Jay Thakkar
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Jay Rajesh Thakkar

Sr.Associate Professor
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About Jay Rajesh Thakkar

Jay Thakkar is a curator, researcher, designer and professor at the Faculty of Design, CEPT University, whose work connects craft, vernacular knowledge systems, design research, and contemporary cultural practice across India and international contexts. He curates public cultural platforms, leads collaborative research initiatives, and develops pedagogic frameworks that bring together fieldwork, storytelling, exhibitions, and design education. Through his work with artisans, students, institutions, and cultural practitioners, he advances new ways of understanding material culture, heritage, and experiential learning.
Jay Thakkar is a Professor at the Faculty of Design, CEPT University, and Head of CEPT Exhibitions, with over two decades of academic and professional experience across India, Europe, and Australia. His work engages the intersections of craft, design, vernacular architecture, visual communication, storytelling, play, and contemporary cultural practice, bringing together research, pedagogy, curation, and public cultural engagement. Educated in Visual Communication at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and Interior Design at CEPT University, he has built an interdisciplinary practice rooted in field-based inquiry, collaborative learning, and the contemporary interpretation of traditional knowledge systems. His teaching, research, exhibitions, and publications have consistently advanced new ways of understanding material culture, vernacular practices, and experiential design education. He serves as Curator of the Abhivyakti City Arts Festival and as Coordinator of Threads of Innovation, an international academic collaboration between CEPT University and NTNU, Norway. As Principal Investigator, he has led significant research initiatives including Vernacular Furniture of India, Celebrating Gundiyali, Building Crafts of Himachal Pradesh, and Crafts of Gujarat, each contributing extensively to documentation, exhibitions, archives, and scholarship on vernacular and craft traditions. He is also the co-founder and former Director of the Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC), CRDF, India, an institution dedicated to research and innovation in traditional building crafts and material culture. His authored and co-authored publications include Naqsh, Matra, Prathaa, Sahaj and Smarya, alongside the Craft Experiential Tourism Toolkit and ongoing research toward Craft Design Collaborative Pedagogy Toolkit. His contributions have been recognised through fellowships from the Charles Wallace India Trust and the Simon Digby Charitable Trust, gold medals from CEPT University and the Gujarat Institute for Civil Engineers and Architects, and the UTFORSK 2020 award from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. As an educator, he has developed multidisciplinary studios and workshops that use storytelling, systems thinking, and game-based approaches to connect heritage, community knowledge, and contemporary design practice.
  • Traditional and Vernacular Architecture
  • Craft and Cultural Heritage
  • Game Design and Storytelling
  • Visual Communication
  • Vernacular Furniture
  • Cinematic Realities — S‑2026
  • Tales of Denmark: Exploring Danish Craft-Design Cultures — S‑2025
  • Reimagining the Vernacular — M‑2025
  • Fictional Spaces — S‑2024
  • Experiencing Craft-Design-Culture in Netherlands — S‑2024
  • Celebrating Crafts — TOI — M‑2024
  • NEST: Experimenting through Design in Norway — S‑2022
  • Celebrating Crafts — TOI — M‑2022

Seminar

  1. A (UN)Certain Future: A Strategy for Re-building the Craft Sector India Craft Week & British Council (Global Crafting Futures Programme)
  2. Conscious Induction of Skills in Architectural Pedagogy (COA-TRC Online Training) Symbiosis Skills & Professional University, Pune
  3. Craft and Innovation: Tradition in Transition Daksha — Crafting Voices 2026, Kolkata (banglanatak)
  4. Craft Innovation — A Systematic Approach Pearl Academy & Association of Designers of India (ADI) — Design Lounge Series
  5. Craft Innovation in Rural India Design: An Asian Perspective, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  6. Design ki Sambhavnayien (Prospects in Design) School of Planning and Design, Manipal University Jaipur
  7. Future of Craft National Craft Seminar 2015 — ​‘Karigari: Crafting the Future’, Govt of Gujarat
  8. Integration of Art, Craft and Design (India/​UK Together — A Season of Culture) Charles Wallace India Trust & British Council, Delhi
  9. International Seminar for Promotion of Exports of Indian Handicrafts EPCH, DC (Handicrafts) & NCDPD
  10. Jivan Chakra: Exploring Narratives in Vernacular Furniture Bhartiya Shilp and Architecture seminar, IGNCA & GREHA, New Delhi
  11. Making of Matra: Built and Unbuilt Spaces Seminar: Interior Design Traditions in India, CEPT University
  12. Role and Future of Design Career Guidance Seminar, Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA), Ahmedabad
  13. Role of DICRC in Promotion of Craft National Craft Seminar 2014 — ​‘Paramparaa: Future Craft Traditions’, Govt of Gujarat
  14. Role of Traditional Crafts in Modern Interiors and Architecture India Craft Week & Pearl Academy, Delhi
  15. Understanding & Safeguarding the Building Crafts of India: A Holistic Approach Webinar on DRR for Traditional Arts & Crafts of India, NIDM (Ministry of Home Affairs) & Rooftop

