Rohan Shivkumar is an architect, urban designer and filmmaker practicing in Mumbai. He is the Dean of Architecture at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies. He also a principal of the architectural and urban practice the ‘Collaborative Design Studio’ and is  a member of CRIT- an urban research collective based in Mumbai. His work ranges from architecture, urban research and consultancy projects to works in film and visual art. He is interested in issues concerning housing, public space and in exploring ways of reading and representing the city. 

His work has engaged with governmental and non governmental organisations with urban design projects like the Churchgate Revival Project and the Tourist District Project. At KRVIA he has led the Research and Design Cell and has worked on projects in Dharavi, access to infrastructure in the forest in Mumbai, and on the spaces of Dr Ambedkar in Mumbai. Rohan is the co-editor of the publication on an interdisciplinary research and art collaboration- ‘Project Cinema City’. He also curates film programmes and writes on cinema, architecture and urban issues. His films on art, architecture and urbanism include ’Nostalgia for the future’, ‘Lovely Villa’, and ‘Squeeze Lime in Your Eye’. His work has been featured in many events including the Chicago Architecture biennale, the Sharjah Architecture Triennale, the Seoul Architecture biennale, the World Social Forum, the Dhaka Art Fair and Documenta.