Doshi We Know | Applications for ‘Breaking the Barriers – The Fellowship 2023-2024’ are invited

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Doshi We Know | Applications for ‘Breaking the Barriers – The Fellowship 2023-2024’ are invited

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Doshi We Know trust has announced its annual fellowship program for the year 2023-2024, calling it ‘Breaking the Barriers’. The Doshi Fellowship will support scholars primarily in the field of architecture and the built environment. Awardees will be provided a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- as support for pursuing their interest. Please find all the details about the Doshi We Know group, fellowship, and the application procedure in this article.

About Doshi We Know:

The “Doshi We Know” group, a non-profit Trust is a coming together of Prof. Doshi’s past students, alumni of schools under CEPT, and other individuals who wish to take forward the immense legacy created by Doshi in the fields of education and societal concern. Late Prof. Balkrishna V. Doshi had consented to guide the group and its activities.

Doshi We Know – Braking the Barriers The Fellowship-2023

DWK – Brief History:

To celebrate Professor Doshi’s 70th birthday in the year 1997 architects Snehal Shah and Muktirajsinhji Chauhan organised a celebration event at CEPT, Ahmedabad, when the ‘Doshi We Know’ group was formed to set up a scholarship fund. The idea was first proposed by Vidyadhar Chavda and Suresh Patel joined by donating funds under the name DWK. Sunil Shah and others subsequently donated and many CEPT Alumnus Community-contributed towards the fund. Furthermore, Rajesh Shah offered his support and his office (VIKAS) became an operational base. Celebration of 50 years of School of Architecture also allowed further awareness of the DWK group.

Doshi We Know – Braking the Barriers The Fellowship-2023

DWK Group took a lead role in organising and planning Prof. Doshi’s 90th birthday in 2017 and the DWK Scholarship, a pan-India scholarship was announced at the celebration. A committee of six with input from Prof. Doshi has been working on the modality of the scholarship. This scholarship is annual.

Doshi We Know – The Fellowship program (2023-2024):

A young person in an early stage of a career may reflect upon the contextual situation, study existing ways of working upon it, learn from more experienced creative persons and experiment with innovative ideas and approaches in order to build up the capacity to sharpen out his/her career opportunity. The Doshi Fellowship will support scholars primarily in the field of architecture and the built environment. It is meant to hold up young scholars and practitioners who wish to study a contemporary situation, involve themselves in ways of responding to its challenges, or carry out innovative experiments to research some aspect of the situation. 

Eligibility:

Young persons between 25-45 years of age, preferably architects or those connected with the issues of environment or those involved in any discipline or skill(s), who have demonstrated an exceptional ability to evolve creative and innovative ideas and approaches relating to the built environment and human habitations that enhance the welfare of communities and show concern for the environment.

Application Procedure:

The Fellowship will be awarded to those who have demonstrated their commitment to excellence through their work, either academically or in the field, and who propose a definite and creative manner of pursuing an interest in line with the above-stated objectives of the sponsors. The Fellowship sponsors are open to diverse ways in which the awardees may propose to use provisions of the Fellowship. Applicants should indicate how they intend to use the fellowship for consideration by the judges. The organisers of the fellowship will institute and announce a process for application, the mode of selecting awardees, and the number and quantum of fellowships to be awarded each year. The final decision on awards will rest with the Jury appointed by the organisers each year. Register yourself with your creative intent for the Fellowship and for all fellowship-related information before March 01, 2023. The applicants will need to email duly filled up form on [email protected] before March 01, 2023.

Visit the website for application procedure>> https://doshiweknow.org/fellowship

Award:

Awardees will be provided a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- as support for pursuing their interest. In general there will be one such award, but in exceptional cases, the Fellowship organisers may award more than one fellowship, and the sum may then be shared. Awardees will be associated with an advisor or mentor. The fellowship organisers will decide the persons who will be advisors or mentors. Such persons will generally be from amongst the Alumni of Faculty of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad, but where necessary others may be requested to mentor the awardee.

Timeline:

1st March 2023 – Last Day for Submission

31st March 2023 – Award Announcement

You are also invited to submit your proposal and register for the most innovative fellowship program “Doshi we know” 2023-24. Register yourself with your creative intent for the Fellowship and for all fellowship-related information by filling the application form available from website and email before March 01, 2023 on>>[email protected] 

Visit the website for application procedure>> https://doshiweknow.org/fellowship

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