Ar. Mandar Parab (Principal)+
Principal Ar. Mandar V. Parab is an alumnus of L.S. Raheja School of Architecture.
While studying Architecture he simultaneously gained education in the field of Interior Design. He completed his Govt. Diploma in Interior Design education in the year 1994 and went on to complete his Architecture in 1996 with 1st class honors. He also completed his Master in Architecture (General) with 1st Class honors, from Rachana Sansad affiliated to Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik in the year 2008.
He is a practicing Architect, and has worked on several commercial, residential and institutional projects till date. He is a Runner up award recipient of COA recognized Architectural design competition for Octroi Check Post of Mumbai organized by MCGM. He was felicitated by Society Interiors Awards for his contribution in Profession and Education in the year 2019.
His passion for teaching has made him balance between his teaching and professional career. He has been associated in the capacity as full time and visiting professor to several institutions rendering architecture and interior design education for the past 23 years.
His association in teaching with L.S. Raheja School of Architecture & School of Interior Design has been for the past 23 years, initially as visiting teachers and later as Full time core since 2010. In the year 2014 he took over as the Head of Department and since 2018 till date, he has taken over the post of Principal, serving his alma mater with dedication. Throughout his teaching career he has been extremely critical of the teaching learning methods. He has always believed in transferring and sharing knowledge for culturing new generations of contemporary teachers. Under his guidance, adopting innovative pedagogics relevant for the industry has always been a prime focus at the institute. He formulated the course syllabus for the Modular interior Design Programme and with his key role the B.Voc (ID) programme was started at the institute. Out of the many first time resources at institute, under his eminent vision the institute initiated the ‘On campus Interviews’ through placement cell for the graduating students.
He is guide and mentor to many in subjects like Design Dissertation, Advance Building Construction, Building Services, and Interior Design. He has written articles and conducted lecture series for Quality improvement trainings of various Industries. He has extensively