Dwaipayan is an Architect and Urban Designer based in Pune, Maharashtra. After completing his M.Arch (Urban Design) from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi in 2005, he had been working as a Senior Architect in some prominent firms of Pune, after a memorable stint with Council of Architecture’s academic unit – NIASA. Later, after 5 years as the Senior Masterplanner at Associated Space Designers Pvt. Ltd., masterplanning large acreage special townships like Nanded City, Life Republic and Oxford Oasis Golf City, he moved on to VK:a Architecture as an Associate, where he looks after a large number of interesting Architectural and Urban Design projects, including Townships. He has taught Urban Design at some prominent schools of architecture in Pune, and remains in touch with teaching and academics. Dwaipayan both specialises and is deeply interested in urbanism, urban design & planning, real estate dynamics, relationship between city & society, architectural education, architectural journalism and technology, and writes frequently on these subjects in various online & print magazines and blogs