Rupali Gupte (Professor and Director) is an architect, artist, urbanist based in Mumbai. She is a co-founder of the Society for Environment and Architecture, Collective Research Initiatives Trust and a partner at BardStudio. Her work involves research on contemporary South Asian architecture and urbanism with a focus on housing, urban form, tactical spatial practices, and the role of gender in shaping habitation. Her work often crosses disciplinary boundaries taking different forms - writings, drawings, installations, curation, and spatial interventions.