September witnessed several of our faculty members at various conferences and events across the world! Here are some glimpses.
Archit Vazé, explored the intricate concept of Indian identity in art, delving into its historical and cultural dimensions. at the Blender Conferende held at the esteemed Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
Priya Joseph participated and presented at the Construction History Conference’ at Queens’ College, Cambridge’. This was at Cambridge, from 25-27 Sep 2026
The WorldSkills Competition (WSC) is a biennial international event held every two years, WSC 2026 was hosted by China in Shanghai. India participated in all 63 skills and won 6 Silver Medals and 20 Medals of Excellence. Binu Bhaskaran is the nominated Expert representing India at the WSC for the carpentry skill. This year, Mr. Pankaj Jangra represented India as the competitor for Carpentry. He trained under Binu at SMI.
Dr Keya Chakraborty spoke about, “Exploring the Need and Possibilities for Just Multispecies and Inter-Species Place-Making,” at the 2026 Bath Conference for Earth Systems Governance in Bath, the United Kingdom, with her collaborator Christoph Woiwode, IOER, Germany.
Divyajit Sinh Rana presented his research paper, “Architectural-artistic-relational representations: Hope in experiments of visually documenting vernacular dwellings for sustainability transitions,”Co-authored with his supervisor Keya Chakraborty and co-supervisor Srivi Kalyan, the research explores the intersection of art, architecture, and sustainability transitions, at the 17th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) Conference 2026, held at ETH Zurich
Sudebi Thakurata recently finished a nearly 6 weeks long trip to Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, facilitating workshops, giving talks and Master classes at 11 universities and teaching along with Probal Banerjee who is also a Visiting faculty at SMI.
Mahesh Bhat spoke about his journey and practice of photography of 4 decades at The Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC.
Junuka Deshpande presented A Knock on the Image at the Artist Pedagogy and Artistic Thinking: Perspectives and Practices conference at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her paper explored transdisciplinary and relational approaches to image-making through artistic practice and place-based field inquiry in rapidly changing urban landscapes. She also shared her artistic practice with scholars from multiple disciplines through a talk and workshop after the conference