The talk will be about the role of foreign architects, largely British, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in India. The late nineteenth century was marked by the stabilization of British presence in the sub-continent and a further spread of influence of a Western way of life and thinking in certain sections of Indian society. This is amply reflected in the architecture of that period.

Speaker: Rajesh Luthra is an architect and urban designer, Principal at Development Consortium, and Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is also a published writer and consultant to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Moderator: Dr. Punita G. Singh, acoustician, musicologist, linguist, editor and educator based in Delhi. She has taught at Washington University in the US, McGill University, Canada and is currently, Visiting Faculty at Ashoka University, Sonipat