Prof. Charanjit Singh Shah

Founding Principal

Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture & Planning, New Delhi (1970) Registered Architect CA/75/24; (CoA) Fellowship with Indian Institute of Architects Mumbai (1980); Fellowship with Institution of Valuers (1987)

Prof. Charanjit Singh Shah is an architect, planner & infrastructure expert with five decades of practice. He is an author, scholar, educationist, teacher, art & architecture critic practicing sustainable green architecture.

His works speak of his contribution looking beyond architecture & development of large infrastructure projects like Airports, Metro, Railway station, Transit Orient Development, Inter Modal hub & creating Sustainable, Walk-able, Cyclable neighborhood & creating Indian sustainable Smart Cities of tomorrow. He is being adorably called as 'AIRPORT KING.'

Few of his milestone projects include Chennai Airport, Amudham Dairy Complex, NCUI Institutional Complex,  Raipur Airport, Goa Airport, Vadodara Airport, Agartala Airport, Bhubaneshwar Airport, Charbagh Railway Station, Kota Railway Station, Times Square Mall in Naya Raipur, GEMS School Kochi, IIM Ranchi, IIT Jodhpur, and Kongu Convention Center, Tamil Nadu and the recently executed Kartarpur Landport Terminal at Dera Baba Nanak inaugurated by Shri Narendra Modi in November 2019.

Dr. S.S. Bhatti has been tempted to call Prof. Shah the 'Patrick Geddes of India' in creating Sustainable Architecture.

Recently, his works and legacy of the past 50 years have been published in the national monthly Architecture + Design December Issue 2019.

Prof. Shah has also successfully initiated Smart Habitat Foundation – a center of excellence in pursuit of art and architecture, urban planning, transport, and infrastructure – a platform where academicians and practitioners come together to interact in form of a serious dialogue bridging the gap between academics and practical application.

Certifications:

Bachelor of Architecture (1970), School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India

Fellowship with Indian Institute of Architects, Mumbai (1980)

Fellowship with Institution of Valuers (1987)

 

A C A D E M I C  P O S I T I O N S  H E L D  

Professor, Director Academics Head, Jamia Mila Islamia, Faculty of Architecture, New Delhi (20022007)

Visiting Professor at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (1996-2005)

Professor, Vastu Kala Academy of Architecture, New Delhi (19992001)

Professor, Apeejay School of Architecture and Planning, Greater Noida

P R O F E S S I O N A L   A D V I S O R

AYA Awards Secretariat (1997-99)

ArchiDesign Perspective

Usha Shri Ram Furniture Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Consulting Editor, American Biographic Institute

 

PUBLICATIONS

Redefining Indian Smart & Sustainable cities
Evolution and Usage of Steel
Architect's Handbook - Ready Reckoner
Architectural Handbook Series - Water Supply and Sanitation
Architectural Handbook Series - Kitchens
The Romance of Construction
Professional Practice & Project Management towards Sustainable Development
Various prominent publications in print and digital media like A+D, Glitz, Ace Update, NBM &CW, IFJ, Interior Exterior, etc.

AWARDS

National Unity Award, 1995
Udyog Gaurav Award, 1996
Certificate of Merit, Indian Institute of Architects 
Best Planned Airport, Raipur Award, CBR Transportation Award, 2013
Lifetime Achievement Award, CBR Global Transport Engineering, 2014
National Tourism Award for Best Airport (Rest of India) - Raipur Airport-2015
National Award, Chennai Airport, INSDAG
ArchiDesign Perspective, Architect of the Year 2016
Best Hospitality Project of the Year 2017- Times Square Mall, Raipur-2017
jewel of Punjab Award, 2017
IIAA -  International Architecture Award for Chennai Airport, 2018
FICCI - National Award for Chennai Airport
Construction World Architect and Builder Awards- India's Top Architect, 2019

POSITIONS HELD

Chairman, Indian Institute of Architects (Northern Chapter)
Chairman, SAARCH
Founder Secretary-General, Guild of Practicing Architects

Ar. Gurpreet S Shah

Principal Architect & Urban Designer

M.S. in Architecture & Urban Design, Columbia University,USA (2004) Bachelor of Architecture, Sushant School of Architecture, Gurgaon, Haryana (2001) Registered Member of Council of Architecture, New Delhi (2002); Registration No.: CA/2002/30368

Ar. Gurpreet Shah has more than a decade of local and international architecture and urban design experience. With his vision to deliver a new generation of Airports and Mass transit facilities that are sustainable and also give a world class travel experience, Mr. Shah has pioneered sustainable infrastructure designs in India.

