Talk And Discussion Panel

    • 2022Episode 4 of SAFARNAMA Season 1, showcases Ar. Vishal Shah talking about his journey aas Practitioner, professor, philosopher and traveller. 
    • 2022 – Ar. Vishal Shah  along with Ar. Vishal Desai and Ar. Ar. Niti Shah  were invited for a Presentation by Institute on Indian Interior Designer (IIID) Bharuch Chapter as part of their Knowledge Series on 30th August .  Ar. Vishal Shah presented Aangan’s two decade journey titled  ‘A Tale on Scale’. 
    • 2022 – Ar. Vishal Shah was invited for a Presentation on ‘Socially Responsible Architecture – Water & Architecture’ at ‘Central Regional Conference – Madhya’ organized by Indian Institute of Architects, July. 
    • 2022 – Ar. Vishal Shah was part of Panel Discussion ‘KhoobSurat – Challenges Ahead’ on the Urban scenario of Surat as a part of Intelligence Series 2022- Surat as a part of IDAC, 05 August. 
    • 2021 – Ar. Vishal Shah gave presentation on Sustainable Urbanisation as a part of the EU day celebration on 8th October organised by European Union and Sushant University. The topic looked into addressing issues of climate change and bring sustainable urbanisation to the fast growing cities of India, it also looked at industry-academia collaboration and its impact on building up a knowledge base to address pressing issues of climate change and urban development, October 10
    • 2021 – Ar. Vishal Shah was one of the panelist in an online discussion on ‘Addressing Climate Change in Cities’. Organised by IURC for Asia- Australasia focusing on Nature Based solution and green Infrastructure., October 6.
    • 2021 – Ar. Vishal Shah delivered a presentation to MURP students of MIT-ADIT University, Pune on Area Development Project sharing my experience of working for the project of Gopi Talao and challenges faced.
    • 2021 – Ar. Vishal Shah and Ar. Niti Shah were invited to an online interview by Jupiter learning, Banglore to share Journey of aangan it philosophy etc  
    • 2021 – Ar. Vishal Shah was a part of a panel discussion at the 2nd EU-India Urban Forum in the session of “Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities” and presented the pilot project of Water Plaza – Khel Kund as a key initiative for water resilience of Surat Smart City. Co-Panelist consisted of Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Joint Sec MoHUA; Kiyose Kazuhiro-Counsellor, Embassy of Japan; Dr. Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Chair Urban Resilience and Head Climate Centre for Cities, NIUA & Mrs. Vera Konings, City of Rotterdam. The session was moderated by Dr K Panagiotis, Urban Development Expert EU International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) India. 
    • 2020 – Ar. Vishal Shah invited as  online panelist at ‘Future Of Design and Construction’an event by Corpgini, on 21st April 2020. He will be presenting his views on “Urban Fabric and Space Management”.
    • 2020 – Ar. Vishal Shah invited as panelist at ‘World Of Windows’, an event by Kommerling and Schuco Grp, on 6th March 2020. He will be presenting his views on “Evolving Window Scenario in Surat”.
    • 2019 – Ar. Vishal Shah invited as panelist at Smart Living Forum, an initiative by Voltas in partnership with Architect & Interiors, a magazine published by ITP Media Group, on 26th July 2019. He will be presenting his views on “Designing & Building Sustainable and Efficient Space”.
    •  2019 – Ar. Vishal Shah presented his views as a panelist on ‘Rethinking (‘Smart’) Solutions’ today at ‘Triya’ Fest 2019 of the Vidyamandir College of Architecture for Women on 9th March 2019.
    • 2017 – Ar. Vishal Shah Moderated a panel discussion on the topic ‘Landscape & The City’ as part The first-day program for the EVENT ‘TRACING NARRATIVES’ an exhibition on Indian landscape design curated by Ar. Aniket Bhagavat of Ahmedabad, January 2017.
    • 2016 – ‘Theme Speaker’ – Design Yatra event at Goa Regional Chapter for IIID for the Masses, November 2016.
    • 2016 ‘Theme Speaker’ – at the Design Yatra event at Chennai Regional Chapter for IIID for the topic of Design for Masses , October 2016.
    • Invited as a speaker at the Place making Leadership Forum at Vancouver, Canada in the Practitioners workshop; 12 – 18 September 2016.
    • Presentation at the IIA National Awards 2015 for the Shortlisted Entry of ‘Resurrecting Rander – An Urban Village’.
    • Invited as a speaker at ‘Affordable ousing Seminar’ on the topic of ‘Affordable Housing- An Overview of Surat’ organized by DBS Communities in May 2015.
    • Conducted a 4 Day Design Festival ‘Sarjanam 2015’ as the Chairman of IIA, Surat Centre in January 2015.
    • Panelist at the ‘Earth Matters’ – a Panel discussion organized by Nerolac paints at Surat – October 2013
    • Presentation at IIID National Convention held at Jaipur with the theme ‘Heritage and Interiors’ for the topic ‘Revitalizing Chowk Heritage Precinct – A Process’.(February 2011)
    • Paper Presentation on ‘Story  of a Vanished Lake –Gopi Talao of Surat’ at  a workshop on Urban Environment at SARAI, CSDS, New Delhi. (Nov. 2004)
    • Presentation of the Award – winning project of ‘Disaster Resistant Housing at Bharuch’ at Gujarat IIA meeting in (2001)
    • Presentation on ‘Light’ at the annual function of IIA, Surat Centre at the occasion of World Interior Design Day (2007)
    • Presentation on ‘Surat a Tourism Destination’ at Udhyog 2006 at Surat along with Prof. Persi Engineer and Prof. Sonal Mithal Modi. (Jan. 2006).