and present them before the group and several other architecture students in Kolhapur .. and maybe live on the net. A copy of this final summation of the fellowship would be given to Ar. Shirish Beri.
This fellowship will pay for the fellows’
- To and fro travel expenses (2nd A.C. train fare) from their place of stay to Kolhapur for attending both the workshops.
- Transport from Kolhapur to Andur lake and back.
- All lodging, boarding expenses during both the workshops and the last 2 days
- A stipend of Rs. 15,000 / month for the intermediate two months break and for the final compilation month (Rs. 45,000 paid in 2 instalments )
- Basic standard stationary and 2 or 3 complimentary books
Note – Use of mobile phones would be restricted to only a stipulated 30 to 45 minutes everyday.
Interested fresh architectural graduates (only those who are graduated in 2024) should fill the following form before 12th October 2024.
The selected applicants would be informed on or before 31st October 2024
Intrested Fresh Architectural graduates (only those who are graduated in 2024)
should fill the following form before 12th October 2024.
The selected applicants would be inform on or before31st October 2024
Check out our 10 selected students chosen from 118 applications received from all over India.
| Sr. No | Name | College Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kushal Abhaykumar Kankariya | Vishwakarma University, Pune |
| 2 | Himanshu Sunil Kene | School of Architecture D. Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur |
| 3 | Chandra Mouli N | Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur |
| 4 | Shahid Showkat | School of Architecture , Safapora Kashmir |
| 5 | Mandru Shasuran | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi |
| 6 | Priyanka Michelle Michael | Hindustan institute of technology and science, Padur, Chennai |
| 7 | Hibah Farsanah Hanif | Avani institute of design, Calicut |
| 8 | Sakshi Khanorkar | Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai |
| 9 | Vaishnavi D | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha |
| 10 | Esha Detroja | Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, CEPT, Ahmedabad |