Prior to joining Creative Group Mr. Shah has worked with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, New York, USA. Here he led the development of future campus planning frameworks for Indiana University, Bloomington and Princeton University, New Jersey. The work includes an analysis of the infrastructure, land utilization and the open space to develop a framework plan for future development.

He won the Indian Institute of Architects’ (NC) Design Award in 1999 and the William Kinne Fellows Award – A Travel prize awarded by Columbia University to study “Monuments and Contested Public Space” in Greece and Istanbul in 2004.

In Q1 of 2012 his team successfully completed the much coveted Mega Design project for Modernization of Chennai Airport. Under his leadership the firm has won the design competitions for Airport Terminals at Vadodara, Raipur and Goa, their city-side development, the Metro Station at Chennai Airport, Sustainable housing for TERI, LIC housing (Jaipur), Corporate Offices for OIL India Ltd. and Haryana Power Generation Corporation etc. With the sustainable Ananda housing project, Ar. Gurpreet Shah has pioneered the highly functional yet efficient designs for low cost housing. With a consistent record of delivering designs close to original intent and within the stipulated time and budget, his projects have won many accolades and received much acclaim from the press, profession and general public alike. Some of which include Best Infrastructure Project of the Year Tamil Nadu by UltraTech 2012 for Chennai Airport, Best Infrastructure Project of the Year by AICA (2013-14) for Chennai Airport, Best Airport(Rest of India), National Tourism Award by Ministry of Tourism for Raipur Airport, Outstanding Concrete Structure, ICI by Ultratech 2014 for Goa Airport.

His designs have been recently selected for four new railway stations in Naya Raipur through a global design competition. He is also entrusted for designing Gems School, the first school in the smart city of Kochi. By virtue of his diverse experience and unique design ideology, the firm has been selected by various cooperates to design their office complex all over India.

 

Prabhpreet S Shah

Executive Director

MBA � Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Mr. Prabhpreet Shah is spearheading the strategy, feasibility analysis and commercial development analysis for project initiatives at Creative Group. He brings with him nine years of rich international strategic management, techno- commercial feasibility analysis, business development and consulting experience across the real estate, architecture, infrastructure, energy, pharmaceuticals and IT sectors. Mr. Shah is an engineer and an MBA specializing in Marketing and Finance. He graduated as one of the top students from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, being the Dean’s list and Merit list awardees at the school. He has worked with and consulted several leading multinational firms and on mergers & acquisitions, new market entry, operations optimization and business process enhancement etc. Mr. Shah has widely travelled across the globe.

Under his leadership the firm has established several local and international alliances thus bringing innovative techniques and design practices to the firm that are global in nature yet customized to the local needs. Mr. Shah has led the firm’s foray into real estate development through URC Creative Developers (P) Ltd – a venture for contemporary real estate development for the economically and culturally diverse Indian Diasporas.

Mr. Shah is leading various aspects including project identification, land acquisition, project feasibility/financial analysis, land valuation, project cost estimation and pricing, project financing and sales & marketing activities.

Projects Undertaken:

Mr. Sourabh Goswami

Managing Director

• Post Graduate in Business Administration Nirma Institute, 2002. • Strategic Financial Management Programme for Executives, IIM Indore, 2004.

Mr. Sourabh Goswami is spearheading the strategy and business development initiatives at Creative Group. He brings with him, more than eighteen years of rich experience in strategic management, business development & deliberating his experience across the banking, education ventures, architecture, infrastructure, and financial works. He is an MBA and has done International Business Course from, IIM Indore in 2004. He has worked and consulted several leading multinational firms in business development, merges and acquisitions, the new market entries, operations, optimization and business process enhancement etc.

Ar. Minal Patel

Principal Architect, Western Division

M Arch, Urban Design - CEPT, 1997 B. Arch - Institute of Environmental Design IIA Bombay Fellowship 1994

She has dealt with a number of large housing schemes, commercial, institutional buildings, individual bungalows, large to small interiors both offices, residential, preparing town planning scheme and preparing road designs for Government. She has been actively involved with institutions like GICEA, IIA, etc in her various capacities. She is actively involved in the field of Urban Planning and Architecture education as a visiting faculty to C.E.P.T. (Ahmedabad), IED (V.V. Nagar), S.V.I.T.(Vasad), Involved with prime educational institute United institute of Design, Gandhinagar as PG head and Director at L.J. School of Architecture.