Conference

  1. A Synergistic Creative Approach in Warli Craft Practices through Heart:Beat (Keynote) ​‘Ceramic Values: Can Ceramics Make a Difference?’ Congress, Ulster University, Stoke on Trent, UK
  2. An Analysis of Kath-khuni Architecture as a Sustainable Humane Habitat in Himachal Pradesh 11th International Conference on Humane Habitat (ICHH 2009), IAHH, Rizvi College of Architecture
  3. Application of Art & Craft (Session Chair & Panellist) International e‑Conference ​‘Retro Futurism of Skills in Architecture, Design, Planning and Innovation’, SSPU, Pune
  4. Collaborative Innovation for Creative Future International Conference of Creative Futures (ICCF’22), Manipal University Jaipur
  5. Community Engagement: A Systematic Approach (Accelerating Climate Action in the Built Environment) 16th GRIHA Summit, New Delhi
  6. Craft-Design Collaboration: An Emerging Hybrid Model of Academic Pedagogy in Design and Architecture Education ​‘A Focus on Pedagogy’, AMPS & Routledge with Beaconhouse University
  7. Craft-Design Innovation: An Inclusive Approach 4th International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots (ICCIG 4), IIM Ahmedabad
  8. Crafting Contextual Learning: A Cross-Cultural Pedagogical Model for Craft DESIGN 2030: Developing Efficient and Sustainable Innovations for Global Needs, K.R. Mangalam University, Delhi
  9. Crafting Tomorrow: A Framework for Craft-Design Collaboration from Practice to Classroom LOOP.ed Conclave on Responsible Consumption and Production in Design, Unitedworld Institute of Design NCR (UIDNCR)
  10. DICRC Overview Oikos Asia Meet 2012 — Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Lifestyles, Ahmedabad
  11. Documenting Indian Vernacular Heritage (Paper ID ICOA1882) 19th ICOMOS General Assembly & Scientific Symposium, New Delhi
  12. Engagement with Craft Community in Gujarat KULA Conclave — Craft-Based Linkages for Regenerative Tourism & Urban Development, Goa
  13. Experiencing Craft and Culture: An Emerging Cultural Sustainable Tourism Model in India International Conference — Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST 2017), IEREK, Thessaloniki, Greece
  14. Fostering Open Cultures (Session Co-chair, with Saurabh Popli) ICCIG 4 / Festival of Inclusive Innovations for Social Transformation (FIIST), IIM Ahmedabad
  15. Kath-khuni in Himachal Pradesh: Documenting and Practicing Tradition IASTE Conference: Interrogating Tradition, UC Berkeley & Oxford Brookes, Oxford, UK
  16. Many Voices, Shared Ground: Co-creative Practice across Art, Craft & Design Craft, Community & Tourism: An International Confluence — Sarawak Craft Council & Society Atelier Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia
  17. Redefining the Educational Perspective on Crafts and Heritage in Interior Architecture International Conference on Heritage Management Education and Practice, Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad
  18. Redefining the Position of Crafts in India (Keynote) Varna 2017, K.S. School of Architecture, Bangalore
  19. Reimagining the Vernacular: A Pedagogical Inquiry into Indigenous Knowledge Through Game Design Indigenous Consciousness Education Research Methodology Convening (ICERM), Anant University
  20. Revival and Re-engagement of Space Making Crafts within Creative Industries India Urban Conference 2011 (City in Public Culture), Infosys Campus, Mysore
  21. The Indigenous Kath-Khuni Construction System of the Himalayas: Continuity and Relevance of Local Building Crafts From Forests to Heritage 2024, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
  22. Understanding Methodological Framework to Document, Record and Decode the Craftsmanship and Narratives in the Vernacular Furniture of India Blurred Boundaries 2.0 International Conference, SMEF’s Brick School of Architecture, Pune
  23. Community Engagement: A Systematic Approach Accelerating Climate Action in the Built Environment, at 16th GRIHA Summit, New Delhi
  24. Craft-Design Collaborative Pedagogy A Model for Sustainability in Design Education SiDE International Symposium Sustainability in Design Education organised by IIT Delhi and TU Delft
  25. Engagement with Craft Community in Gujarat Craft-Based Linkages for Regenerative Tourism and Urban Development, KULA Conclave, Goa
  26. Kath-Khuni Architecture and its Sacred Relationship with Devta, Land and Community MIMASA: Architectural Symposium ​‘towards Timeless, Humane And Sustainable Built Environment organised by Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College Of Architecture (MMCOA), Pune
  27. The Indigenous Kath-Khuni Construction System of the Himalayas From Forests to Heritage, Helsinki, Alto University, Finland.
  28. Understanding Methodological Framework to Document, Record and Decode the Craftsmanship and Narratives in the Vernacular Furniture of India International Conference on Blurred Boundaries 2.0: Interdisciplinary Understanding of Culture and Architecture oragansied by SMEF’s Brick School of Architecture
  29. Blurring the Boundaries: co-creating through art craft design collaboration Crafting Connections: Bridging Borders organised by Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  30. The Indigenous Kath-Khuni Construction System of the Himalayas: Continuity and Relevance of Local Building Crafts in Current Times 2024 Conference — From Forests to Heritage, Helsinki, Alto University, Finland
  31. Revival and Re-engagement of Space Making Crafts (Building Crafts) within Creative Industries, India Urban Conference ‑2011 (City in Public Culture), Infosys Campus, Mysore. Thakkar J. Revival and Re-engagement of Space Making Crafts (Building Crafts)
  32. Space Making Craft in Heritage Conservation, Round Table Conference at Casa de la India & University of Valladolid, Spain Thakkar J. Space Making Craft in Heritage Conservation
  33. Craft-Design Innovation: an inclusive approach at the Fourth International conference on creativity and innovation at/​for/​from/​with grassroots [ICCIG 4], IIIM, Ahmedabad. Thakkar, J. Craft-Design Innovation: an inclusive approach at the Fourth International conference on creativity and innovation
  34. Indigenous sustainable construction practices: Kath-Khuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh at First National Workshop on Green Hill Habitat, at IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, organised by IGBC and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Thakkar, J. Indigenous sustainable construction practices: Kath-Khuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh

