Vishwanath kashikar
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Vishwanath Kashikar

Sr.Associate Professor
Programs
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About Vishwanath Kashikar

Vishwanath Kashikar is a faculty member at CEPT University working across architectural education and urban housing in India. His research and teaching examine how architecture engages with the social, economic, and regulatory forces shaping contemporary housing. Alongside housing studios and courses, he conducts pedagogy and curriculum design workshops with institutions across India, focusing on studio methods and educational frameworks. His work connects questions of teaching with questions of practice, exploring how architectural education can respond to large scale societal and spatial challenges.
Vishwanath Kashikar chairs the M.Arch program in Housing Design at CEPT University and previously served as Chair of the B.Arch program. He holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from CEPT and a M.A Architecture from the National University of Singapore. He has contributed extensively to academic governance through committees on service rules, curriculum revision, institutional futures, digital infrastructure, admissions, and international exchange. His work in architectural education extends nationally through teacher training and curriculum design workshops at multiple institutions. He serves in the board of studies/​advisors/​mentors in an advisory capacity across various architecture and design institutions in India,and was recipient of the Graham Foundation Publication Award (2023).
  • HOUSING DESIGN with focus on quality in multistory housing
  • ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION with focus on curriculum design and pedagogy
  • The Practice — S‑2026
  • DRP — S‑2026
  • House layouts — S‑2026
  • Oikopolis VII: The Reset — S‑2025
  • Housing Futures — M‑2025
  • History of Housing design — M‑2025
  • The Practice — S‑2024
  • Precedents and Breakthrough in Details — S‑2024

Workshop

  1. how to design a curriculum curriculum development for the B.Des program at the design village noida
  2. International habitat design studio, Vastushilpa Foundation, Ahmedabad- 2009 – 2012 vastushilpa foundation international studio
  3. pedagogy and evaluation teacher training workshop WCFA Mysuru
  4. how to design a curriculum curriculum development for B.Arch program NITTE Mangalore
  5. curriculum revision as a design process chandigarh college of architecture curriculum revision
  6. housing design housing workshop CARE school of architecture Trichy
  7. weaving climate in design building climate and construction workshop

Round Table

  1. panel member Balgokulam ECCE curriculum panel discussion

Other

  1. why shouldn’t we try and stop society from where it is heading TEDX-tdv Defining Change
  1. education at cept Educational ecosystem of architecture
  2. Kallang redesign ideas letsnottalkaboutarchitecture

Conference

  1. future of architectural education national education summit gandhinagar
  2. experiments with teaching arrivals/​departures, Campus Ultzama International

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