Artist      

1978 -1983 Bachelor of Architecture, Sir J.J. College of
Architecture, Bombay.

1983 -1985 Associate Architect at T. Khareghat & Associates,
Bombay.

1985 -1987 Master of Architecture, University of Houston,
Texas, USA.

1987 -1988 Architect at Gensler & Associates, San Francisco,
California, USA.

1988 -1999 Associate Architect at Talati & Panthaky
Associated Pvt. Ltd., Bombay.

1998 -2000 Training in ceramics at Golden Bridge Pottery,
Pondicherry, India, under Ray Meeker and
Deborah Smith.

2001 - Partner at Mandala Pottery, Auroville, India.
Production and studio pottery with Anamika,
Chinmayi and Krishnamoorthy.



workshops attented/conducted
2008 Anagama firing, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
2007 Clay – Edge 2007, invitational ceramic event. Demonstrated the building and firing of a fire-stabilised mud-brick dome at Janet Mansfield’s property in Gulgong, Australia.
2007 Anagama firing with Peter Thompson, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
2007 (Workshop conducted) Making of Snowy, a fire-stabilized mud-brick dome, Auroville.
2005 Manisha Bhattacharya, Raku, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India.
2004 (Workshop conducted) Terracotta, Indian Institute of Interior Designers, Panjim, Goa, India.
2002 Betty Woodman, Glazed Terracotta, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
2001 Paul Soldner, Rudy Autio, Tom Collins, Woodstoke 2001,
Penryn, CA, USA.
2001 John Wolman, Anagama Community Firing, Grass Valley, California, USA.
2001 Kent Rothman, Low-fire Salt and Soda,
Mendocino Art Center, California, USA.
2001 Savneet Talwar, Explorations in Clay, Andretta Pottery, H. P., India
2001 Sandy Brown, Letting Go! Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
2000 Mike Dodd, Ash Glazes, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
1999 Jane Perryman, Smoke-fired Pottery, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
1999 Jim Danisch, Porcelain, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry