Third Prize Winner
Harika Gandi & Sarmada Madhulika

A Concrete Belief
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Harika Gandi & Sarmada Madhulika _ 3rd prize winners
Harika Gandi
My name is Harika, I am an Architect, Artist and Professor with over 5 years of experience working closely with Architects, Artists, International experts, policy makers & students across the country. I graduated in Bachelor of Architecture from Andhra University and earned my Masters’ degree in Psychology from Andhra University. Being a continuous learner, I am currently pursuing my Masters in Environmental Design from JNAFAU, Hyderabad.
Besides being the co-founder of the firm Sargah Architects, my true passion for working with young learners, sharing knowledge, and interacting with them has motivated me to pursue my career in teaching where I work as Assistant Professor at Sri Venkateswara College of Architecture, Hyderabad and Visiting Faculty at Sri Venkateswara College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad. My teaching philosophy is to create a community of learners who are design thinkers, who create sustainable solutions and are rooted to Human and Environmental centric designs, making this world a better place to live in.

SarmadaMadhulika Kone
An architect and urbanist whose work is inclined towards developing socially responsible design solutions. She worked on multiple residential towers in Navi-Mumbai, 2015-16. She is now the Founder and Principal Architect at Sagṛaḥ Architects, Hyderabad, India. She received her Master of Planning in Urban Development from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, India in 2017 and a Bachelors of Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, India in 2014. As an urbanist, her research interests are in People-centric Cities and ICT interventions in Participatory Planning. Her latest publication is “Smart Public Participation: An inquiry into the role of process and technology” in the book ICT Solutions for Improving Smart Communities in Asia, 2021.