Prasad Shetty (Professor and Dean) is an architect and an urbanist. He is one of the co-founders of the Society for Environment and Architecture, Collective Research Initiatives Trust, and BardStudio, Mumbai. He has previously worked as a lecturer at K. Raheja Institute for Architecture, urban manager at Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, secretary to the MMR – Heritage & Environment Societies, and an urban management expert to the Town Administration of Mandefera, Eritrea. He is interested in the cultural dimensions of urban form and property, and emerging urbanity in India.