With a view to promote contextually relevant studies and make our profession aware of its role in the society, the Foundation announces to offer Fellowships for research in built environment.

Fellowship, consisting of a Certificate and a total Cash Award of Rs. 30,000/- each over a duration of six to nine months, is offered. The Fellowship can be availed for a serious authentic research in the areas of housing, urban design, city planning, architectural history or environmental design.

In past years the Fellowships have been offered to:

1 Mr. Sumitro Ghosh for the study "Documenting Ahmedabad- Nineteenth Century to Independence".
2 Mr. M. Pratap Rao for the study “Urban Services and management Problems: A case study of the Two Housing Colonies in Hyderabad”.
3 Ms. Manvita Baradi for the study “Alchemy Architecture of the Slums: Study of Recycled Materials for Building Construction in Ahmedabad."
4 For the publication of Mr. Ron Lane Smith's study entitled "Temple Cave Design - A Foundation of the Tradition".
5 Mr. H. V. Srinivas for the study "Architectural Grammar for Solar Passive Design in Tropics - Performance Studies and Simulation of Traditional Houses in Northern Karnataka".
6 Ms. Anupama Kundoo for the study "Urban Eco-community Design and Analysis for Sustainability".
7 Mr. Arunendu Banerjee for the study "Campus Architecture - the Built Environment of Rabindranath's Shantiniketan".
8 Mr. Arunendu Banerjee for a study "Patrick Geddes and Rabindranath Tagore: in search of Living Environment Design- Culture".
9 Mr. Kamlesh Jajoo of Solar Agni International, Pondycherry for preparation of "Indian Design Handbook for Energy in Architecture ".
10 Mr. Sanjeev Joshi for a study titled "Vanishing Waterscapes - A strategic documentation, study and development-managment plan for recovery of urban lakes and water bowls of Baroda City"

You can download the application form from the link or may be availed from the Foundation. There are no fixed dates for submission of the proposals. The proposals can be submitted any time.

Duly filled in forms have to return at the following address:

VSF Fellowship Committee
Director
Vastu-Shilpa Foundation
Sangath, Near Drive-in Cinema,
Opp. Yogi Complex, Thaltej Road
Ahmedabad 380 054
Telephone +91 79 27451555
Fax No. +91 79 27452006
e-mail: vsfad1@sancharnet.in
web: www.vastushilpa.org