Symposium

  1. Celebrating Clay: Revival of Crafts Post-Pandemic ​‘A (UN)Certain Future: A Strategy for Re-building the Craft Sector’, India Craft Week & British Council
  2. Craft-Design Collaborative Pedagogy: A Model for Sustainability in Design Education SiDE International Symposium on Sustainability in Design Education, IIT Delhi & TU Delft
  3. Crafting Resilience: Wood in Kath-Khuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh (Poster) / Relevance and Continuity of Wood ISWST 2025 / World Wood Day Symposium / 7th IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium (JWRS & Kumamoto University), Sendai, Japan
  4. Emerging Craft Practices and Their Role in Making the City Expanded Practices Symposium, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University
  5. Journey of Indian Wood Crafts — Traditional Built Heritage to Contemporary Craft-Design Innovations 2016 World Wood Day Symposium, Nepal Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal
  6. Kath-Khuni Architecture and its Sacred Relationship with Devta, Land and Community MIMASA Architectural Symposium, MMCOA, Pune
  7. Learning from the Walled City of Ahmedabad International Symposium on Heritage Management (Asmita Samvad — A Dialogue on Heritage and Identity), Ahmedabad University
  8. Relevance of Craft in Design Education in the Indian Context ASIDE — A Symposium on Interior Design Education, IIID Jaipur
  9. Sustainability and Habitat Education WIPRO Western Region Sustainability Symposium, Ahmedabad
  10. The Sustainability of Indigenous Building Craft Practices: Kath-Kuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh Building Craft Traditions in Tibet and the Himalayas, Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW)

