Book Launch: Life and Works of Cyrus Jhabvala
CEPT Archives and CEPT University Press cordially invite you all to the Book Launch of ‘Life and Works of Cyrus Jhabvala’. Please find the poster attached for your reference.
Date & Time: Monday, 9th March @ 5.00 pm
Venue: A02-103 — Piraji Sagara Basement, CEPT University
Book Release and Reflections: Prof. Rahul Mehrotra, our esteemed alumnus and Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Author: Prof. Iftikhar-mulk Chishti
Contributing Author: Snehil Tripathi
About the monograph:
This monograph is more than a chronicle of Cyrus Jhabvala’s life and works. It examines how an extraordinary individual, shaped by extraordinary times, indelibly impacted the pedagogy, profession, production and policy of post-Independence Indian architecture.
Portrayed not only as an architect, educator, artist, and collector but also a singular thinker, a tenacious mentor, he was admired and misunderstood in equal measure. Drawing on memory, archival material, and the socio-cultural context that shaped him, this monograph offers a balanced and nuanced account of his multifaceted legacy — a work of enduring relevance for students, teachers and scholars of urban and architectural history in modern India and beyond.
Published by CEPT University Press, the Monograph is an outcome of the Research Associateship program at the CEPT Archives.
About the collection:
Cyrus and Ruth Jhabvala Fund (CRJF) gifted the collection of architectural works of C.S.H. Jhabvala to CEPT Archives in July ‘21. The collection consists of 10,120 drawings, 382 photographs, 74 mounted slides/transparencies, 35 negatives, 25 books and publications, 238 sanctioned drawings, 44 office documents, 30 tools and objects, and 22 exhibition panels. The collection can be accessed by writing to email hidden; JavaScript is required.