Late Ar. Frederick Schwartz

Principal Architect

Ar. Nisha Agnihotri

Senior Associate Architect

M.Arch (Construction Management), Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik (2009); B.Arch (Mahatma Education Society College of Architecture, Mumbai (2006)

Nisha has extensive experience in executing projects of all magnitudes and nature. With her strong commitment towards Creative Group, she has overseen the execution and delivery of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and mass transit projects.

Besides dealing with large scale projects ranging from sprawling townships to urban scale master plans, she also provides client interface, meeting management, scheduling and monitoring of projects. Being a dynamic provider of architectural services, she uses a collaborative approach to create and deliver outstanding customer experiences.
Over the past few years, Nisha has developed her vision to deliver a new generation of design which is sustainable, global and timeless.

Ar. Scott B. Knox

Studio Director

Masters of Architecture (1999), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA Bachelor�s of Science, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design (1988), University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison,Wisconsin, USA

Scott B. Knox is a  senior architect and urban designer with widespread experience in housing, transportation, and community design. His design inspiration in the built environment comes from the relationship people have with nature.  The thought process of his work blends architecture, engineering, film, theatre, writing and speaking.

Over decades he has designed large scale projects like Logan Airport, Smithsonian  Institute,  Albany Nanotech, Johns Hopkins University, Global Foundries, Toronto International Airport, Tartikov Village, USB Financial and Honeycomb Village. For him, leadership and follow-through go hand-in-hand to lift the inspiration of design into reality. 

As the Studio Director of Design at Creative Group, he has been at the forefront of developing landmark sustainable projects in India in aviation including Shirdi Airport, Agartala  Airport, Indigo Hangar Facility, Bhubaneshwar Airport, Varanasi Airport and Pertrapole Landmark, along with various Multimodal hubs and Railway stations.

He is also leading the initiative for 'DigiYatra' - Advanced Airport Design systems
for smart Airport/ IT and security systems and better architectural design.

 
P R O F E S S I O N A L P O S I T I O N S  H E L D  

• Sr. Architect/Urban Designer, Sunlight HV LLP (SLI), India (July 2015- 2018)
• Sr. Architect/TI Designer, CH2MHill, Malta, NY (2014)
• US Operations BIM Lead, M+W Zander (M+W), Albany, NY. (2006 – ’08)
• Project Architect, Collins + Scoville Architects (C+S), PC, Albany, NY. (2004 – ’06)
• Project Architect, Bonstra Architects (BA), PC - Washington, DC. (1999 – ’02)
• President, Institute For Monumental Architecture (IMA) a 501c3, Washington, DC. (1999 – ‘04)
• Architectural Master Planner, Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut, & Kuhn (EEK), N.Y. & D.C.  (1998 – ‘99)
•  Job Captain, Skidmore, Owings, Merrill (SOM), New York, NY. (1996 – ’98) 

 

 

 

 

Ar. Puneet Bhardwaj

Senior Associate Architect

PGDCM, NICMAR Pune, Bachelor of Architecture, Vastu Kala Academy, IP University, Delhi

With over 16 years of expertise, Ar. Puneet Bharadwaj has worked for a variety of architectural firms. As an Airport Architect at Creative Group LLP, he is responsible for coordinating and scheduling design review sessions as well as consolidating input from stakeholders, including any third-party reviewers. Feedback on the design should be coordinated with the Design Consultant. Stakeholders should be invited to design review sessions. In collaboration with the Design Consultant, monitor and track the development of the sustainability plan as well as the tracking of LEED components. Confirm that any design concerns that have been resolved have been included in the design submittal packages. Coordinate submittal/shop drawing evaluations with HAS project stakeholders, including as subject matter experts, airport operations, and the project team.

Ar. Surjit Singh

Senior Associate Architect

B.Arch, IIA

With 19 years of experience in the architectural field, Ar. Surjit S. Bhambra has worked for a number of firms, holding positions ranging from Jr. Architect to Project Architect. For the past 12 years, I've been heading the team as a Terminal Interior Designer and Senior Architect at Creative Group LLP. Ar. Surjit Singh contributed to the development of the airside and city side by offering architecture and engineering services. He leads the design team's efforts to get the project from concept to completion.

 

Education

Diploma in Architecture (Aryabhatt Polytechnic, Delhi 1993

B.ARCH (All Indian Institute of Architect, Bombay 1999)

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

Member of All Indian Institute of Architect (Reg. Sr. No.12670) 

Member of Council of Architect (CA/2000/25854

Mr. D. S. Bakshi

Senior Vice President
Middle East Operations

Mrs. Kanureet Shah

Executive Director - Administration and Finance

BCA Punjab University, MBA Punjab University

Ar. Daksh Sharma

Architect

M.Arch (Ekistics), Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi (2021) B.Arch, Amity University, Lucknow (2016)

With 6 years of Experience at Creative Group LLP, Ar. Daksh Sharma has been responsible for many projects by creating designs, establishing plans, and putting building designs into action. 

