PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & PAST ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Member, Council of Architecture, India
Associate Member ISOLA, Indian Society of Landscape Architects.
International Member, ASLA, American Association of Landscape Architects.
Artist in Residence and Lecturer, coVeda Learning Center, Chandigarh.
Architect/Artist in Residence and Lecturer, Last School, Auroville.
Artist in Residence and Lecturer, University of Louisville, KY, USA
Visiting Faculty, Chandigarh College of Architecture.
Guest Lecturer, IISER Mohali
Visiting Lecturer, Penn State University USA
Visiting lecturer, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Visiting lecturer, Srishti School of Art and Design, Bangalore

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 1999 – continuing Independent Architecture and landscape Architecture design practice. Selected completed Projects and Proposals:

2023-ongoing Bathinda Botanical Garden, Bathinda.

2023-ongoing Gurukripa Forest Hermitage for monks of Ananda Sangh, Bunga, Panchkula.

2021-ongoing: Abohar Urban design and Landscape Design of Abha Square, Abha Park, including Public Squares, Library, Waterworks Museum, Canal-front; mentor Abohar Urban Fel- lowship, collaborative design and pedagogical program with IISER Mohali and Studio Aureole. https://sheharstudio.word- press.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/abohar-urban-fellow- ship_an-exploration-in-urban-practice_2021-22-download- able-version.pdf

2022: Envisioning the crown and design ideas: Line of Force in Industrial Zone of the Galaxy Plan Auroville, part of In- ternational dreamweaving Team, Auroville

2022: Aanandaa Permaculture Farm: Sustainable architecture for a farmhouse cum learning center near Panchkula

2021: Back to Source: Interior and furniture design for an or- ganic food restaurant and cafe, Sector 17, Chandigarh

2019: House for artist: In sector 9, Chandigarh

2018: Edelman India Corporate office, Chandiagrh

2016: Kalpana: Housing Design(Unbuilt) and Landscape de- sign proposal of a residential community of Auroville.

2015: KFI Sahyadri School(Unbuilt): Architecture Design of Dorms and Landscape Design of School near Pune.

2010: Janus Communications: Corporate office, Chandigarh.

2010: Janus Packaging: Factory building and office interiors, Baddi

2009: 499 House and Studio: Architects residence and studio

Micron Factory Landscape: Micron Factory landscape design near Chandigarh.

Feb 2007 –Jan 2008 Landscape Designer, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd. Seattle, WA, USA Art and design program Development, Presentation Graphics for: Voelcker Park, San Antonio, TX and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus, Seattle, WA

Jan 2005 Collaborative Entry with Tim Terway, Seth Wilberding & Greg Olsen Landscape-Ritual-Recovery: Flight 93 –Memorial Design Competition. Exhibition at Somerset, PA

Fall 2004 Faculty-Student Team Design & Build of Alumni Sculpture Garden, part of Horticulture Design implementation class, Penn State.

Aug 1999 Consultant Architect, DPEP project by World Bank Design and build with community help of child friendly environments in rural schools of district Kaithal, Haryana.

Jan 1996 – Dec 1998 Associate Architect, Jaspreet Takhar Konstruct Design, Chandigarh. Design Development and construction documents for FarmHouses, Office interiors, Schools in Delhi.

Mar 1995 – Jan 1996 Architect, Satnam Namita and Associates, Chandigarh. Elevation Studies/Detailing and construction drawings for Auditorium of Wehlems School, Dehradun

Feb 1994 – Jul 1994 Assistant architect, Hasmukh Patel and Associates, Ahmed- abad, India Conceptual design development for clubs in resi- dential neighbourhoods of Ahmedabad.

Jul 1991 – Dec 1991 Intern designer, Ram Sharma and Associates, New Delhi. Construction details of Landscape Features e.g. walls, water fountains etc. of Yamuna Sports Complex, Delhi

ART EXHIBITION RECORD (solo shows marked by , curatorial )

Mar 2017 CITY PRINTS art-c art exhibition sponsored by Kotak Mahindra Bank. Sector-8, Chandigarh.