Round Table

  1. Celebrating Skills: Mapping Needs and Approaches for Skill Development in Gujarat DICRC, CEPT University
  2. Death and Rebirth of Furniture and Memories In-Between Raw Talk Series — ​‘Of Empty Chairs, Frayed Photos and other such Bits and Bobs’, Godrej Archives
  3. Future of Crafts (Impact & Action: How the Pandemic Affected Experiential Events) Fashion Revolution India & British Council
  4. Future of Professional Education in Architecture, Design & Technology CEPT University
  5. Heritage, Crafts & Tourism: Promoting Collaborations, Creating New Business Opportunities Centre for Heritage Management (Ahmedabad University), AMC & Casa de la India, Spain
  6. Management of Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities Centre for Heritage Management (Ahmedabad University), AMC & Casa de la India, Spain
  7. Space Making Craft in Heritage Conservation Round Table Conference, Casa de la India & University of Valladolid, Spain

Other

  1. Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) Grantee Training Programme (Large Grant) The British Museum, London
  2. Looking Beyond the Obvious: Learning from the Ordinary Houses (TEDx) TEDx, Shri Padmapat Singhania University, Udaipur
  3. Monitoring and Evaluation — Crafting Futures Project British Council & The Social Investment Consultancy

Workshop

  1. Indigenous Sustainable Construction Practices: Kath-Khuni Architecture First National Workshop on Green Hill Habitat, IIT Roorkee (IGBC & CII)
  2. Model of Policy Framework in the Craft Sector National Participatory Workshop ​‘Safeguarding and Reviving Cultural Industries in Uttarakhand’ (Dharohar), IIT Roorkee
  3. Model of Policy Framework in the Handicraft Sector Consultative Workshop on Policy Challenges in the Handicrafts Sector, GIDR, Ahmedabad
  4. Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop (Global Crafting Futures) British Council
  5. Research Action Model for Craft: An Institutional Framework Dharohar — A Workshop on Craft and Skill Development for Sustainable Design, CUDD, IIT Roorkee