As the Design Team Leader, he plays a key role in project delivery. Curating feasibility reports, assessing environmental effect, developing project proposals, estimating costs, determining timetables, and supervising building processes are some of the responsibilities he has been fulfilling. 

 

Some of the key projects were-  

Rajkot Airport (2021)  

Bilaspur Township Chhattisgarh (2021)  

Varanasi Airport (2020)  

Bhubaneswar Airport (2020)  

Charbagh Railway Station (2019).

Thakurli Railway Station (2019)  

Nagpur Railway Station (2018) (Competition)  

Airforce Station, Mihan (2018)

Ar. Pankaj Sehrawat

Architect

Ar. Amit Dua

Senior Associate Architect

Bachelor of Architecture, Ar. Amit Dua, a member of Creative Group LLP, has 16 years of experience in institutional design and planning. In the field of aviation infrastructure development, he leads the team with passion and enthusiasm. He is responsible

Ar. Amit Dua, a member of Creative Group LLP, has 16 years of experience in institutional design and planning. In the field of aviation infrastructure development, he leads the team with passion and enthusiasm.

He is responsible for designing, project delivery, reviewing reports and environmental effects, and putting building plans into action as the Design Team Leader.

 

AR. GAURAV SINGH

SENIOR ARCHITECT

B.Arch, Integral University, Lucknow (2009)

Ar. Gaurav Singh has 13 years of international experience as a Project Head, Project Manager, and Design Architect on residential, commercial, and metro projects. Mr. Gaurav is a Senior Architect at Creative Group LLP and leads Aviation Projects, where he is responsible for overseeing project conceptualization, feasibility studies, planning, design, and effort/time/cost estimation.

Gurmukh Singh Bawa

Aviation Expert

B.A Economics, Delhi University, Delhi (1976) M.A Economics, MMH college, Uttar Pradesh (1978) Diploma Computer Programming and Data Processing, Thiagaraj college of engineering, Tamil Nadu (1986) Diploma - System Analysis and Data Processing, Annamala

Mr. Gurmukh S. Bawa, an economist by profession with a postgraduate degree in economics from Meerut University, aided the AAI in reaching new heights by establishing a full-fledged Computer Based Training unit at the National Institute of Aviation Management & Research (NIAMAR), as well as a Course Development Unit, Statistical Unit, and Management Information System Unit in the AAI. He provides nearly 40 years of experience in airport administration, economics, and public relations, among many other aspects.

He got the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the area of public relations.

Mr. Bawa has been sharing his knowledge and experience with Creative Group LLP as an Aviation Consultant for almost 2 years now. Consulting the team for Nepal Airport Project which is one of the biggest infrastructure projects of Nepal. 

 

Membership in Professional Associations and Publications 

• Life Members of Computer Society of India (CSI).  
• Life Member of Indian Society of Training & Development (ISTD).  
• Life Member of Aeronautical Society of India (ASI).  
• Alumni Member of IAMTI, Montreal.  Course Developer, TRAINAIR, ICAO. 

Articles by Gurmukh Singh Bawa

• Re-Imagine the Aviation in Post-Pandemic Era
• Aviation Traffic Recovery -  Will it Depend Upon Technology deployment ?
• Resilience Score Quotient For Airports, CIA World Magazine

Ar. Anjan Kumar Mitra

Electrical

Electrical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela Post graduate diploma in Management

Mr. Anjan K. Mitra holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from IIT Rourkela and has worked in India for 42 years. Mr. Mitra worked for the Airport Authority of India for 35 years, fulfilling all of his obligations and responsibilities. Mr. Mitra joined Creative Group LLP as a Senior Engineer-Airport System, where he is in charge of designing lighting systems for architectural projects that use light and working light fitting qualities. determining the extent, nature, and style of lighting that will aesthetically enrich the structure, and researching the impact and effect of the designed lights, as well as the emotional response they elicit For economic and aesthetic reasons, ensuring that over-illumination, glare, and colour confusion are avoided. To merge lighting patterns into the background, use illumination.

Mr. Anil Kumar Bansal

Director Projects

Master of Business Administration, IGNOU (1999) Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, IGNOU (1997) Diploma in Management, IGNOU (1996) Civil Engineering, The Institution of Engineers (India) (1984) Diploma in Civil Engineering, Government Pol

With over 41 years of technical and professional experience, Mr. Bansal, a Civil Engineering graduate, has worked with a variety of organisations. He worked for the Central Works Department and the Airport Authority of India.