Oct 2015 THE ROAD CHRONICLES: an ode to the labourer photo installation by Kaushiki Sarma, Anu Sabhlok and Jitesh Malik at Alliance Francaise Gallery, New Delhi

Mar 2012 ONE OF A KIND Sculptural objects fabricated with Bidri craftsperson. Exhibition organised by Ethaan. India Habitat Center at New Delhi.

Oct 2011 SHIFTING GRIDS Installation using photographs, mixed media. ICCG-2011, Boukenhiem Campus, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Sep 2010 TRANSFORMING STATE 2010 Religare arts residency exhibition. Whitewashed, Installation with plaster casts, mixed media. art- si, Connought Place, New Delhi

Feb 2008 CHANDIGARH PUBLIC ART PROJECT Proposals selected by Chandigarh Administration for public art projects for selected sites in the city.

Apr 2006 BRIDGES ACROSS RADCLIFFE: imagining maidan-e- aman(ground of peace), Multi-media installation at University Park Campus with maps, proposals for landscaped based art installations along and across India-Pakistan Border.

Dec 2005 FOODSPACE: Installation as Inquiry curated with Jitendera Arora, NID, Ahmedabad.

Mar 2005 POISONSCAPE: Exhibition of posters for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Webster’s Book Store Gallery, State College, PA

Nov 2003 LANDSCAPE AND AMERICA, part of cross-disciplinary Project, ” Tensions and Change: Writing and Creating the American Landscape” – Group Installation at UP Sculpture Park.

Nov 2003 BOHEMIAN PARADISE: Intersecting experiences, International Education Program. 3D Exhibit of community design work in Czech Republic, Downtown Theatre Gallery, State College

Nov 2002 CONCRETESCAPE: MFA thesis show, cast concrete, yarn, pro- jected video on rice paste, stiffened fabric over bamboo frames, turmeric Adam & Art Bellefonte, PA

Sep 2002 CAMPUS LINES, two books and video, selected for The Big Ten Grad Art exhibition; laser prints, stitched with mauli(sacred red yarn) Park Ridge, IL

Aug 2002 CROSSROADS, out door performance and installation on campus walkways; turmeric powder, University Park Campus, Penn State

Jan 2002 KABIR – the poet revisited, an artist book, SoFA Gallery, Indiana State University, Bloomington.

Nov 2001 REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11, part of student-faculty de- sign team for a memorial sculpture, Pattee Library Mall, Penn State University.

Jun 2001 SPILLAGE, juried show, mixed media Installation at Sheetz gallery Penn State Altoona.

Mar 2001 INSIDE OUTSIDE, Installation at HUB-Robeson gallery, gradu- ate exhibition Penn State University Park, PA.

Mar 2001 PIECES OF TOPAZ, collaborative installation with Jeff Morgan in show titled Intersections, Adam and Art gallery, Bellefonte PA.

Feb 2001 AFTERSHOCKS, installation responding to the Gujarat earth- quake n exhibition titled SITES, School of Visual Arts Building, Penn State University..

Nov 1999 AUREOLE, exhibition of sculptural light objects, furniture, collages with Harindra Singh. Art Folio, Chandigarh, India.

Feb 1999 AIFACS ANNUAL SHOW, Untitled, Charcoal Drawings at group show by Panchkula Artists. AIFACS Gallery.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016-17, 2020 Visiting Faculty for M.Arch, B.Arch Design Studios Chandigarh College of Architecture

2009- 2019 Art Facilitator coVeda learning center. sector 18, Chandigarh.

Spring 2010 & 2011 Visiting critic Chandigarh Studio for students of University of Washigton at Chandi- garh College of Architecture.

Jan-Dec 2011 Visiting faculty Art Studio elective, IISER Mohali

Fall 2006 Part-Time Lecturer Art106: 3D design, University of Louisville, KY

Winter 2005 Elective Lecturer Installation Art: Food and Space in City. NID, Ahmedabad.