Convention

  1. Role of Board Games in Education and Design Industry Unboxed Board Game Club
  2. Think Global, Design Indian INDESIA — IIID National Convention 2014, Kolhapur
  1. Architectural and Cultural Aspects of the Sacred: Wood-and-stone temples of the Western Himalaya Bharat Dave, Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage)
  2. POLEMICS — ​‘Indianness’: a discussion column with key designers in India Jay Thakkar [IN]SIDE Journal (Matter / H&R Johnson India)
  3. Craft Design Collaborations in Interior Architecture Practices: A model of collaboration Jay Thakkar, Meghana Deshpande Insite (Vol 9, Issue 10)
  4. Craft Design Collaborative Pedagogy Toolkit Jay Thakkar, Rishav Jain DICRC, CEPT University
  5. The Himalayan vernacular: Kath-khuni architecture Mansi Shah, Jay Thakkar Saha​pe​dia​.org
  6. Field Work and Research in Himachal Pradesh, CEPT University, India Thakkar J. Field Work and Research in Himachal Pradesh
  7. Ornamental Forms in Traditional Architecture of Gujarat, Masters in Interior Architecture & Design (MIAD), CEPT University Thakkar J. Ornamental Forms in Traditional Architecture of Gujarat
  8. Wood in vernacular and traditional buildings of India, School of Interior Design, Faculty of Design, CEPT University, India Thakkar J. Wood in vernacular and traditional buildings of India
  9. Wooden Vernacular Architecture of Kumaon, Uttaranchal Masters in Interior Architecture & Design (MIAD), CEPT University Thakkar J. Wooden Vernacular Architecture of Kumaon
  10. Kath-khuni in Himachal Pradesh: Documenting and Practicing Tradition, IASTE Conference: Interrogating Tradition organized by University of California, Berkeley & Oxford Brookes University, Oxford United Kingdom Thakkar J. Kath-khuni in Himachal Pradesh: Documenting and Practicing Tradition
  11. Matra- a Yatra (vernacular architecture of Himachal Pradesh), Royal College of Applied Science & Technology, Ras-Al-Khaimah, UAE, Canadian University of Dubai (CUD), UAE, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Dubai, UAE Thakkar J. Matra- a Yatra
  12. Making of Matra: Built and unbuilt spaces, Seminar: Interior Design Traditions in India, CEPT University, Gujarat Thakkar J. Making of Matra: Built and unbuilt spaces
  13. Ornamental forms in traditional buildings of Gujarat, National School of Interior Design (NSID), Rajkot, Gujarat Thakkar J. Ornamental forms in traditional buildings of Gujarat
  14. Spaces and its Construction in Vernacular Built Forms of Himachal Pradesh, D. C. Patel School of Architecture (IED), Vallabh-Vidhyanagar, Gujarat. Thakkar J. Spaces and its Construction in Vernacular Built Form
  15. Role of visual communication in Interior Design, Indian Institute of Interior Design, Ahmedabad Thakkar J. Role of visual communication in Interior Design
  16. System Design: Conceptual Framework, Faculty of Design, CEPT University, India Thakkar J., Korjan D System Design: Conceptual Framework
  17. An Analysis of Kath-khuni Architecture as a Sustainable Humane Habitat in Himachal Pradesh, 11th International Conference on Humane Habitat (ICHH) 2009 by International Association for Humane Habitats (IAHH) at Rizvi College of Architecture, India. Thakkar J., Morrison S. An Analysis of Kath-khuni Architecture as a Sustainable Humane Habitat in Himachal Pradesh
  18. Making of Matra, Sinhgad College of Architecture, Pune, India Thakkar J., Morrison S. Making of Matra
  19. Matra: A journey back home, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Thakkar J., Morrison S. Matra: A journey back home
  20. Vernacular Architecture of India, Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Architecture (BVOC), Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India Thakkar J., Morrison S. Vernacular Architecture of India

Journal Article

  1. Details of Resistance: Indigenous Construction Systems of Himachal Pradesh Bharat Dave, Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah Context: Built, Living and Natural (DRONAH), Vol IX(1)
  2. Indigenous Building Traditions of Himachal Pradesh Bharat Dave, Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah ABACUS (BIT Mesra), 6(2)
  3. SEIN UND ZU-HAUSE-SEIN IN DER BERGEN Bharat Dave, Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah archithese
  4. Wood and Stone: The vernacular architecture of Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar GEO Magazine
  5. Traditional Crafts Collaborate with Contemporary Design Techniques Jay Thakkar and DICRC Team Indian Architect and Builder
  6. Relevance and Continuity of Wood in the Kath-khuni Architecture in the Mountainous Region of Himachal Pradesh, India Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah International Journal of Wood Culture
  7. Continuing traditions through frameworks of craft design innovation education and training M. Sathyanarayan, Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar Journal of Heritage Management
  8. Continuing traditions through frameworks of craft design innovation education and training Mansi Sathyanarayan, Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar Journal of Heritage Management, Sage Publishing