Project Management, planning, contract handling, quality control, budgeting, and estimation are just a few of his specialties.

Mr. Pan Singh

CNS Specialist

Graduation, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering 1984 Post Graduation, MBA, Financial Management 1994

Mr. Pan Singh Negi is one of Creative Group's most experienced team members, with nearly 38 years of expertise in the aviation industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering and served as the Executive Director of the Airport Authority of India, where he was responsible for maintaining and executing best-in-class standards in 165 airports and aeronautical stations while leading 3000 engineers. For 5 years, he also served in the Indian Navy's Aviation wing.

Mr. Pan Singh is the CNS specialist navigating the Nepal team in Aviation with Creative Group. He has extensive expertise in the aviation sector in terms of navigation, rules, and regulations.

Mr. J.M.S Negi

Air Space Design Expert

M.Sc., Physics -1972 B. Sc. Physics, Chemistry, Maths - 1970

Mr. Negi possesses more than 37 years of professional experience in Air Traffic Management and Air space design and around 30 years he has worked with Airport Authority of India. He has performed duties as an active Air traffic controller for almost 16 years. He has experience of working as procedural and radar instructor, subject matter expert for development of radar control approach course, rating boards at various radar stations, designing for assisting the implementation of RNAV and Non RNAV.

He also has experience assisting the Ministry of Civil Aviation for development of SO 1589(E) and SO 84(E) for the issue of NOC. Developed ILS procedures for defence airfields vig Chakeri, Chandigarh and Srinagar airfields. He has developed ILS procedures for airports with challenging terrain such as Vizag. Dimapur, Tirupati, Lengpui(Aizawl), Imphal, Coimbatore Calicut etc.

 He has experience of working as an examiner for the rating boards at various radar stations and CATC Allahabad during the service tenure. Designed the SIDs/ STARs for new airports at Hyderabad and Bengaluru. In the case of Bengaluru procedures were developed keeping in view the complexities of airspace issues due to presence of HAL airport and Air Force station Yelahanka.ILS CAT IIIA/IIIB were developed for a new runway (11/29) at IGI airport.

 

Other Training:

ATC Ab-initio Course, CATC Allahabad, May 1975

ATC Refresher Course, CATC Allahabad, October 1976

Radar (ASR) Course, CATC Allahabad, October 1982

ICAO PANS – OPS Procedure Design Course, SAA Singapore, August 1992

ICAO PANS – OPS Refresher Course, SAA Singapore, November 1999

ICAO PBN Procedure Design Course 1, New Delhi, June 2008

ICAO PBN Instructors Course, ENAC Toulouse France, October 2009

 

Mr. R.K Nirwal

Aviation Expert

M. Tech. IIT Delhi Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering,1998 LLB Delhi University,1989 AMIE (Civil ) IEI ( Kolkata ),1981 Diploma in Civil Engineering AICTE, K.G. Polytechnic, New Delhi 1978

With over 40+ years of experience in Mr. R.K Nirwal is a civil engineer and Lawyer. His expertise lies in Aviation Design, Geo-technical Expert and Runway, Taxiway, Apron Designing. 

Mr. Nirwal joined Creative Group LLP as an Aviation Expert and is leading the team with his tremendous experience in the profession.

Significant Publication

Life Cycle Costing of Geo synthetic Reinforced Soil Walls. 

Comparative Study of use of Polymer Modified Bitumen Vs Ordinary Bitumen of Grade 60/70 in DAC. 

 

Professional Membership

Chartered Engineer –  F-123924-0

Fellow of Institution of Engineers India (FIE) 

Membership No-F-123924-0

Ar. Anand Gangadhar Joshi

Master Plan Expert

B.(Arch) from Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai: 1980

With over 40 years of experience Ar. A.G. Joshi is a graduate in bachelor’s of Architecture from J.J School of Architecture. As Master planner and  Aviation Expert Mr. Joshi is Experienced in master planning and coordinating development activities of airside and city side works including commercial development, NAV-AIDS siting and designing of terminal buildings, cargo terminals, ATC tower & Technical block, Fire station, Utility buildings and other airport infrastructure etc.

His efforts have helped to deliver the project from conception to reality. Provided strategic and tactical master planning. Preparation of feasibility study for aviation infrastructure, traffic assessment, site feasibility analysis, Detailed Project reports etc.

Liaising and follow up with government agencies, Ministries for project clearance etc.