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Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar

Director
School of Architecture & Design, Lovely Professional University
India

Rajendra Kumar is well known, multitalented architect, curator, author having of experience of nearly two decades. based in New Delhi, India. He is Director of School of Architecture and Design, Lovely Professional University, India. He is awarded as ‘Most Admired Education Influencers in India 2022’ and ‘Global Educational Influencer 2020’, ‘Indian Young Achievers Award 2009. He graduated from Chandigarh College of Architecture, India and Post-graduation from Politecnico Di Milano, Italy. He was listed as 12 notable alumni of Politectnico di Milano in 2022.  

He is member of International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), Netherlands, Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), USA. Received fellowship by Congress for New Urbanism, USA. He is actively involved in academia and research. Advisory member of various think tanks of national and international importance, invited members for various projects with global leaders including Prime Ministers, Governors, Ambassadors, Mayors, Policy makers, United Nation, WHO, UN Habitat etc. He has been Jury member of many prestigious awards including ‘World Architecture Festival’, advisor to Pritzker etc. During G20 Summit in India, he served as task force member for ‘Y20 (Young 20) and invited expert member in ‘Urban20’ engagement groups of G20 Summit’.

He is equipped with mixed experiences of varied scale projects, ranging from urban scale to buildings and interiors. Appeared in TV Channels, Radio, Print and Online Media in India and abroad. 100+ publications and invited lectures, in national and international conferences. He lectured on many national and international forums on various issues related to cities, social issues, sustainable environment etc. at national and international forums in India, Spain, USA, UK, Poland, Portugal, Hong Kong, South Africa, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, including Columbia University, New York, Cambridge University, AA London, UK, FUAP Porto, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Gdansk University, Poland, and many more.