Report

  1. Field Report — Indigenous Architecture and Building Practices in Himachal Pradesh, India Bharat Dave, Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah DICRC CEPT University and The University of Melbourne
  2. Indigenous Building Practices of Kumaon, Uttarakhand Jay Thakkar DICRC, CEPT University
  3. Integrating regional knowledge through Board Game Design — a pedagogical pursuit Jay Thakkar Green Guide Series by Asia Europe Foundation and banglanatak​.com
  4. Kharadi Kaam: Wood Turning and Lacquer Craft in Dholka, Gujarat Jay Thakkar, B. Shome, S. Saraswat DICRC, CEPT University
  5. Field Report — Indigenous Architecture and Building Practices in Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar, Bharat Dave, Mansi Shah DICRC, CEPT University & University of Melbourne
  6. HEART:BEAT The Warli Project (Monograph) Jay Thakkar, Rishav Jain DICRC, CEPT University
  7. IDE2AS Craft Innovation Training Toolkit Jay Thakkar, Rishav Jain, D. Gharge DICRC, CEPT University
  8. Craft Innovation Training Programme with Terracotta Craftspeople of Gundiyali M. Sathyanarayan, Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar DICRC, CEPT University
  9. Tatva: Community Driven Innovation Project Mansi Sathyanarayan, Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar DICRC, CEPT University

Conference Proceedings

  1. Crafting Resilience: Wood in Kath-Khuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar The Seventh IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium / International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology 2025
  2. Documenting Indian Vernacular Heritage (Paper ID ICOA1882) Jay Thakkar, G. Hegde, S. Jain, B. Rudolff 19th ICOMOS General Assembly & Scientific Symposium, New Delhi
  3. Crafting Resilience: Wood in Kath-Khuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh (Poster) Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah The Seventh IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium (JWRS & Kumamoto University), Sendai, Japan
  4. Re-engaging Vernacular Building Practices — Facilitating the revitalisation through a systematic approach Jay Thakkar, Routh R. South Asian Vernacular Architecture Conference Proceeding
  5. Experiencing Craft and Culture: an emerging cultural sustainable tourism model in India Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar Cultural Sustainable Tourism
  6. Experiencing Craft and Culture: an emerging cultural sustainable tourism model in India Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar International Conference — Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST 2017), IEREK, Thessaloniki, Greece
  7. Experiencing Craft and Culture: an emerging cultural sustainable tourism model in India Rishav Jain, Jay Thakkar International Conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST 2017)

Book

  1. Naqsh: The Art of Wood Carving of Traditional Houses of Gujarat Jay Thakkar Naqsh: The Art of Wood Carving of Traditional Houses of Gujarat
  2. Naqsh: The Art of Wood Carving of Traditional Houses of Gujarat — Focus on Ornamentation Jay Thakkar SID Research Cell, CEPT University
  3. Naqsh: The Art of Wood Carving of Traditional Houses of Gujarat: Focus on Ornamentation Jay Thakkar SID Research Cell
  4. Prathaa: Kath-Khuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar, Bharat Dave, Mansi Shah Prathaa: Kath-Khuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh
  5. Prathaa: Kath-Khuni Architecture of Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar, Bharat Dave, Mansi Shah SID Research Cell, CEPT University
  6. Matra: Ways of Measuring Vernacular Built Forms of Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar, Skye Morrison Matra: Ways of Measuring Vernacular Built Forms of Himachal Pradesh
  7. Matra: Ways of Measuring Vernacular Built Forms of Himachal Pradesh Jay Thakkar, Skye Morrison SID Research Cell, CEPT University

Book Chapter

  1. Crafts in India — Representations and Reflexivity through the lens of applied research Jay Thakkar, Mansi Rao Routledge Handbook of Craft and Sustainability in India
  2. Kath-khuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh: Decline, Continuity and Change Jay Thakkar, Mansi Shah Building Craft Traditions in Tibetan and Himalayan Architecture
  3. Experiencing Craft and Culture: an emerging cultural sustainable tourism model in India Jay Thakkar, Rishav Jain Cultural Sustainable Tourism (Springer, Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)

