About
The Everyday City Lab is an urban design & research collaborative based in Bangalore, India. It focuses on understanding the everyday practices of people such as the social, cultural, religious, economic and political practices in order to develop a people-centric approach to urban design & planning.
OUR TEAM
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Kiran Keswani
Co-Founder
Kiran is an architect and urban designer based in Bangalore. She has completed her PhD in Urban design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She has had an architectural & urban design practice for more than 20 years. She has been teaching courses at CEPT University in Ahmedabad, at Azim Premji University & RV college of architecture in Bangalore.
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Suresh Bhagavatula
Advisor
Suresh Bhagavatula is Professor at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (IIMB). He has a PhD in Entrepreneurship from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. His research interests are in two partly overlapping domains – Entrepreneurship and Social Networks. He has co-authored a chapter in the book ‘Informal Urban Street markets’ that looks at situational social capital and urban space.

Rhea Pai
Research Associate
Rhea Pai is an architect who graduated from R.V. College of Architecture in 2018. She gained extensive professional knowledge at Stapati Bangalore. Currently, she would like to explore the different facets of urban design, spacemaking and design ecologies and understand cities through its connections with the built environment and people.
Past Contributors
Maria Monica S.
Research Associate

Anu Kariappal
Volunteer
Bhagyashri Kulkarni
Research Associate

Shikha Patel
Volunteer

Sushmita Sekhar
Volunteer

Manasa Vinodkumar
Volunteer

Prithvi Hegde
Volunteer

Arnav Prakash
Intern

Mandeera Baghar
Intern

Eklavya Koralkar
Intern
