Shantesh Kelvekar conducted a term course for the fourth year students of architecture between March - May 2014 at KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum. As part of the elective titled - Ecology & Architecture 8 lecture sessions of 30 hours were conducted every Saturday. Apart from that there were two guest sessions by Guruprasad Shivkamat and Shreyank Khemlapure were conducted too. The outcome of the elective was an individual research paper by each student. Lecture Ser

The hill ecosystems form a major environmental resource. But today, in India, most hill stations are facing the onslaught of industrialisation, urbanisation, commercialisation, destruction of heritage sites and deforestation. This has resulted in landslides, loss of catchment areas and frequent floods in the densely populated plains. The ecology and environment of most hill stations, has suffered to a large extent. It is becoming evident that without appropriate planning and

Shantesh Kelvekar presented his thesis at Kurula Varkey Design Forum (2010-11) held at CEPT, Ahmedabad. Among the panelists were Architect B. V. Doshi, Prof. Neelkanth Chhaya, Architect Stephane Paumier and Prof. John Sergeant. The thesis was shortlisted among the top 20 thesis of the SAARC Nations. Later that same year, the thesis was published at Archiprix International too. #KVForum #KurulaVarkeyDesignForum #CEPT #Ahmedabad #BVDoshi #NeelkanthChhaya #StephanePaumier #JohnS