Journal

  1. Craft Innovation — a systematic approach, organised by Pearl Academy and Association of Designers of India (ADI) as part of Design Lounge Series. Thakkar J Craft Innovation — a systematic approach
  2. Crafting the future of design education, by School of Design, AURO University. Thakkar J, Crafting the future of design education
  3. Fourth wave in craft education, a podcast of Garland Magazine. Thakkar J, Fourth wave in craft education
  4. Craft + Design = DeCraft, National Institute of Fashion Technology Gandhinagar. Thakkar J, Craft + Design = DeCraft
  5. online discussion on Future of Crafts organised by Fashion Revolution India and British Council in the session“Impact & Action: How the pandemic has affected experiential events”. Thakkar J, online discussion on Future of Crafts organised
  6. The sustainability of indigenous building craft practices: Kath-khuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh, as part of the symposium ​“Building craft traditions in Tibet and the Himalayas” organised by The Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Thakkar J, Shah M, The sustainability of indigenous building craft practices: Kath-khuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh
  7. Model of Policy framework in Craft Sector, National Participatory Workshop ​“Safeguarding and Reviving Cultural Industries in Uttarakhand” under ​“Dharohar” (Ministry of Culture Project ), IIT Roorkee. Thakkar J. Model of Policy framework in Craft Sector
  8. Re-defining Building Crafts A holistic approach, Advisory Meeting of Community, Craft and Heritage Division, INTACH, Delhi. Thakkar J. Re-defining Building Crafts A holistic approach
  9. Understanding crafts through an institutional framework of research, Department of Humanities and Social Science, IIT Kanpur. Thakkar J. Understanding crafts through an institutional framework of research
  10. Model of Policy framework in the Handicraft Sector, Consultative Workshop on Policy Challenges in the Handicrafts Sector in Gujarat at GIDR, Ahmedabad. Thakkar J. Model of Policy framework in the Handicraft Sector
  11. Research Action Model for Craft : An Institutional Framework for Dharohar: A Workshop on Craft and Skill Development for Sustainable Design CUDD, IIT Roorkee. Thakkar J. Research Action Model for Craft : An Institutional Framework for Dharohar
  12. Role and Future of Design, Career Guidance Seminar on ​“Opportunities in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Design”, organised by Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA), Ahmedabad. Thakkar J. Role and Future of Design, Career Guidance Seminar on ​“Opportunities in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Design”
  13. Traditional and Vernacular Architecture of Gujarat at South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust Norwich, United Kingdom. Thakkar J. Traditional and Vernacular Architecture of Gujarat at South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection
  14. Future of Craft, at National Craft Seminar 2015 ​‘Karigari: Crafting the Future’, part of ​‘Garvi Gurjari National Craft Fair and Summit 2014’ organised by Ministry of Cottage Industries, Government of Gujarat, India. Thakkar J. Future of Craft, at National Craft Seminar 2015 ​‘Karigari: Crafting the Future’
  15. Launch of Building Craft Lab (BCL) at SID Foundation Day, Faculty of Design, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Thakkar J. Launch of Building Craft Lab
  16. Relevance and importance of Digital Technology for promotion of Craft, at iNDEXT‑C, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. Thakkar J. Relevance and importance of Digital Technology for promotion of Craft
  17. Role of DICRC in promotion of Craft, National Craft Seminar 2014 — ​“Paramparaa: Future Craft Traditions”, part of ​‘Garvi Gurjari National Craft Fair and Summit 2014’ organised by Ministry of Cottage Industries, Government of Gujarat, India. Thakkar J. Role of DICRC in promotion of Craft
  18. Importance of Craft and its role in design, A Workshop on craft collaboration organised by Craftroots at Ahmedabad Haat. Thakkar J. Importance of Craft and its role in design,
  19. Jatra with wood artisans, Relevance of Human Skills Based Crafts in Interior Design, Interactive workshop by Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Ahmedabad Chapter. Thakkar J. Jatra with wood artisans
  20. DICRC Overview, Oikos Asia Meet 2012, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainable lifestyles, Ahmedabad. Thakkar J. DICRC Overview, Oikos Asia Meet
  21. Learning from the Walled City of Ahmedabad, International Symposium On Heritage Management, Asmita Samvad — A Dialogue On Heritage And Identity, Ahmedabad University. Thakkar J. Learning from the Walled City of Ahmedabad
