Meet The #KDA23 Jury
Ankur Choksi is a founder and Principal at Studio Lotus, a New Delhi-based multi-disciplinary design practice. He leads the Architecture & Interior Design teams, specialising in Adaptive Re-use, Branded Experiences, and Hospitality Design. He is also an active proponent of quality design education.
Ankur Choksi
Co-founding Principal,
Studio Lotus
Bala Mahajan, a product designer, realised the transformative potential of his field and enrolled at NID. He finds joy in creating objects with purpose, both in India and abroad. Now, as a founding director of Ticket Design, a Pune-based design innovation company, Bala continues to shape new experiences.
Balakrishna Mahajan
Founder Director & Principal Designer,
Ticket Design
Through his work and Design leadership at Adobe, Flipkart, the VC SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip, GoIbibo, and ArogyaSetu, Jay has redefined the role and influence of Design in Tech and Business. As the founder and curator of DesignUp, he continues to serve and support communities and causes.
Jay Dutta
Global Head of UX Practice, IB,
Deutsche Bank
Jiahui Tan
Creative Director,
Fable
Jiahui runs Fable, a design practice that has worked on global projects for Google, Rolex, Deloitte, Vogue, Shishedo, and more. He has frequently won, judged, and lectured at various international awards and has been featured across hundreds of platforms across the globe.
Khyati Trehan
Graphic Designer
& 3D Visual Artist
Khyati Trehan works at Google Creative Lab NYC, and has worked with brands like Oscars, NY Times, Warner Music, Apple, Google, Absolut, Instagram, and Snapchat. She has won awards from Print Magazine, Adweek's Creator Visionary Awards, and ADC Young Guns 19. Also featured on Forbes 30under30 India List.
Lara de Rooij
Founder and Lead Architect,
LMC Architects
LMC Architects is a global design studio specializing in architecture and interior design. Founded in Mumbai in 2007 by Dutch Architect Lara de Rooij, the all-women's team believes in tangible design. She brings Dutch design, European efficiency and Indian creative hands-on elements together in all of the company’s projects.
Mayuri Nikumbh
Head Of Design,
Conran Design Group
With a strong belief in the power of design to convey authentic stories that help build impactful brands and transform businesses, Mayuri is currently at the helm of Conran Design Group’s India offering. As Head of Design, Mayuri is responsible for creative stewardship for clients in the region and leads the creative vision for the company.
Meeta Malhotra
Founder,
Hard Copy
Meeta Malhotra is a brand consultant and serial entrepreneur, who has helped to create some of India's most well-known consumer and enterprise brands. She has co-founded four companies. Currently she is building a digital resource called
The Hard Copy, which democratises brand and design information for entrepreneurs.
Mira Felicia Malhotra
Principal Designer and Founder,
Studio Kohl
Mira Felicia Malhotra is the principal designer and founder of Studio Kohl, a boutique design house based in Mumbai. Her focus of interest is building visual languages that make for memorable brands, and to craft meaningful images informed by an involved and conscious understanding of context, culture and content.
Ratan Batliboi
Founder & Director,
Ratan J Batliboi - Consultants Pvt Ltd
Ratan J Batliboi – Consultants Pvt Ltd is a team of architects and interior designers that was established in 1988 in Mumbai, India by architect Ratan J. Batliboi. RJB-CPL’s combination of architectural design excellence and construction management experience leads to an integrated design process that makes projects flow smoothly.
Shimul Javeri
Principal Architect,
SJK Architects
Shimul studied architecture in Mumbai and at the University of Michigan. Her designs prioritise egalitarian societies, respect for nature, and people's interconnectedness. She creates buildings that harmoniously blend with their surroundings, using natural materials and embracing the sun and wind, in contrast to alienating mechanised structures.
Sonali Rastogi
Founding Partner,
Morphogenesis
Sonali Rastogi is founding partner of Morphogenesis. A former member of the Delhi Urban Art Commission, she is deeply interested in public policy, culture, and sustainability. She has also served on the juries of the World Architecture Festival (currently on the 2023 Super Jury) and the Dezeen Awards.
Kay Khoo
Partner,
Fish Do It Consultants LLP
After practising design in Malaysia for 2 decades, Kay moved to Mumbai for good. He's a partner at Some Early Birds and the former Creative Director of Kyoorius. What started as a love affair with content, has propelled his journey as a curator, design lead and Co-founder at Fish Do It, a vantage point from where he observes architecture and design in India.
Prasanna Sankhe became the youngest National Creative Director in India when he took up the advertising job at Publicis in India. Even so, design has always been his first love. His natural inclination towards architecture bore fruit in his interest and work in retail design. He pioneered retail design early on, by designing the flagship branch and retail experience of all YESBANK branches in 2005.
Prasanna Sankhe
Co-Founder & Creative Head,
Hyphen
Viral has worked with renowned agencies like DDB Mudra, Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey Worldwide, and Cheil, heading the last three agencies for 14 years. He also founded the agency Out of the Box. He is also the only Indian creative to have worked on Rolex. At present, he is a Partner and Chief Culture Officer at Cog Culture, creating cutting-edge work that intersects digital and design.
Viral Pandya
Partner / Chief Culture Officer,
COG Culture
Ipsit Patel
Co-Founder,
Patch Design Studio
Ipsit Patel graduated from CEPT, Ahmedabad. Mentored by Gerard da Cunha, he also worked at Busride Design Studio in Mumbai and Ireko Design in Mauritius. He now runs Patch Design Studio, focusing on diverse built environments.