Sum2002-Fall 2005 Lecturer(one year position), rest as TA Arch 130A: Basic Research & Design, Penn State. Arch 121: Visual Communication, Penn State. Arch 316: History and Culture of Cities, Penn State. LARCH 136: Graphic Communication, Penn State. ART 497B&C: New Media Studio, Penn State University ART 030: Intro to Sculpture, Penn State University ART 230: Beginning Sculpture, Penn State University

Jan 1998 – Jun 2011 Visiting Faculty Chandigarh College of Architecture, India Architectural Design & Design Development.

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

Jul 2010 Artist-in-residence, Religare arts, New Delhi.

Aug 2006 Artist-in-residence, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Apr 2005 Creative Achievements Award, Medallion from College of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Apr 2005 ASLA (American Society of landscape Architects) annual students’ Honor award.

Mar 2004 Institute of Arts and Humanities residency at Penn State University

May 2004 Alma Heinz and August Louis Pohland Graduate Student Fellowship from School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Penn State.

Spring 2002 Waddel Biggart Fellowship for MFA research in India, Offered by the Graduate School, Penn State University.

Dec 1993 Second prize in student Product design competition National Association of Student Architects (NASA) convention-93 Bhubneshwar, India.

Dec 1990 First prize in clothesline, a painting competition NASA convention – 90 Bombay, India.

Selected LECTURES/Papers

Jul 2025 Sabhlok, A., Malik, J., Dahake, S., Gandhi, K., Sharma, A., Singla, S., … Lakhera, S. (2025). Design as prompt: experiments in pluriversal politics and southern urban practice. City, 29(3–4), 628–638 https://www.tandfonline.- com/doi/full/10.1080/13604813.2025.2506324

Aug 2023 Climate change and the small city: a view from Abohar: co-author In ternational Conference on “Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Develop ment in Global South: International Experiences and Future Strategies”

Jun 2023 “Chalo Chalein: Learning from the urban ecology of Chandigarh.” Question of Cities

Sep 2022 Dreamweaving the Crownway, talk as part OF collaborative Design Process, Auroville

Aug 2022 Design as Prompt: Experiments in Pluriversal Politics and Southern Urban Practice, co-authored with Anu Sabhlok, presented at RC21, Athens.

Sep 2019 Talk on ‘My creative Process’, IISER Mohali

Feb 2016 ‘The creative process’ at Archo-2016, Annual Festival at Chandigarh College of Architecture

Sep 2005 Paper presented at 35th Annual Conference on South Asia at Madison Wisconsin titled: The Wagah crossroads.

Feb 2005 Paper presented at 20th Annual South Asia Conference at University of California, Berkeley titled: Landscapes of Contentious Memory: Memorializing the partition of Punjab.

Sep 2004 Memorializing Landscapes of Contentious Memory: Design Proposals for Wagah presented at Kern Building, University Park, talk organized by Institute of Arts and Humanistic Studies.

Aug 2004 Paper presented with Cecilia Rusnak: Heritage Landscapes and Service Learning Across Cultures: A Case Study in the Czech Republic presented atPennsylvania Council of International Education conference. Penn State University.

Selected MEDIA/PRESS

2023 Indian Express: ‘Earth to Earth: Experience life in Chandigarh’s first rammed earth farmhouse, on Panchkula outskirts. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/earth-to-earth-experience-life-in-chandigarhs-first-rammed-earth-farmhouse-panchkula-8521767/

2023 Down to Earth: ‘How to Build a Sustainable House using natural building materials.’ https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/how-to-build-a-sustainable-house-using-natural-building-materials-90688

2012 Indian Express: Black Magic; Artist Jitesh Malik creates contemporary de- signs from the traditional Bidri work. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/black-magic/

2015 Indian Express: Mapping their Journey; An exhibition tells the story of mi- grant labourers who build roads in the border regions of the Himalayas. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/mapping-their-journey/

2012 Auroville: Garden of the Unexpected; https://auroville.org/page/garden-of-the-unexpected-536

2008 The Tribune; Art for All https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081124/ttlife1.htm