Chinmay Gheware

Chinmay Gheware is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture. He brings eight years of experience in architectural history, theory, conservation, public scholarship, and design. Before joining CEPT University, he worked as an independent researcher, writer, curator, and visiting faculty at CEPT, while also contributing to architectural projects in Maharashtra and has been serving as a critic at various institutions. His interests focus on twentieth-century architecture, memory studies, and modernism, and their relevance to contemporary built-environment discourse. Notable projects include the redevelopment of the Railway Stations at Latur and Dharashiv, Maharashtra. His research has been presented at international forums, including the JBSC XII Conference (Rotterdam and Delft, 2025) and the DOCOMOMO International Conference (Los Angeles, 2026). He also co-edited the book Building a State: 75 Years of Architecture and Engineering in Gujarat (GICEA, 2022). Currently, he is working towards the publication of a history of architecture in India discussing the shifts in architecture during the 1970s – 1990s and a historiography of alternate practices in conservation — assessing and presenting a layered history of decolonisation and palimpsestic layers of spatial and structural transformations of Chhatar Manzil Complex in Lucknow.