B. Arch, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2003 – 08)
M. Arch (Urban Design and Housing), McGill University, Montreal (2011 – 12)
Adjunct Faculty
Varun Thautam
After his graduation, Varun had worked as project architect at Auroville Earth Institute, Auroville, India; assistant architect at WS ATKINS Plc, Bangalore, India; principal architect at Biome Environmental Solutions, Bangalore.
Varun is founding member of Handmade Architecture, a non-governmental organization dealing with the research, documentation, practice and diffusion of
vernacular and sustainable techniques of architecture and landscapes.
He was full time professor at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Queretaro, Mexico for 3 years(2014-17). Presently he is a professor at Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico and visiting faculty at WCFA, Mysore.
- World Architecture Festival 2019, Finalist – Completed Buildings: Civic and community category
- BUILD Architecture Awards 2019 – Design/Build Firm of the Year 2019 – Bangalore
- Young Architects Award, Indian Architect and Builder Magazine – 2014
- Louis B Magil Graduate fellowship in housing, McGill University – 2011-2012
- Maureen Anderson Prize in Architecture – 2012