  22. Craft Expressions: Wood Carvings of Traditional Houses of Gujarat, l’École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), The French School of the Far East Gujarat & Sindh Studies, Paris, France Thakkar J. Craft Expressions: Wood Carvings of Traditional Houses of Gujarat
  23. Looking beyond the obvious: learning from the ordinary houses, TEDx Presentation at Shri Padmapat Singhania University, Udaipur, Rajasthan Thakkar J. Looking beyond the obvious: learning from the ordinary houses
  24. Understanding Space Making Craft and its application within Interior Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, Architecture and Planning (DIAP), Milan, Italy Thakkar J. Understanding Space Making Craft and its application within Interior Architecture
  25. Pol ni Adhbut Kashtkala, Dhal ni Pol no Varso Workshop, Mahila Housing Sewa Trust, Ahmedabad. Thakkar J., Pol ni Adhbut Kashtkala
  26. Sustainability and Habitat Education, WIPRO Western Region Sustainability Symposium, Theme: Sustainability in Higher Education, Ahmedabad. Thakkar J., Iyer M. and Desai U., Sustainability and Habitat Education
  27. Celebrating Clay: Revival of crafts post pandemic, as part of a symposium titled ​“A (UN) Certain Future: a strategy for re-building the Craft Sector” organised by India Craft Week in association with the British Council. Thakkar, J, Celebrating Clay: Revival of crafts post pandemic
  28. Masterclass in Traditional Knowledge Systems — Sustainable Kath-Khuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh, INTACH Heritage Academy, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi Thakkar, J. Masterclass in Traditional Knowledge Systems
  29. Masterclass in Traditional Knowledge Systems — Traversing through traditional Indian wooden habitat: exploring architecture, life, and crafts of western India, INTACH Heritage Academy, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi. Thakkar, J. Masterclass in Traditional Knowledge Systems
  30. Death and Rebirth of furniture and memories in-between at the Raw Talk Series and panel discussion titled, ​‘Of Empty Chairs, Frayed Photos and other such Bits and Bobs’ long with Sarita Sundar, Hanno and Vrunda Pathare, Godrej Archives. Thakkar, J. Death and Rebirth of furniture and memories in-between at the Raw Talk Series and panel discussion titled
  31. Jivan chakra: exploring narratives in vernacular furniture at the seminar titled Bhartiya Shilp and Architecture under Bharat Vidya Prayojana of IGNCA in collaboration with ​‘GREHA’ at IGNCA, New Delhi Thakkar, J. Jivan chakra: exploring narratives in vernacular furniture at the seminar titled Bhartiya Shilp and Architecture
  32. Redefine Design as part of the ​‘Lecture Series’ in the foundation program at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Gandhinagar. Thakkar, J. Redefine Design as part of the ​‘Lecture Series’
  33. Craft and Design in an Indian Context. Orientation Program at the Institute of Architecture & Planning, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Thakkar, J. Craft and Design in an Indian Context
  34. Emerging craft practices and their role in making the city. Expanded Practices Symposium, organised by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University. Thakkar, J. Emerging craft practices and their role in making the city
  35. Relevance of craft in design education in the indian context, ASIDE — A Symposium on Interior Design Education by Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) Jaipur. Thakkar, J. Relevance of craft in design education in the indian context
  36. Interior Design Education. Archiprix — Ahmedabad — CEPT 2017, Ahmedabad. Thakkar, J. Interior Design Education
  37. Interior Design: An Indian Context. Orientation Program, Anant National University (ANU), Ahmedabad. Thakkar, J. Interior Design: An Indian Context.
  38. Redefining position of crafts in India. Keynote speaker at Varna 2017, K.S.School of Architecture, Bangalore. Thakkar, J. Redefining position of crafts in India
  39. Role of Crafts and Heritage in Interior Architecture Education. Institute of Architecture & Planning, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Thakkar, J. Role of Crafts and Heritage in Interior Architecture Education
  40. Circle of life: folk stories of vernacular furniture at Urban Design and Architecture [UDA] section at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival [KGAF], Mumbai. Thakkar, J., Dixit S., Sathyanarayan M. Circle of life: folk stories of vernacular furniture at Urban Design and Architecture
  41. Vernacular Furniture of North-West India: an insight through narrative, Raw Collaborative 2.0, Ahmedabad Thakkar, J., Jain R., Dixit S., Vernacular Furniture of North-West India: an insight through narrative

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